The Michaels

Two plays from Tony
Award-winning playwright and director Richard Nelson's Rhinebeck Panorama.



This
double volume collects two of the final installments of Richard Nelson's critically
acclaimed "Rhinebeck Panorama" The Michaels:
Conversations During Difficult Times and What Happened?:
The Michaels Abroad. Begun over 12 years ago, each play in Nelson's intricate and
moving play cycle captures a specific snapshot in time in the lives of three
families from a small upstate New York village, from the Apple family, to the
Gabriels, and now the Michaels - a family with deep roots in the world of
modern dance.



The Michaels: Conversations During
Difficult Times takes place the
kitchen of Rose Michael, a celebrated choreographer. A meal is prepared, modern
dances are rehearsed, and dinner is eaten - all amidst conversations about art,
death, family, politics, and the state of America. What Happened?:
The Michaels Abroad brings the cycle to a close as the Michaels find
themselves in Angers,
France in September 2021, attending a student dance festival and crawling out
from under the deadly pandemic, which turned life as they knew it upside
down.