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Lahr, John, 1941-
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Theatrical producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
Dramatists, American -- Biography.
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- Reviews.
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Joy ride : show peop...
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Joy ride : show people and their shows / John Lahr.
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Lahr, John, 1941-
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.
Subjects
Theatrical producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
Dramatists, American -- Biography.
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- Reviews.
ISBN:
9780393246407 (hardcover)
039324640X (hardcover)
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xxi, 569 pages : 24 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Part I: Playwrights. Arthur Miller. A view from the bridge -- August Wilson. Gem of the ocean ; Joe Turner's come and gone ; Seven guitars -- Tony Kushner. Angels in America ; Caroline, or Change -- David Mamet. The cryptogram ; Glengarry Glen Ross -- Sarah Ruhl. Eurydice ; Stage kiss -- Clifford Odets. Golden boy -- David Rabe. Hurlyburly -- Harold Pinter. Moonlight ; The room and Celebration -- Wallace Shawn. The designated mourner ; Grasses of a thousand colors -- Neil Labute. The mercy seat -- Sam Shepard. True West -- William Shakespeare. John Barton ; Hamlet ; The winter's tale ; Othello ; Macbeth ; King Lear -- Part II: Productions. Arcadia ; The pajama game ; The retreat from Moscow ; Private lives ; Company ; Sweeney Todd: the demon barber of Fleet Street ; Me, myself & I ; Oklahoma! ; The light in the piazza ; Orpheus descending ; The rose tattoo ; Carousel -- Part III: Directors. Nicholas Hytner. The history boys ; Ingmar Bergman. Madam de Sade ; The misanthrope -- Susan Stroman. The producers ; Mike Nichols. Death of a salesman.
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A collection of profiles and reviews from "The New Yorker" reveals details of the lives of contemporary dramatists as well as their sources of solace and inspiration, including Arthur Miller, Wallace Shawn, Harold Pinter, and David Mamet.
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Hawaii State Library
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