'Cocktails With George and Martha' examines what it means to live as husband and wife, and how 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' kicked down staid cultural depictions of marriage.

George (Jon Hudson Odom) and Honey (Isabelle De Souza Moore) watch as Martha (Kelly McAndrew, far right) and Nick (Paul David Story) flirt during "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" at the Denver Center.

NEW YORK — Remember those vicious, bewildering party games played by the hosts in Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Well, they just got a hell of a lot more complicated.

George (David Lowe) spends a lot of time refilling the glass of Martha (Janine Papin) in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” onstage in an Ensemble Company production.

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? remains a must-see because of what made it controversial in its time. George and Martha push each other to the brink, but by sunrise trespasses have been forgiven ...

Paula Plum and Steven Barkhimer as Martha and George in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (Courtesy Mark S. Howard/Lyric Stage) Edward Albee’s George and Martha are 55 years old now.

At first, Nina Ball’s set design for the Shotgun Players’ “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” is distracting. An LED-lit bar stocked with bottles and tinctures of every shade — royal ...

In “Cocktails With George and Martha,” Mr. Gefter traces the history of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” to reveal where it came by its savage insights into the sacred institution, and ...

Philip Gefter's Cocktails with George and Martha traces the evolution of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — from Broadway sensation, to Oscar-winning film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard ...

Philip Lehl as George and Kim Tobin-Lehl as Martha during rehearsals for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" produced by Stark Naked Theater Company at Studio 101 at Spring Street Studios Sunday Feb ...