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Fifty-four monologues and dialogues, a remarkable distillation of rhythms and nuances from the region of the heart. 続きを見る

"Funny, moving, and undeniably sexy. The heady blend of smart dialogue and characters. . .makes it a candidate to be the Angels in America of the Bush II decade."-San Francisco Chronicle "The two wo……続きを見る

• David Henry Hwang is the leading Asian-American playwright • Broadway opening April 1998 • Has been developed at numerous theatres around the country • His first Broadway production since M. Butte……続きを見る

* new collection * Prelude to a Kiss 093045295X reissued Reckless and Blue Window now in its third printing, with over 7,000 books sold * What I Mean Was 155936159X sold over 2000 copies in the firs……続きを見る

“American theater needs more plays like Naomi Wallace’s The Liquid Plainーby which I mean works that are historical, epic and poetic, that valorize the lives of the poor and oppressed.”ーTime Out Ne……続きを見る

Drawing from his own, specific experience, Margulies has indeed created what he calls “a window to the world” at large. The bits and pieces and detritus of our culture have been used to construct a ……続きを見る

“Passionate. Show-stopping. Daringly over-the-top and impressively consistent in its delirious excess. The Clean House shines.”ーNew Haven Advocate “The Clean House is not, by any means, a tradition……続きを見る

•Originally published by Harper 0-06-9098401-5, $9.00 Previous publications SUBURBIA (sold 5,000) POUNDING NAILS INTO THE FLOOR WITH MY FOREHEAD (sold 5,000) ESSENTIAL BOGOSIAN (Sold 6,000) •Executi……続きを見る

“Lynn Nottage’s work explores depths of humanness, the overlapping complexities of race, gender, culture and historyーand the startling simplicity of desireーwith a clear tenderness, with humor, wit……続きを見る

Cover art by noted artist Maurice Sendak. Major New York production of A Dybbuk scheduled for 1997. The volume also includes never-before-translated tales by S. Ansky. 続きを見る

In his brashest solo show, performer and playwright Eric Bogosian once again aims his searing social commentary at the contemporary urban and suburban scene. "Never miss Bogosian, because the sharp-……続きを見る

Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2008 Tony Award for Best New Play. "A tremendous achievement in American playwriting: a tragicomic populist portrait of a tough land and a tougher……続きを見る

"Marvelous . . . the conceit is elegantly of a piece, yet Hwang is able to keep turning it in on itself to reveal new ambiguities, absurdities, subversions and paradoxes."ーChicago Reader "Hwang's p……続きを見る

Suzan-Lori Parks continues her examination of black people in history and stage through the life of the so-called "Hottentot Venus," an African woman displayed semi-nude throughout Europe due to her……続きを見る

Intro by Alicia Solomon of the Village Voice 続きを見る

"Wickedly clever . . . Ruhl's unique, breezily elegant dialogue is fully present, as is her pleasingly loopy logic."-Variety "In the smart, rollicking Stage Kiss . . . passion and fidelity engage in……続きを見る

A collection of writings from the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angels in America. This volume by Tony Kushner features the play Slavs!, a “comic, mordant and marvelously provocat……続きを見る

From The Persians "Defeat is impossible Defeat is unthinkable We have always been the favorites of fate. Fortune has cupped us In her golden palms. It has only been a matter Of choosing our desire. ……続きを見る

A major hit on Broadway with James Spader, Richard Thomas, Kerry Washington A cinch to be nominated for a Best Play Tony with numerous nominations expected for the actors and production Will see man……続きを見る

* New play Joe opens 8/02 at NYC's P.S. 122 * Directing Henry IV at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Spring 2003 18 plays in the collection Performed work all over the world as well as many numerous perfo……続きを見る

“Caroline is a breakthroughーa story so grounded in the ordinary details of life that it almost seems to have discovered a new genre.” –Richard Zoglin, Time “Acute, smart and witty: a telling snapsh……続きを見る

"By far the most accomplished and affecting work from the gifted Mr. Guirgis, a prolific and erratic chronicler of marginal lives."ーThe New York Times "The lifeblood of Guirgis's dialogue is the mo……続きを見る

"In the work of John Patrick Shanley, the truth is as charming as it is painful, reality as touched with magic as it is factual, and existence as absolute as it is illusory."ーBOMB magazine For Anth……続きを見る

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama Over the past decade, Donald Margulies has written some of the most insightful works in contemporary American drama. His body of work includes The Loman Family……続きを見る

Mr. Kushner’s glorious specialty is in giving theatrical life to internal points of view, in which our thoughts meld with a character’s wayward speculations or fantasies... He makes the personal an……続きを見る

Praise for José Rivera: "Even if you've never seen Puerto Rico or grown old, you sit there ruminating on love, sacrifice, and betrayal."-Chicago Tribune, on Boleros for the Disenchanted "Teasingly e……続きを見る

One of the playwrights our country, and our language, has produced.” Tony Kushner Quirky, disturbing, and inexplicably beautiful theatrical poetry.” Cary M. Mazer, Philadelphia City Paper Con……続きを見る

“Naomi Wallace commits the unpardonable sin of being partisan, and, the darkness and harshness of her work notwithstanding, outrageously optimistic. She seems to believe the world can change. She ce……続きを見る

“A terrific production . . . American playwright Donald Margulies’ self-reflective, dream reverie comedy drama Brooklyn Boy is tough, insightful, bittersweet, funny and ultimately wise.”ーThe Hollyw……続きを見る

“The Light in the Piazza beautifully captures the eternal allure of Italy. . . . The story wraps itself around your heart.”ーChicago Sun-Times “Guettel’s music and lyrics take nothing from the razzl……続きを見る