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Serge has bought a modern work of art for a large sum of money. Marc hates the painting and cannot believe that a friend of his could possibly want such a work. Yvan attempts, unsuccessfully, to placate both sides with hilarious consequences. The question is: Are you who you think you are or are you who your friends think you are?
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How would you feel about your best friend if she suddenly did something so colossally stupid, it made you doubt the very basis of the friendship? It happens in Yasmina Reza's monster international hit, Art. When an art lover buys what is in essence a pure white painting for a horse-choking sum, his best friend goes ballistic. Yet a third friend gets squeezed in the middle. Questions about the meaning of strange modern art and strange modern friendships--and how they're sometimes not all that different--fly thick in the limelight.
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How much would you pay for a painting with nothing on it? Would it be "art"? Marc's best friend Serge has just bought a very expensive and very white painting. To Marc, it is a joke, and as battle lines are drawn, old friends use the painting to settle scores. With friendships hanging in the balance, the question becomes: how much is a work of "art" worth? A Tony Award winner for Best Play and Oliver Award winner for Best Comedy.
Includes interviews with actors Bob Balaban and Brian Cox, as well as an interview with translator Christopher Hampton.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
Bob Balaban as Serge
Brian Cox as Marc
Jeff Perry as Yvan
Directed by Peter Levin. Translated by Christopher Hampton. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
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- PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0571190146
- ISBN 13 9780571190140
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages63
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