A gay community in Fire Island provides an unlikely setting for two straight couples spending the Fourth of July weekend in a house inherited by Sally from her brother who died of AIDS. Through monologues unheard by the others, the characters reveal a desperate sense of individual isolation. The only people these four characters find more alien are the unseen gay men partying in the houses on either side of them. As they divert themselves from their own mortality with food, cocktails, crossword puzzles, fireworks, charades, and and biting jabs at each other and the boys next door, the two couples find little to celebrate about themselves or their country on its birthday.

Tony® winner Joe Mantello directs Emmy® winner Megan Mullally, standup sensation Patton Oswalt, Obie winner Lili Taylor and David Wilson Barnes in the acclaimed comedy that Ben Brantley of The New York Times calls “one of Terrence McNally's best.”

American Airlines Theatre, 227 West 42nd Street, New York
(between 7th & 8th Avenues)

Final performance on April, 2010:

Tuesday to Saturday at 8:00 pm
Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday at 2:00 pm

Orchestra

$154.00 USD

Mezzanine

$154.00

Prices include all booking fees & taxes.

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