A hilarious and razor-sharp story that chronicles life in the heady West Coast of the ’70s before the recession and AIDS. The storyline revolves around the mix of young, free and single residents of 28 Barbary Lane and its presiding matriarch – the enigmatic and mysterious Mrs Madrigal (Olympia Dukakis) – who nudges each of her wards along their turbulent but determined path to love and happiness. We follow the tales of Mary Ann, a babe in the wood; Mona, the eccentric, fiery and loyal ‘fag-hag’ of the house; loveable, luckless and manless Mouse; and successful Brian who quits his day job in order to pursue the ’Frisco night life. Naivety and mystery, hilarity and sobriety, grass and arse, Richard Kramer, writer of thirtysomething, has brought Maupin’s tales deliciously to life.
Armistead Maupin’s Tales Of The City bursts from the printed page into Technicolor with all the intensity and vibrancy that it packed as a daily column. A hilarious and razor-sharp story that chronicles life in the heady West Coast of the ’70s before the recession and AIDS.
The storyline revolves around the mix of young, free and single residents of 28 Barbary Lane and its presiding matriarch – the enigmatic and mysterious Mrs Madrigal (Olympia Dukakis) – who nudges each of her wards along their turbulent but determined path to love and happiness. We follow the tales of Mary Ann, a babe in the wood; Mona, the eccentric, fiery and loyal ‘fag-hag’ of the house; loveable, luckless and manless Mouse; and successful Brian who quits his day job in order to pursue the ’Frisco night life. Naivety and mystery, hilarity and sobriety, grass and arse, Richard Kramer, writer of thirtysomething, has brought Maupin’s tales deliciously to life.