Lungs | By Duncan Macmillan [work]

Go see it. But bring tissues. And maybe a Xanax. Have you seen or read Lungs ? What did you think of the ending? Let me know in the comments below.

There is a scene in the second half involving a concert and a phone call that is, without hyperbole, one of the most heartbreaking sequences ever written for the stage. It reminds us that while we worry about the future of the planet, we often forget to survive the present moment. lungs by duncan macmillan

Macmillan uses a theatrical trick that is pure genius: . The play leaps forward in time—a pregnancy, a miscarriage, a birth, a breakup, a reunion, a tragedy—all in the span of a few sentences. You blink, and ten years have passed. You blink again, and they are old. Go see it