Marvin S Room Play Review

There is a line of dialogue that comes late in marvin s room and contains the key to the whole film.

Marvin s room play review.

She doesn t believe so. I ve been so lucky to have been able to love someone so much. Janeane garofalo and lili taylor play estranged sisters reunited by a medical emergency in the broadway debut of. Marvin s room is a play by the american writer scott mcpherson.

It is spoken by a woman who has put her life on hold for years to care for a father who has been dying for 20 years slowly so that i won t miss anything has her life been wasted. The set up of scott mcpherson s 1991 play marvin s room makes it sound like the kind of maudlin mopey tearjerker you d quickly flip past after encountering it on the hallmark channel. Scott mcpherson s marvin s room may sound from that description like a certain kind of tv movie of the week. It tells the story of bessie and her estranged sister lee who confront a family crisis.

Marvin s room premiered at the goodman theatre studio in chicago in 1990 directed by david petrarca. 5 00 pm pdt 6 29 2017 by. From left lili taylor janeane garofalo and jack difalco in marvin s room directed by anne kauffman. In marvin s room who will care for the caregiver.