On Stage Now: Good People

Interview

Friday, March 04, 2011

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David Lindsay-Abaire (Joan Marcus)

In Good People, a new play on Broadway, a charming but manipulative woman falls on hard times, and turns to a successful old friend for help. David Lindsay-Abaire tells Kurt Andersen how he had to return to his roots and the characters he grew up with in working class South Boston in order to write the play.

Bonus audio: David Lindsay-Abaire tells Kurt about his collaboration with Sam Raimi for a film prequel to The Wizard of Oz.

Slideshow: Scenes from Good People

Joan Marcus

Becky Ann Baker (left), Frances McDormand (center), and Estelle Parsons (right) in the Manhattan Theatre Club's production of David Lindsay-Abaire's "Good People."

Joan Marcus

Frances McDormand (left) and Tate Donovan (right) in the Manhattan Theatre Club's production of David Lindsay-Abaire's "Good People." McDormand portrays a single mother who has just been fired from her job. It is set in the white, working-class South Boston neighborhood of the playwright’s youth.

Joan Marcus

Frances McDormand (left) and Renée Elise Goldsberry (right) in the Manhattan Theatre Club's production of David Lindsay-Abaire's "Good People."

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