Uncommon Women and Others (Broadway Theatre Archive)

Buy This Item Uncommon Women and Others (Broadway Theatre Archive) by Kultur Video  Available from Amazon  $24.95  on 11-27-2008     Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein's first play. At a reunion seven years after their graduation from Mount Holyoke College, five former classmates assess whether they have achieved their youthful goals. In a flashback, the women, all part of a group dubbed "uncommon"--because they were expected to be "amazing" before they reached 30--relive their senior year and examine the influences that shaped them. "A remarkable first play by Wendy Wasserstein." <I>--The New York Post</I>. With Meryl Streep, Jill Eikenberry, Swoosie Kurtz, Ann McDonough, and Alma Cuervo. Reader Reviews Wendy Wasserstein's "Uncommon Women and Others" is a small film with big performances--all of the actresses shine in this memory play about five women reminiscing about their college days. The cast includes Jill Eikenberry (who went on to TV's "L.A. Law"), the delightful Swoosie Kurtz (who plays the delightful Rita) and Meryl Streep (who you all know and who is, of course, wonderful in a supporting role). Besides Ms. Kurtz's scene-stealing performance, two others stood out for me--Cynthia Herman as the bubbly Susie Friend, who likes to celebrate Piglet's birthday (I guess you had to be there), and Alma Cuervo as Holly, whose telephone call to a man she's got a crush on while James Taylor sings is the highlight of the movie--at least it was for me. I felt like hiding under Holly's raccoon coat, too, after that emotional scene. So if you want to see some great acting by some amazing actresses, I highly recommend that you join these uncommon women for "milk and crackers" and enjoy.

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