Relatively Speaking, the new Broadway comedy made up of one-act plays by award-winning writers Ethan Coen, Woody Allen and Elaine May, begins previews on September 20 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Film favorite and frequent Coen Brothers collaborator John Turturro directs the project, which stars Steve Guttenberg, Marlo Thomas, Julie Kavner and many more.
Though plot information has been tantalizingly scarce, Relatively Speaking is said to be comprised of three one-act comedies springing from a different branch of the family tree. In Talk Therapy, Coen uncovers the sort of insanity than can only come from family. In George Is Dead, May explores the hilarity of death, and in Honeymoon Motel, Allen invites you to the sort of wedding day you won’t forget.
Relatively Speaking officially opens on October 20. Head to Broadway to see these dysfunctional families in person!