The Tale of the Allergist's Wife

Name: The Tale of the Allergist's Wife
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Charles Busch
ISBN: 9781580815437

Author: Charles Busch

Narrator: Estelle Harris, Richard Kind, Full Cast

Unabridged: 2 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Published: 07/01/2007

Categories: Fiction, Drama, Nonfiction, Performing Arts, Theater

Synopsis

A raucous comedy from one of America's most outrageous playwrights! New York dilettante Marjorie Taub, a middle-aged doctor's wife, is hooked on culture - mornings at the Whitney, afternoons at MOMA, evenings at BAM. Plunged into a mid-life crisis of Medea-like proportions, she's shaken out of her lethargy by the reappearance of a fascinating childhood friend. The New York Times says, "The Allergist’s Wife earns its wall-to-wall laughs."

Includes an interview with playwright Charles Busch.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Amy Aquino, Estelle Harris, Richard Kind, Dileep Rao and Jobeth Williams.

About Charles Busch

Charles Busch is an actor, playwright, and drag legend. He is the author and star of many plays, including Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, one of the longest-running plays in Off-Broadway history. His play The Tale of the Allergist's Wife played 777 performances on Broadway and received a Tony nomination for Best Play. Busch wrote and starred in the film versions of his plays Psycho Beach Party and Die Mommie Die, the latter of which won him the Best Performance Award at the Sundance Film Festival. He has been honored with a special Drama Desk Award for career achievement as both performer and playwright and he also received the Flora Roberts Award for Sustained Achievement in the theater by the Dramatist's Guild.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Martin on October 29, 2022

I don't count myself as a fan of The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, but heck, it's fun: this sort of thing--the dopey sex comedy--was once a staple of Broadway. The story revolves around Marjorie Taub, the allergist's wife of the title, who, when we first meet her, is deep in a midlife crisis. Her chi......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on December 25, 2024

I love Charles Busch. He's one of those writers whose work I look at and say to myself, "I wish I had written that." While my favorite play of his is still and will probably always be Die Mommie Die!, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife was still a fun play to read. A lot of people consider this to be......more

Goodreads review by Victoria on February 04, 2023

A pleasing comedy with a during sexual Interlude and a scene stealing, Foul mouthed elderly mother.......more