E/R is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 16, 1984, to February 27, 1985.
24-605: Developed from the play of the same name created and produced by the Organic Theater Company under the direction of Stuart Gordon and conceived by Dr. Ronald Berman , the series was produced by Embassy Television and lasted a single season. Shuko Akune and Bruce A. Young reprised their roles from the original Organic Theater Company production of the play. Two of the show's stars, George Clooney and Mary McDonnell , were later cast in NBC 's drama ER . The main setting
48-466: A West End production co-starring Minnie Driver , Hank Azaria , and Kelly Reilly . Directed by Ondřej Sokol . The play had premiered on 18 March 2004 in The Drama Club , Prague. David De Silva bought the motion picture rights to Sexual Perversity In Chicago and went with David Mamet on Mamet's first trip to Hollywood, to meet with Michael Eisner , head of Paramount Pictures , regarding doing
72-415: A film version of the play. Eisner was very enthusiastic about the project, but Mamet ultimately was not able to deliver an acceptable screenplay to the studio. Years later, De Silva sold the film rights to a Chicago producer, Stuart Oken. Oken produced the 1986 film, About Last Night , directed by Edward Zwick , with Demi Moore , Rob Lowe , Jim Belushi and Elizabeth Perkins in the cast. The screenplay
96-705: A production of Richard III but harassment from the local officials of Madison caused the production to be moved to three different venues before closing. In 1970 at the invitation of Paul Sills , Organic moved to Chicago where Sills helped the theater find a home in the Holy Covenant Church where they produced original adaptations of George Orwell 's Animal Farm and Homer 's Odyssey . When Sills took his production of Story Theater to Los Angeles that summer he invited Organic to produce at his Body Politic Theater on Lincoln Avenue. The company ended up staying there over three years where it produced Candide which
120-464: A two part adaptation of Mark Twain 's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn . This production toured the United States and Europe. In the next few years Organic worked with Roald Dahl to present Switch Bitch and Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 's The Sirens of Titan In 1976 they created Bleacher Bums and toured the show throughout the United States and presented the show at The American Place Theater . It
144-593: Is a play written by David Mamet that examines the sex lives of two men and two women in the 1970s. The play is filled with profanity and regional jargon that reflects the working-class language of Chicago . The characters' relationships come to be hindered by the caustic nature of their words, as much of the dialogue includes insults and arguments. The play presents "intimate relationships [as] minefields of buried fears and misunderstandings." The play has twice been adapted for film as About Last Night , first in 1986 , then again in 2014 . Scene: Various spots around
168-584: Is the emergency room (E/R) of a fictional Clark Street Hospital in Chicago, Illinois ; the stories are centered upon the happenings in the ER and the lives of the doctors who work there. Principal characters include Dr. Howard Sheinfeld (played by Elliott Gould )—a twice divorced ear, nose, and throat specialist who moonlights at the hospital to keep up with his alimony payments—and his colleague (and potential romantic interest) Dr. Eve Sheridan (played by Marcia Strassman in
192-418: Is wrong with the world. Joan says, I don't know anything, Deborah, I swear to God, the older I get the less I know. (pause) It's a puzzle. Our efforts at coming to grips with ourselves...in an attempt to become "more human" (which, in itself, is an interesting concept). It has to do with an increased ability to recognize clues ...and the control of energy in the form of lust ...and desire (And also in
216-842: The Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village and ran for 273 performances. The cast included F. Murray Abraham and Peter Riegert . Subsequent cast members included Jeff Zinn . Jake Johannsen first thought of being a comedian when trying out for the Iowa State production of Sexual Perversity in Chicago in the early 1980s. In 1980, the play was mounted at the Blancs-Manteaux Theatre in Paris , with Daniel Russo and Nathalie Courval. In 2003, Matthew Perry made his stage debut in
240-545: The Buckingham Theater on Clark Street where it worked with author Mary Renault to adapt her book The King Must Die to the stage. This was followed by a musical adaptation of William Kotzwinkle 's book Dr. Rat by June Shellene and Richard Fire and the company's longest running show E/R conceived by Dr. Ronald Berman. Notable productions during founding artistic director Stuart Gordon 's leadership included: After “E/R Emergency Room,” Stuart Gordon went to
264-460: The North Side of Chicago, a Big City on a Lake. Time: Approximately nine weeks one summer. Danny and Bernie balance their mundane office jobs with sexual banter, particularly their experiences and preferences in the bedroom. Likewise, Joan and Deborah frequently discuss the shortcomings of men while at their apartment. The main plot point is Danny and Deborah's relationship, perpetuating much of
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#1733094312091288-593: The characters of Bernie Litko and Joan Webber. It was produced and performed by Organic Theater Company in Chicago in June 1974 in a production directed by Stuart Gordon . The cast featured: In December 1975, the play was mounted off-off Broadway at the St. Clements Theatre in New York . An off-Broadway production directed by Albert Takazauckas opened on a double bill with the playwright 's The Duck Variations on June 16, 1976 at
