The Tale of the Allergist's Wife

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Broadway play comedy play dark comedy stage play

The Tale of the Allergist's Wife is a darkly comic Broadway play by Charles Busch that follows a wealthy, neurotic Upper West Side woman whose life is upended by the arrival of a glamorous childhood friend.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway play ⓘ
comedy play ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
author Charles Busch NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardNomination Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Play NERFINISHED ⓘ
broadwayClosingYear 2002 ⓘ
broadwayOpeningDate 2000-11-02 ⓘ
broadwayOpeningYear 2000 ⓘ
broadwayRunDescription long-running hit ⓘ
broadwayTransferFrom Off-Broadway production ⓘ
character Frieda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ira Taub NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lee Green NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marjorie Taub NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mohammed NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre comedy ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Marjorie Taub NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium live theatre ⓘ
notableFor portrayal of an affluent, neurotic Upper West Side woman ⓘ
notableProductionType Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalBroadwayCastMember Anil Kumar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Linda Lavin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michele Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sherry Hursey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalBroadwayDirector Christopher Ashley NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalBroadwayLeadActor Linda Lavin NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalBroadwayTheatre Ethel Barrymore Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
originallyProducedBy Manhattan Theatre Club NERFINISHED ⓘ
plotElement arrival of a glamorous childhood friend ⓘ
premiereLocation New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionType commercial theatre ⓘ
protagonist Marjorie Taub NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingCity New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingLocation Upper West Side, Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter Jewish-American culture ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
identity ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
midlife crisis ⓘ
neurosis ⓘ
upper-middle-class Jewish life in New York ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary era ⓘ
writer Charles Busch NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Charles Busch → notableWork → The Tale of the Allergist's Wife ⓘ
Charles Busch → wrote → The Tale of the Allergist's Wife ⓘ
Daryl Roth → notableWork → The Tale of the Allergist's Wife ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife