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Art

by Yasmina Reza
Bob Balaban
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Tony Award winner for Best Play and Olivier Award winner for Best Comedy. How much would you pay for a painting with nothing on it? Would it be art? Marc's best friend Serge has just bought a very expensive – and very white - painting. To Marc, the painting is a joke, and as battle lines are drawn, old friends use it to settle scores. With friendships hanging in the balance, the question becomes: how much is a painting worth? “A nonstop cross-fire of crackling language (and) serious issues of life and art…sounds like a marriage of Molière and Woody Allen,” writes Newsweek. A full-cast production featuring: Bob Balaban, Brian Cox, Jeff Perry

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  • Release date

    October 25, 2009

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781580815840
      • File size: 52035 KB
      • Duration: 01:48:24

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Reza's award-winning play serves up crisp dialogue and pointed observations as three old friends trade barbs, philosophies, and allegiances--all while staring at a $100,000 white painting rendered on a white canvas. All three actors--Bob Balaban, Brian Cox, and Jeff Perry--have performed this work on stage. They bring to the audio production their fine-tuned comic timing and well-dramatized emotions, especially the characters' concern for a friend in crisis. With these vocal performances, ART retains the urbane Continentalism of the original French production. The play is sophisticated, complicated, and very funny. B.P. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 25, 2010
      Accomplished actors star in this slick, highly entertaining full production of Reza’s award-winning play. Three old friends—Serge (Balaban), Marc (Cox), and Yvan (Perry)—find themselves at odds when Serge purchases an exorbitantly expensive all-white painting. Drudging up old resentments, critiquing the white canvas and their personal relationships, and finally speaking to each other with complete candor, the three friends battle it out while exploring the value and meaning of art and friendship. The entire cast delivers stellar performances, with Cox offering a particularly memorable turn as the petulant Marc in a smart, stylish audiobook that’s a quick listen to boot.

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