Playwright A.R. Gurney has made a career chronicling the waning traditions of upper-class WASPS. First there was the formality of the dining room and, in 1989’s Love Letters, he wrote of a lifelong relationship as seen through the dying art of correspondence. He takes us back to a time — not that long ago — before e-mail or text messages, when people sat down, pen in hand, and … [Read more...]
MacGraw, O’Neal reunite for ‘Love Letters’ at Broward Center
If you are on the far side of 55 or have an extensive DVD collection of romantic kitsch, you probably know Oliver Barrett IV and Jenny Cavalleri, a/k/a Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw, of Erich Segal’s runaway bestselling novel Love Story and the 1970 blockbuster movie it spawned. Well, the two film stars – now in their mid-70s – have reunited for a national tour of A.R. Gurney’s … [Read more...]