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5. Caldwell was replaced by a triumphant Patti LuPone and later Dixie Carter. The play was subsequently revived on Broadway in 2011, starring @tynedalyonline and @sierraboggess.
4. The original Broadway production featured a legendary performance by Zoe Caldwell as Callas and marked Terrence’s first collaboration with @AudraEqualityMc (both Caldwell and McDonald received Tony Awards for their performances).
3. the other, a bold conjuring of the iconic “La Divina”, Maria Callas, that plays with form by placing the play in a classroom setting at Julliard with the audience as Callas' students. MASTER CLASS was an instant sensation and is widely considered an American classic.
2. It is a testament to the breadth of Terrence’s style and imagination that each play contrasts greatly in form and substance: one a Chekhovian meditation on the lives of eight gay men grappling with their personal relationships, the looming AIDS crisis, and their own mortality;
1. After winning a second Tony Award for his 1995 play LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION!, Terrence wins his third for MASTER CLASS in 1996, becoming one of only two playwrights in history to win consecutive Tony Awards for Best Play.
3. This cycle includes The Lisbon Traviata, Frankie and Johnny, Lips Together Teeth Apart, A Perfect Ganesh, and Love! Valour! Compassion! Pictured in “1”: Nathan Lane and Terrence on the night he won his Emmy, 1990.
2. One of the first portrayals of the AIDS crisis on television, the teleplay is celebrated as an inflection point in the public discussion of HIV/AIDS. Andre’s Mother is part of a larger cycle of Terrence’s works addressing the human need to connect amidst the trauma of AIDS.
1. Terrence wins an Emmy Award for writing Andre’s Mother, which premieres on @PBS ‘s American Playhouse in 1990. Starring Richard Thompson and Sada Thompson, it depicts a mother who has lost her son to AIDS and, in her grief, struggles to come to terms with her son’s sexuality.
3. John Steinbeck notably writes Terrence a letter addressing his frustrations with the critical reception and encouraging him to keep writing, reminding him: “if you ain’t throwed, you ain’t rode. Pictured in "1": Robert Drivas and Eileen Heckart in rehearsals, 1964
2. After the ticket prices are dropped to $1, the remaining two weeks of the production play to sold-out houses, giving Terrence crucial time to learn from his audiences.
1. At age 25, Terrence’s first major play, ...And Things That Go Bump in the Night, opens on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (formerly the Royale). Bump’s honest and empathetic portrayal of an openly gay man is viscously panned by the critics.
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