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Photo Flash: Collected Stories Hits Scr 5/15 - 6/14 (From BroadwayWorld.com. 24 April 2009, 11:37 PM, PDT)
Primary Stages's 'Shipwrecked!' Ends Limited Run 3/7
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 2 March 2009, 7:25 PM, PST)
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Two great actresses square off in a debate about family, fairness and choices moreCast
(Credited cast) | Linda Lavin | ... | Ruth Steiner |
 | Samantha Mathis | ... | Lisa Morrison |
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Ruth Steiner: What you have to say means a great deal to me, you know?Lisa Morrison: No, I didn't know that.
Ruth Steiner: [Taken aback] No? How could you not know that? It goes both ways you know. Am I supposed to give and give and expect nothing in return?
Lisa Morrison: No, of course not.
Ruth Steiner: I can't just applaud you and pat you on the back and give you unconditional love and support. I know I've been your teacher and your champion, but I'm also your friend and I could use a little reassurance too you know?
[Begins to tear up]
Lisa Morrison: Ruth, what is it?
Ruth Steiner: It's very complicated for me.
Lisa Morrison: What is?
Ruth Steiner: What's happening for you is very complicated for me.
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Linda Lavin is the mentor and Samantha Mathis is the student in this two person stage play adapted for the small screen. Mathis is nervously in awe of Lavin's author at the start, but as the piece moves on, we see both writers growing to care about each other over the years, Lavin seeing her pupil as the daughter she never had, and Mathis growing as a writer, soon to overshadow her teacher.
The crux of the plot happens when Lavin confides in Mathis a story about a previous lover, a mentor she had, and the affair that they began in the 1950s. Mathis takes the tale and makes it her own, writing her first novel based on it. The questions of trusting someone as a family member and what is fair game to tell as "your story" serves as the heart of the film.
Two brilliant and convincing performances are turned in by the two actors, and there are both some riveting and humorous moments between them.