Hurlyburly

Hurlyburly

Hurlyburly

Hurlyburly

Overview

This riveting comedy/drama took New York by storm in a production directed by Mike Nichols and starring William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Judith Ivey, Christopher Walken, Harvey Keitel, Cynthia Nixon and Jerry Stiller. David Rabe’s eviscerating play depicts characters nose-deep in the decadent, perverted, cocaine culture that is Hollywood, pursuing a sex-crazed, drug-addled vision of the American Dream. Later stage and screen incarnations have attracted such actors as Ethan Hawke, Meg Ryan, Sean Penn and Kevin Spacey.

Cautions

  • Caution Alcohol Alcohol

Details

  • Time Period: 1980s
  • Target Audience: Adult

Authors

David Rabe

Born in Iowa, David Rabe graduated from Loras College and started work on a M.A. in Theater in the Villanova University graduate program. After dropping out, he was drafted into the Army in 1965 and he then spent 1966 in Vietnam. Returning to the States, he went back to Villa ...
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