Lips Together, Teeth Apart
- Lips Together, Teeth Apart
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A gay community in Fire Island provides an unlikely setting for two straight couples spending the Fourth of July weekend in a house inherited by Sally from her brother who died of AIDS. Through monologues unheard by the others, the characters reveal a desperate sense of individual isolation. The only people these four characters find more alien are the unseen gay men partying in the houses on either side of them. As they divert themselves from their own mortality with food, cocktails, the New York Times crossword puzzle, fireworks, charades, and biting jabs at each other and the boys next door, the two couples find little to celebrate about themselves or their country on its birthday.
The Manhattan Theatre Club production, directed by John Tillinger, opened on June 25, 1991, with Christine Baranski, Swoosie Kurtz, Nathan Lane, and Anthony Heald. It was nominated for a Drama Desk Award as Outstanding New Play.
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