312-492: The dialogue about men and women. Their romance is quickly established by sexual attraction, but as the play progresses and Deborah moves into Danny's apartment, they are unable to talk with each other seriously. Danny complains in frustration, "Everything's fine. Sex, talk, life, everything. Until you want to get 'closer', to get 'better'. Do you know what the fuck you want?" Eventually, the couple breaks up while Danny and Bernie revert to their usual talk about "broads" and what
336-470: The form of hope)... But a finite puzzle. Whose true solution lies, perhaps, in transcending the rules themselves... (pause) ...and pounding of the fucking pieces into places where they do not fit at all . An early version of Sexual Perversity in Chicago was first produced at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont by the members of St. Nicholas Theater. The production was directed by Mamet. The play
360-502: The pilot and by Mary McDonnell thereafter). While essentially a comedy, E/R also contained dramatic elements stemming from its hospital setting. As Tom Shales wrote in The Washington Post , "Microcosmic, teetering on tragedy and concerned with group psychology as M*A*S*H was, E/R mixes black comedy, sick comedy and sudden drama somewhat uneasily but very entertainingly." A more complete cast list follows: The program
384-546: The torch to artistic director Alexander Gelman at the beginning of 2006. Gelman’s Organic Theater Company is now a company of actors touring with a rotating repertory. Since then the company has produced The $ 30,000 Bequest by Mark Twain , Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville , and Joseph Conrad 's The Secret Agent . He also directed Eugène Ionesco 's Man with Bags , Friedrich Durrenmatt 's Play Strindberg , and Shimizu Kunio 's The Dressing Room . Over
408-512: The west coast to make his cult classic sci-fi film " Re-Animator ". Artistic directors after Stuart Gordon included Thomas Riccio and Richard Fire . In 1996 Organic Theater Company and Touchstone Theatre merged under the leadership of Touchstone’s artistic director Ina Marlowe. (For two years the organization did business as Organic Touchstone but is now known again as Organic Theater Company.) Notable productions during artistic director Ina Marlowe ’s leadership included: Ina Marlowe passed
432-633: The years, Organic Theater Company venues have included: The Holy Covenant United Methodist Church 925 W. Diversey Parkway, Chicago , The Body Politic Theater (later Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater) 2257 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago , The Uptown Center Hull House 4520 N. Beacon Street, Chicago , The Buckingham Theater 3319 N. Clark Street, Chicago . And: 2851 N. Halsted Street, Chicago Loyola University’s Kathleen Mullady Theatre, Chicago, Ruth Page Theatre , LaCosta Theatre . Sexual Perversity in Chicago Sexual Perversity in Chicago
456-454: Was The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit by Ray Bradbury . This was followed by Bloody Bess - A Tale of Piracy and Revenge by John Ostrander and William J. Norris. In 1974 they presented the world premiere of Sexual Perversity in Chicago by David Mamet . That same year they embarked on their first European tour playing in Amsterdam, Brussels, and Hamburg. Returning to Chicago they produced
480-495: Was a series of blackouts showing various people (waitresses, policemen, investment bankers) having discussions about sex. It featured: The play was subsequently reworked by Mamet with director Stuart Gordon into the four character structure that made it famous and established David Mamet as a playwright. An earlier Mamet play, Danny Shapiro and his Search for the Mystery Princess , was combined with Sexual Perversity , adding
504-626: Was adapted for television and aired nationally on PBS in 1979. In 1985, with Stuart Gordon directing, Organic Theatre, in collaboration with Goodman Theatre staged a shortened version of its earlier two-evening Huckleberry Finn in Chicago. The production was also recorded on stage for a WTTW -TV special. The cast included a young Hedwig's Angry Inch creator John Cameron Mitchell as Huck, Tom Towles as Pap, Meshach Taylor as Jim, Eric Berg as Tom Sawyer, and an ensemble consisting of Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Roberta Custer, Peter Van Wagner, Michael Fosberg, and Richard Henzel . In 1981 Organic renovated
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#1733094312091528-498: Was canceled after 22 episodes due to low ratings, mainly due to competition from the Top 10 hit The A-Team . Reruns aired on cable's Lifetime Television from September 5, 1988, to April 24, 1992. Organic Theater Company Organic Theater Company was founded in 1969 in Madison, Wisconsin by artistic director Stuart Gordon and his wife Carolyn Purdy Gordon. Its first play was
552-774: Was invited by Joseph Papp to the Public Theater in New York. They also produced Poe by playwright Stephen Most and Warp! by Stuart Gordon and Bury St. Edmund(pseudonym for Lenny Kleinfeld ), an original science-fiction epic adventure in three parts. Warp! was produced on Broadway at the Ambassador Theater in 1973. Returning to Chicago, the company set up shop in the Uptown Center Hull House on Beacon Street. The new company included Joe Mantegna , Dennis Franz and Meshach Taylor . Their first production there
576-437: Was written by Tim Kazurinsky and Denise Declue. The title change resulted from many newspapers refusing to advertise a movie with the original title. Mamet disavowed the movie, ruefully recalling that "as a callow youth with hay sticking out of my ears, I sold both the play and the screenplay for about $ 12 and a mess of porridge ...." A second film adaptation, also based on the 1986 film and again titled About Last Night ,
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