{"product_id":"lips-together-teeth-apart-a-play-9780452268074","title":"Lips Together, Teeth Apart: A Play","description":"\u003cb\u003eDrama Desk Award Winner for Outstanding New Play\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"One of Mr. McNally's finest plays--and one that hasn't dated, despite its apparently topical subject matter.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"McNally's wit and wild comedy invariably score, and his darker intentions resonate, making \u003ci\u003eLips Together\u003c\/i\u003e one of his most accomplished plays.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A brilliant comedy.\"--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the heart of this haunting play is a dramatically incisive portrait of two married couples--the Trumans and the Haddocks. Uncomfortable with themselves and each other, they are forced to spend a Fourth of July weekend at the Fire Island house that the brother of one of the women left his sister when he died of AIDS. Though the house is beautiful, it is as empty as their lives and marriages have become, a symbol of their failed hopes, their rage, their fears, and of the capricious nature of death. Acerbic and haunting, \u003ci\u003eLips Together, Teeth Apart \u003c\/i\u003eprobes the stifled lives of people and their prejudices with a stunning clarity that resonates long after. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The author of such critically acclaimed plays as \u003ci\u003eThe Lisbon Traviata\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrankie and Johnnie in the Clair de Lune\u003c\/i\u003e, Terrence McNally has graced the American theater with a voice that captures our fear of intimacy in the modern age with dead-on insight, wit, and poignancy. But never has he blended these disparate elements into such a brilliantly cohesive whole as he has in \u003ci\u003eLips Together, Teeth Apart\u003c\/i\u003e, hailed by Frank Richard of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as McNally's \"most ambitious and most accomplished play yet.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780452268074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.34w x 0.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1992 pg. 1912\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Terrence McNally","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43732973453493,"sku":"9780452268074","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_bae0876c-adba-4d0d-ac81-8752eaafdb55.jpg?v=1710256301","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lips-together-teeth-apart-a-play-9780452268074","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}