Tag: Kenneth Lonergan

Art Imitates Life in The Waverly Gallery

Black and white version of drama masks. Created by Kim Eriksson from Noun Project.

Written almost 20 years ago, and a finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize, Kenneth Lonergan’s, The Waverly Gallery, is very much a “memory” play. It depicts a multigenerational family of non-religious, Jewish, NYC intellectuals. The focus of the play, and the family’s energies, is the rapid cognitive decline of the 80- something grandmother, Gladys, a …

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