num_pages: 80
description: This poignant Obie Award-winning comedy unfolds in New York City on the day the Pope is expected to visit. Hearts are palpitating in the sleepy borough of Queens, but not entirely on account of His Holiness. Bunny Flingus, a femme-fatale from Flushing (or thereabouts) is stirring things up in the quiet, unfulfilled life of aspiring songwriter Artie Shaughnessy. Artie longs to leave his unhappy marriage, elope with Bunny, and write a hit song that will top the charts.
language: English
title: The House of Blue Leaves
titlecomplete: The House of Blue Leaves
characters: Bunny Flingus, Ron Shaughnessy, Bananas Shaughnessy, Artie Shaughnessy
genres: Theatre, Drama, Plays, College, Classics, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 2010
places: New York City, New York, Queens, New York
awards: awardedAt: 31564800000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best American Play
publisher: Samuel French, Inc.