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Article: Social security. (Ethel Barrymore Theater)
- Article from:
- The New Leader
- Article date:
- March 24, 1986
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Social Security
A "NEW COMEDY' at the Ethel Barrymore Theater, Social Security, displays a different sort of tastelessness without any of the somber talent or morbid genius apparent in Loot. Directed by none other than Mike Nichols, it marks the debut of screenwriter Andrew Bergman as a playwright on Broadway.
To begin with, the title is quite misleading. Two married sisters don't know what to do with their physically and mentally infirm mother, but nothing depends on the mother's Social Security payments. On the contrary, one of the sisters, Barbara Kahn (Marlo Thomas), who owns an art gallery with her husband David (Ron Silver), is always ready with ...