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Tony Award-Winning Dark Comedy The House of Blue Leaves

Gunston Arts Center (Arlington, VA)
Title: The House of Blue Leaves
Venue: Gunston Arts Center (Arlington, VA)
Full Price: $17.00   Our Price: $5.00 - $8.50
Rating: 2.0 stars

Rated 2.0 by 3 members who went.

This sharp-witted black comedy is a biting commentary about our society's cancerous obsession with celebrity, from the award-winning playwright of Six Degrees of Separation. Trapped in a Queens apartment, zookeeper Artie dreams of becoming a Hollywood composer, but he's surrounded by a mentally deranged wife (Bananas), a mistress (Bunny), and a son who's AWOL from the army and plotting to kill the Pope on his visit to New York.

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The House of Blue Leaves
By John Guare
Music and Lyrics by John Guare

Directed by Matthew Randall

The setting is New York City, October, 1965. The Pope is scheduled to speak at the United Nations to appeal for peace in Vietnam. Artie, a downtrodden songwriter, shares a seedy Queens apartment with his increasingly deranged wife, Bananas. His downstairs neighbor and mistress, Bunny, refuses to cook for him until they marry.

By the time the Pope arrives in town, Artie has his hands (and apartment) full with the two women in his life, his mentally-unbalanced son, three nuns, a hearing-impaired starlet, a Hollywood director, and an exploding elevator. In the ensuing chaos, dreams are dashed, relationships are torn asunder, and a shattered Artie exacts revenge on the one person he holds responsible for all his problems. Oh, and it's a comedy.

The House of Blue Leaves is presented through special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

About Dominion Stage:

Dominion Stage has been a part of the Northern Virginia Performing Arts community since 1949. The all-volunteer, non- profit organization is supported in part through the Arlington County Cultural Affairs Division.

Dominion Stage is a member of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington, the Southeast Theatre Association, the Northern Virginia Theatre Alliance (NVTA), and Washington Area Theatre Community Honors (WATCH).

About Gunston Arts Center:

Managed by the Arlington Cultural Affairs Division, the Gunston Arts Center  houses two theaters: Theatre One, a 460-seat with proscenium stage and Theatre Two, a 125-seat black box space.