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About The Lying Lesson on Broadway
Story for The Lying Lesson
The Lying Lesson, a world premiere, is directed by Tony Award nominated Pam MacKinnon (Clybourne Park, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? starring Mickey Sumner. The Lying Lesson is a new comedy by Tony Award nominee Criag Lucas.
In a remote seaside village in Maine, a legendary film star (Carol Kane) shows up to buy the home of an elderly couple. When she encounters a young local woman (Mickey Sumner) who appears never to have heard of her, the film star stakes a claim on her distant past, and plays a relentless game of cat and mouse with her new "assistant." This hilarious and comic thriller, brings out the essential questions about memory, identity and truth-telling.
MR. LUCAS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE THEATER’S MOST PROBING AND POETIC CHARTERS OF THE SINISTER UNDERTOW THAT PULSES BENEATH DAILY AMERICAN LIFE.” - THE NEW YORK TIMES
Feb 20 - Mar 31, 2013
In a remote seaside village in Maine, a legendary film star (Carol Kane) shows up to buy the home of an elderly couple. When she encounters a young local woman (Mickey Sumner) who appears never to have heard of her, the film star stakes a claim on her distant past, and plays a relentless game of cat and mouse with her new "assistant." This hilarious and comic thriller, brings out the essential questions about memory, identity and truth-telling.
MR. LUCAS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE THEATER’S MOST PROBING AND POETIC CHARTERS OF THE SINISTER UNDERTOW THAT PULSES BENEATH DAILY AMERICAN LIFE.” - THE NEW YORK TIMES
Feb 20 - Mar 31, 2013