{"product_id":"9781559367882","title":"The Assembled Parties","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Assembled Parties\u003c\/i\u003e is Greenberg's most richly emotional work in years, and the most beautifully detailed.\"—\u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This tragicomedy shocks us into realizing how hungry we have been for witty and wounded grown-ups who toss off gorgeously written observations without knowing how little we know about what we think we know.\"—\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet the Bascovs, an Upper West Side Jewish family in 1980. In an opulent apartment overlooking Central Park, former movie star Julie and her sister-in-law Faye bring their families together for a traditional holiday dinner on a night when things don't go as planned. Twenty years later, as 2001 approaches, the Bascovs's seemingly picture-perfect life may be about to crumble. An incisive portrait of a family grasping for stability at the dawn of a new millennium, \u003ci\u003eThe Assembled Parities\u003c\/i\u003e premiered on Broadway in 2013 to rave reviews and a Tony Award nomination for Best Play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Greenberg\u003c\/b\u003e has written two dozen plays in his thirty-year career, including \u003ci\u003eTake Me Out\u003c\/i\u003e (Tony Award for Best Play, Drama Desk Award, NY Drama Critics Circle Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Lucille Lortel Award), \u003ci\u003eThe Dazzle\u003c\/i\u003e (Outer Critics Circle Award), \u003ci\u003eThree Days of Rain\u003c\/i\u003e (L.A. Drama Critics Award, Pulitzer Prize finalist), \u003ci\u003eThe American Plan\u003c\/i\u003e, the book for a musical adaptation of \u003ci\u003eFar From Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, and many more. He has received the Oppenheimer Award for a new playwright as well as the first PEN\/Laura Pels Award for a playwright in mid-career.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132620914928,"sku":"9781559367882","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781559367882_p0.jpg?v=1763756910","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781559367882","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}