{"product_id":"9781559364294","title":"Stage Kiss","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Wickedly clever . . . Ruhl's unique, breezily elegant dialogue is fully present, as is her pleasingly loopy logic.\"—\u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In the smart, rollicking \u003ci\u003eStage Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e . . . passion and fidelity engage in a kind of elegant pas de deux. . . . The play manages to be both wholly original and instantly recognizable . . . with its combination of hilarity and trenchancy.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning playwright Sarah Ruhl brings her unique mix of lyricism, sparkling humor, and fierce intelligence to her new romantic comedy, \u003ci\u003eStage Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e. When estranged lovers He and She are thrown together as romantic leads in a long-forgotten 1930s melodrama, the line between off-stage and on-stage begins to blur. A \"knockabout farce that channels Noël Coward and Michael Frayn\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eStage Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e is a thoughtful and clever examination of the difference between youthful lust and respectful love. Ruhl, one of America's most frequently produced playwrights, proves that a kiss is not just a kiss in this whirlwind romantic comedy, which will receive its New York premiere at Playwrights Horizons in winter 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Ruhl\u003c\/b\u003e's other plays include the Pulitzer Prize finalists \u003ci\u003eIn the Next Room (or the vibrator play)\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Clean House\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003ePassion Play\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDead Man's Cell Phone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDemeter in the City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEurydice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMelancholy Play\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLate: a cowboy song\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, a PEN\/Laura Pels Award, and a MacArthur Fellowship. Her plays have premiered on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and have been produced in many theaters around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128528683248,"sku":"9781559364294","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781559364294_p0.jpg?v=1763755884","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781559364294","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}