{"product_id":"9780573696800","title":"Kindness","description":"Drama \/ Characters: 2m, 2f \/ Interior\u003cp\u003eAn ailing mother and her teenaged son flee Illinois and a crumbling marriage for the relative calm and safety of a midtown Manhattan hotel. Mom holds tickets to a popular musical about love among bohemians. Her son isn't interested, so Mom takes the kindly cabdriver instead, while the boy entertains a visitor from down the hall, an enigmatic, potentially dangerous young woman. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKindness is a play about the possibility for sympathy in a harsh world and the meaning of mercy in the face of devastating circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePremiered at Playwrights Horizons, New York City in 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Compelling. A well-crafted mini-thriller, which keeps you in suspense until the final blackout.\" - Joe Dziemianowics, New York Daily News\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rapp has raised some provocative questions about the prickly mother\/son relationship he has drawn in such detail.\"- Marilyn Stasio, Variety\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Pungent, vivid...Rapp finds a gentle approach to his characters' physical and emotional pain without turning sentimental. His playful side is on display too.\" [Four stars] - Diane Snyder, Time Out New York\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Adam Rapp can write dense, tense, funny dialogue.\" - Charles Isherwood, The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A taut and involving dark comedy. Hilarious and unsettling.\" - Dan Bacalzo, TheatreMania.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samuel French, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50061947666672,"sku":"9780573696800","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780573696800_p0.jpg?v=1784729829","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780573696800","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}