Sally and Marsha
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Sally and Marsha is a comedy-drama, written by Sybille Pearson and directed by Lynne Meadow. It opened February 9, 1982, at the Off-Broadway Manhattan Theatre Club Stage 73 and ran for 56 performances.
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[edit] Plot
Sally, a housewife from South Dakota, moves into an apartment in New York City. She meets her neighbor, Marsha, cynical and sophisticated. Throughout the course of the play, the women discuss their respective views on life. Although outwardly different, they come to be supportive of each other.
[edit] Responses
Theatre critic Frank Rich wrote: "Every once in a while, her [Pearson] play spills beyond its rigid formula to give us honest, even touching glimpses of its heroines' lives....Sally is the perfect Peters role-an indomitable waif adrift in the big city." (New York Times, February 22, 1982)
[edit] Cast
- Christine Baranski -- Marsha
- Bernadette Peters -- Sally