Warning: Mature content below!!
Wanna buy some land?
We are pleased to introduce Glengarry Glen Ross! We’ve been looking forward to this production for a long time and are so excited that it’s finally about to begin. Let’s kick things off with a note from the desk of Bill Millerd.
John Pyper Ferguson, Gerard Plunkett, Vincent Gale, Eric McCormack, Brian Markinson, Bart Anderson. Photo by David Cooper.
David Mamet’s searing play has been produced once previously by the Arts Club Theatre, at the original Seymour Street Arts Club in 1987.That production was directed by Janet Wright, and it earned her a Jessie Richardson award for direction. The intimate Seymour Street stage suited the claustrophobic nature of the play —the audience of 200 felt as if they were in the hothouse of the Chicago real estate office with the actors.
Now, 23 years later, the play still feels as relevant as it did back in the high interest rate years of the 1980s. The desperation in the actions of these characters is evident today in what is going on some of the offices of companies under siege because of the difficult financial times.
Mamet’s play is considered one of the major plays of the last half century, and Mamet himself one of America’s most important writers. Certainly he has been a huge influence on the current generation of writers— the subjects he chooses to explore, the language he uses, the characters he has created—and what choice roles for actors.
The company that has been assembled to appear on the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage are all at the top of their craft: Bart Anderson, John Pyper Ferguson, Vincent Gale, Daren Herbert, Eric McCormack, Brian Markinson, Gerard Plunkett, under the director of Michael Shamata — truly a dream team.
Bill Millerd
Artistic Managing Director
The Film
Mamet wrote an expanded version of his Pulitzer Price winning script for the film version of Glengarry Glen Ross. Directed by James Foley, the all star cast was made up of Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, Alec Baldwin, and Jonathan Pryce. The film was critically well-received with highly positive reviews by most of the major critics. Al Pacino earned both a Golden Globe and a Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
We dug up the orginal trailer from the 1992 film. Take a look!
F*ckin’ Facts!
If you are at all familiar with Glengarry, you are well aware that “language” plays a very important role! So we’ve put together a few facts for you….
- The play was referred to as “Death of a F*cking Salesman” while the actors were rehearsing for the film version released in 1992.
- The word “f*ck” is used 145 times
- “S#!%” and its derivatives are used 74 times
- The character of Moss says “f*ck” the most times at 69
- Christian Answers.net gives Glengarry Glen Ross a 4 out of 5 on the moral offensiveness meter.
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