Tru (play)
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Written by | Jay Presson Allen |
Characters | Truman Capote |
Date premiered | December 14, 1989 |
Place premiered | Booth Theatre |
Original language | English |
Setting | New York City December 1975 |
Tru is a 1989 play by Jay Presson Allen, adapted from the words and works of Truman Capote.
Background
Adapted from the words and works of
Production
After 11 previews, the Broadway production of Tru, directed by Allen, opened on December 14, 1989 at the Booth Theatre, where it ran for 297 performances. Robert Morse starred as Truman Capote. Before Morse was cast as Capote, Tim Curry was offered and declined the role, and Paul Williams dropped out shortly before production began.[1][2]
In his review in The New York Times, Frank Rich said, "Intentionally or not, Tru is a creep show: a hybrid of necrophilia and tame fan-magazine journalism that doesn't so much rekindle fascination with a troubled writer as reawaken the willies prompted by those disoriented talk-show appearances … that were the desperate final act of his career.
"In place of a life portrait with depth, Tru settles for its wind-up Mme. Tussaud's caricature of the wrecked 1975 model Capote. This Tru is sporadically funny — if one shares Mrs. Allen's taste for the campiest of anecdotes and one-liners — and rarely boring. But since the soul of the younger Capote doesn't shine through as Mr. Morse's youthful spirit does, the potentially touching drama of decay is lost. The complex, possibly tragic figure of a wasted artist is replaced by a maudlin, some might say antediluvian, stereotype of Boys in the Band vintage."
In 1992, Morse recreated his performance for the
Morse also directed a production of the play in Toronto in 1996, starring Canadian actor Louis Negin.[3]
Accolades
For his performance in the 1992
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ "Toronto Tru Delays Opening" Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine. Playbill, May 23, 2996.
- ^ Winners|The American Theatre's Wing's Tony Awards
- ^ TRU (AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE)|Television Academy
External links
- Tru at the Internet Broadway Database