Before We're Gone
About the show
In this new drama, a successful writer living in seclusion is on the verge of suicide when she is interrupted by a man from her past.
... Read more'Before We're Gone' is the story of a Pulitzer-winning playwright, screenwriter, and outspoken political activist who has disappeared from her high-profile life to hide under an assumed name in a secluded seaside motel in Santa Barbara, California. Here she intends to end her life by her own hand. At the very moment she is about to commit suicide, there is a knock on her door. It is a man with whom she had a brief relationship twenty-five years earlier, when she was thirty-six and at the height of her Broadway fame. He was naive, twenty, and studying to be a Catholic priest. Over the last twenty-five years, they have not seen each other nor spoken.
See it if you would like an interesting funny-sad story about living and dying, human connections, and the decisions we make
Don't see it if you don't like plays about death & dying and/or the dark side of religion
See it if you like exaggerated characters in comic-tragic romance. Bette D would've loved role. Some insights; guilty fun. Loaded set-up. Act II worse
Don't see it if you need believable plot/characters. You don't enjoy dying woman's hallucinations or smell of herbal cigs. Why does brain tumor cause cough?
Also Many high score reviews from new reviewers....
See it if You are interested in religious calling and sex. Playwrights and brain tumors, worldly success and a meaningful life. Friendship. Death.
Don't see it if A leading lady who really overacts, banal dialogue, plodding plot development and an unbelievable denouement would disappoint you.
Also The young male lead does his best to keep things real but he has no su... Read more Read less
See it if You'd like see outstanding performances in the context of romance, loss, and redemption; and don't mind a good cry.
Don't see it if You are too jaded to appreciate human connection and imperfect love among imperfect people.
See it if you enjoy provocative characters, the examination of moral decisions, and look forward to being emotionally moved by expert storytelling.
Don't see it if you're looking for light, comedic fare, although there are humorous character moments.
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