Writer and teacher Iris finds her comfortable, solitary New York life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor bequeaths her his beloved 150 lb. Great Dane. The regal yet intractable beast, named Apollo, immediately creates practical problems for Iris, from furniture destruction to eviction notices, as well as more existential ones. Yet as Iris finds herself unexpectedly bonding with Apollo, she begins to come to terms with her past, and her own creative inner life in this story of healing, love, and friendship.

黑暗之中傳來鋼琴單調的連響，("Prelude")零先生太太夠時間起身了。零太太回想著人生種種後悔，("Something to be Proud Of")而零先生則在祕書黛茜幫助下繼續會天單調的加數工作。("Harmony, Not Discord")二人其實傾慕對方已久，卻不敢顯露出來。("Office Reverie")不過今天正是零先生在這所公司的第二十五年，他認為升遷是必然的事，("Movin' Up/ In Numbers")但是其老闆卻因能用一部加數機器代替他而將之解僱。("In Numbers - Reprise")另一邊廂，黛茜幻想自己能和零先生一起過著幸福的日子，("I'd Rather Watch You")卻只是空想而已。

零先生回去後與太太歡迎一和二先生太太共聚，("The Party")警察突然來到，零先生這才告訴他們他剛殺了其老闆。在法庭上他作出了一次聲色俱厲的辯解，("Zero's Confessions")雖然惹人可憐，卻罪無可恕。在獄中零太太來探望他，("Ham and Eggs")二人回憶有過的開心日子，("Didn't We?")卻因零先生希望送一件禮物給黛茜而讓零太太憤而棄之而去。("I Was a Fool")獄中的同伴叔魯指二人都必定下去地獄，永不昭生。("The Gospel According to Shrdlu")零先生無助地被行刑手捉走，在大聲永饒下終被處決。("Death March")

故事還沒完。零先生死後發現自己身處天堂，("A Pleasant Place")而叔魯因找不著被自己殺的母親請求原諒而惆悵不已。("Shrdlu's Blues")黛茜突然出現，原來她自殺了，("Daisy's Confession")她與零先生終於一償夙願，("I'd Rather Watch You - Reprise")卻被叔魯帶來的消息所中止　－　這個地方充滿一堆享樂主義者！("Freedom!")零先生不願與這幫人為伍，便撇下了黛茜，去尋找自己的結局。終於他找到了一部加數機器，("Freedom! - Reprise")但一個叫查理的神祕人卻要他回去。

回去那兒？查理指每一條生命都會循環再歸去，直至能夠變得有用、充實，又或能夠在這裡頓悟一切，那麼才能享受永生。零先生已經是一次又一次地回到這間房子，一次又一次地在玩這部加數機器，一次又一次的令自己的靈魂空虛而無用。零先生在臨走一刻看見黛茜，正當他想抓住她的時候，二人已經被那部輪迴的機器捲走，再次投生成為一個新的嬰孩了。查理看著機器，然後向觀眾說：這真是件糟透頂的工作。最後，迴響在劇院的，就只有如開頭一般的，單調、重覆著的鋼琴聲。("The Music of the Machine")

To the rhythm of peeling, chopping and mixing, HUNGRY places us in the center of the Gabriel’s kitchen. The family discusses their lives and disappointments, and the world at large and nearby. As they struggle against the fear of being left behind, the family attempts to find resilience in the face of loss.

Tony winning writer and director Richard Nelson (The Apple Family Plays, James Joyce’s The Dead) returns to The Public this fall with the second play in his new three-play cycle, The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family.

What Did You Expect? brings us back to the kitchen of the Gabriel family, with the country now in the midst of the general election for President. In the course of one evening in the house they grew up in, history (both theirs and our country's), money, politics, family, art and culture are chopped up and mixed together, while a meal is made around the kitchen table.

2022 film directed by James Gray

Tracy, a lonely college freshman in New York, is rescued from her solitude by her soon-to-be stepsister Brooke, an adventurous gal about town who entangles her in alluringly mad schemes.

Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.