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Anne Meara

ANNE MEARA

  (1929 - 2015)
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Douglas and Kopelman Artists, Inc  

Anne Meara (September 20, 1929  May 23, 2015) was an American actress and comedian. Along with her husband, Jerry Stiller, she was one-half of a prominent 1960s comedy team, Stiller and Meara. She was also featured on stage, television, in numerous films, and later became a playwright. During her career, Meara was nominated for four Emmy Awards and a Tony Award, and won a Writers Guild Award as a co-writer for the TV movie, The Other Woman. She was the mother of actors Amy and Ben Stiller.

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below is a list of Anne Meara's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         A. . .My Name Is Alice         After-Play         Down the Garden Paths

A. . .My Name Is Alice

A. . .My Name Is Alice
Alice enjoyed a long run at the Village Gate Off Broadway. This slick and lively revue created by a wide variety of comedy writers, lyricists and composers offers a marvelous kaleidoscope of contemporary women. Sophisticated, bawdy, funny and insightful, the twenty numbers portray friends, rivals, sisters and even members of an all women's basketball team. Winner of the Outer Critics' Circle award: Best Musical.

Notes:
Conceived by Joan Micklin Silver And Julianne Boyd It consists of some 21 songs by composers such as David Zippel, Winnie Holzman, and Lucy Simon, along with sketches by writers like Anne Meara. Moved from Top of the Gate to the American Place theatre in New York

1st Produced:
Top Of The Gate, Village Gate Theatre, Greenwich Village, NY    

Organisations:
Women's Project

1st Published:
Samuel French, Inc - New York (1985) >>>
avon Books (1985)   978-0573681776

Music:
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Genre:
Musical Revue

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

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After-Play

Synopsis:
Set in the newest "in" Manhattan restaurant, the play opens with an ethereal waiter preparing for the arrival of a party of four. Just as the two couples are about to enter, it magically begins to snow making the night perfect for a cozy after-theatre supper. the two middle-aged couples, Marty and Terry, and Renee and Phil, old friends reuniting after three years, have just seen a new Broadway play. Shedding the formality of the theatre, the four friends settle into the comfort of the restaurant, order cocktails and begin to reacquaint themselves. the years and distance separating them have changed them more than they thought. Discussing the play and playing catch-up leads to little arguments and major differences of opinion. More drinks are ordered and apologies ease the way into dinner over which are discussed sex, the wearing of fur, matters of health and problems with their children. Time and distance aside, these couple know each other very well and will always be close friends. A third couple, Emily and

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1996   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Down the Garden Paths

Synopsis:
Garden Paths, deals with relationships, love, and family bonds, as it explores one special, extraordinary evening, when prize-winning author Arthur Garden and his family gather together to celebrate the success of his latest book, "Alternate Routes." But in a night filled with memories and dreams, the unexpected twists and turns will show the Garden clan what might have been...and lead to surprising new probabilities. Described as "a funny, profoundly moving story of a family's deepest tragedy and its greatest celebrations,"

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1st Produced:
The Minetta Lane Theatre, NY    

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Music:
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Parts:
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