The real Karen Silkwood probably never heard the term "moral imperative" before the events depicted in the film based on her life, but she recognized one when she saw it.
Tig Notaro, right, with Casey Wilson, stars in a comedy based on her life in "One Mississippi," one of the fall 2015 Amazon pilots. (Patti Perett).
She doesn't do one-liners: she tells embarrassing stories, all based on her life, all recounted in high-pitched Geordie, and almost all of them garnished with below-the-belt naughtiness.
We sold a show to Fox that Matt Hubbard was pitching, and one to NBC from Colleen McGuinness, a little bit based on her life, about a Long Island girl who stops drinking.
But on Sunday, she attended "so go the ghosts of mexico, part one," a drama by Matthew Paul Olmos at La MaMa E.T.C. that is based on her life.
(There was a 2011 movie based on her life).
Kraus's "novel" was obviously based on her life.
The musical Mama, I Want to Sing (1983) was based on her life story.
The Unga Klara Theater Company in Stockholm is currently staging "Marisol," another play based on her life.
She was due to appear in Jackie, a musical based on her life, in Stoke in May.
At her death she left unfinished a memoir and a musical show to be based on her life.
