THE STORY: Summer, 1938. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, the two most revered stars of the Broadway stage, have decided to perform Anton Chekhov's
The Sea Gull. But first they must retreat to "investigate" the play at Ten Chimneys, their sprawling Wisconsin estate, surrounded by actors, family and hangers-on. When a young actress named Uta Hagen arrives, a romantic triangle begins to mirror the events in Chekhov's play about passion and art. The result is a funny, poignant and revealing look at private lives that never really leave the stage.
"TEN CHIMNEYS imagines the offstage life of the starsas a combination of theatrical boot camp and backstage soap opera. Mr. Hatcher provides generous doses of arch quipping in the Coward mold. Mr. Hatcher's affection for the Lunts and the golden age of American theater shines throughout." - NY Times. "TEN CHIMNEYS is charming, frothyachieving an air of glittering lightness reminiscent of Noel Coward. The witticisms fly like darts." - Associated Press. "Jeffrey Hatcher's enjoyable comedyglows with an affectionate warmth for the fabled life and stage partners." - NY Daily News. "TEN CHIMNEYS is a revealing look at Lunt-Fontanne home life. I'd move in tomorrow. A must-vist." - BackStage. "A stirring reminder of why theater matters." - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "Jeffrey Hatcher's layer cake of a script is an engrossing romp that reveals delicious trade secrets of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne." - Cleveland Plain Dealer. "TEN CHIMNEYS is irresistible." - Talkin' Broadway. "TEN CHIMNEYS is The
Seagull with a Cowardly touch. The play combines the charm and wit of Coward's frothy hits during the 1930s and '40s, with the complexity and intensity of
Seagull. Playwright Jeffrey Hatcher deserves some sort of reward for this delicious script. Hatcher's script is smart and funny. It no doubt will havea good life indeed." - Arizona Daily Star.
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Dramatists Play Service Inc. |
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