dividing the estate
Opening Night: January 1, 1970
Closing: January 1, 2009
Theater: Booth Theatre
Stella Gordon has kept her hands on the family purse strings for years, but her grip is loosening as the purse is shrinking. The production reunites the entire 13-person Off-Broadway cast, which includes Elizabeth Ashley, Hallie Foote, Penny Fuller, Devon Abner, James DeMarse, Pat Bowie, Arthur French, Virginia Kull, Maggie Lacey, Nicole Lowrance, Gerald McRaney, Jenny Dare Paulin, and Keiana Richard.
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April 22, 2014
You probably have one in your family. And the odds are that he or she is making a lot of noise right now. I mean the kind of person who, when the going gets tough, is transformed from a respectable-looking grown-up into a greedy, caterwauling 4-year-old, convinced that everyone else is getting a bigger slice of what’s left of the cake.
READ THE REVIEWApril 22, 2014
Nothing concentrates the mind like money — or lack of it. And money has provided the plot for more than a few plays, one good example being "Dividing the Estate," Horton Foote’s hilariously perceptive take on what good old-fashioned greed does to one cash-strapped Texas family.
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April 22, 2014
It’s tempting to call Horton Foote’s new play, Dividing the Estate, a black comedy. Death is a central figure, and the behavior can seem so petty and callous that you may not know whether to laugh or wince.
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April 22, 2014
No one would suspect 92-year-old Horton Foote, a gentle playwright whose 60 tenderhearted plays include “A Young Man from Atlanta” and “The Trip to Bountiful,” of writing a vigorous piece of political theater.
READ THE REVIEWApril 22, 2014
Ham, anyone? It’s on the dinner table and at center stage in Horton Foote’s "Dividing the Estate," a lighthearted look at a fractious family facing financial straits and – Lord above! – each another.
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