The Hot L Baltimore

by  Wilson, Lanford

Published: 1973

Acts: 3

Language:

Category: Drama

Acts: 3
Male Roles: 8
Female Roles: 7
Flexible Roles: 0
Has Chorus/Extras: No

Synopsis

The scene is the lobby of a rundown hotel. As the action unfolds the residents, ranging from young to old, from the defiant to the resigned, meet and talk and interact with each other during the course of one day. The drama is of passing events in their lives, of everyday encounters and of the human comedy, with conversations often overlapping into a contrapuntal musical flow. In the resulting mosaic each character emerges clearly and perceptively defined.