|
|
Article: Eve Ensler Uses the V Word: It was one thing for a play about women's private parts to become a hit. Can 'The Vagina Monologues' sing the body electric on TV?
- Article from:
- Newsweek
- Article date:
- February 18, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: Marc Peyser
Say what you will about "The Vagina Monologues," it is certainly truth in advertising. Vaginas. Monologues. No intermission. Which is why what happened one night in Boston last month was so surprising. After author Eve Ensler performed the first few monologues--the aptly named "Hair," "The Flood" and "Because He Liked to Look at It" sections--a group of fortysomething women near the front started whispering. "I finally stopped the show and said, 'Ladies, what's going on?' " says Ensler. "And they said, 'We thought we were going to a musical'." The audience got hysterical. The musical women elected to stay. And Ensler continued, on to "My ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: REALISM AND REALPOLITIK IN EVE ENSLER'S THE VAGINA ...
The Journal of American Drama and Theatre;
April 1, 2005 ;
700+ words
... ... Hosier's The Vagina Monologues is a play that ... shortcomings? Eve Ensler's benefit performances of The Vagina Monologues employ "realism ... Does, however, Ensler's work identify ... discourse? A Vagina Monologues V-Day Production ...
|
|