L. Coburn's 1976 play, 'The Gin Game,' have withdrawn from the world, willingly or not, and await the inevitable end with minimal protest. By contrast, James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson ...

Together, the stars of The Gin Game, James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson, are 175 years old. They draw from massive piles of skill and goodwill, and watching these masters play the audience is a ...

Although the play's been around over thirty years, I'd never seen D.L. Coburn's The Gin Game, and at the beginning, I expected it to be a heartwarmer. Two old people connect on the seldom-used ...

“The Gin Game” is a nasty piece of business. The Pulitzer Prize-winning 1976 play by Donald L. Coburn seems at first like a charming little comedy about two lonely residents at a nursing home ...

Two words about how plays get to Broadway these days: star casting. D.L. Coburn's modest 1977 drama 'The Gin Game" was revived last season as an actors' showcase for James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson.

Friday evening to Sunday afternoon, Theatre Voices presents a stage reading of the two-person Pulitzer Prize-winning play “The Gin Game.” Separate interviews with the actors were a mixture of ...

“The Gin Game” is a pleasure for audiences, a slight frustration for gin rummy aficionados and a nightmare for performers! I speak from experience having done the show at the Altarena ...

Coburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “The Gin Game,” loosely based on that assumption. Running through Sept. 29, the action centers on Fonsia and Weller, two senior citizens residing in the ...

“The Gin Game” will be staged at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18 and 19 and 2 p.m. Oct. 20. The River Street Playhouse is housed in a former industrial space across the parking lot from the main theater at ...

What begins as a friendly game of Gin Rummy on the porch of the Bentley Nursing Home, escalates into all-out war as Fonsia blithely beats Weller again and again . . . and again. With every card ...