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Christopher Durang, Writer of ‘Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You,’ Dies at 75
Christopher Durang, the writer of 'Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You' and 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,' dies at 75.
Durang was best known for writing 1979’s “ Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You,” a popular dissection of Catholic doctrine that was frequently staged, drawing occasional protests for its iconoclastic take on religion. He had a better time with “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” a comedic riff on Chekov plays that became a hit when it debuted on Broadway in 2013 with an ensemble led by Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce. Variety ‘s Marilyn Stasio as “brainy and witty and clever and cute,” the kind of praise that the Harvard and Yale-educated Durang’s work often received.
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