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Around the USA in 365 Plays

February 1, 2007
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In her latest project, Pulitzer prize-winning dramatist Suzan-Lori Parks covers the country. By Jared Craig Four years ago, Suzan-Lori Parks set out to do what no dramatist, no matter how prolific, has ever done before. The Pulitzer prize-winning playwright decided to write a play for each day of the year. Her mission completed, the scripts…

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Bach on Stage

February 1, 2007
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Quick: name a script about a classical musician.

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Theater Review: The Joint’s Too Big, But It’s Still Jumpin’

January 31, 2007
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By Thomas Garvey It hit me about halfway through the second act, when a shirtless Joe Wilson, Jr. slid down a rope and began to work a truly spectacular set of pecs: “Ain’t Misbehavin’” could be the horniest show I’ve ever seen in Boston. And Wilson is the horniest thing in it – in fact,…

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Picturing Will

January 26, 2005
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Stephen Greenblatt’s acclaimed biography of Shakespeare is filled with fascinating speculations.

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Book Review: Thomas Bernhard — A Grouch of Greatness

March 12, 2002
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“Whoever manages to write a pure comedy on his deathbed has achieved the ultimate success.” — Thomas Bernhard A biography examines, with mixed results, the life and work of Thomas Bernhard, an acclaimed Austrian writer and playwright his homeland loved to hate. Thomas Bernhard: The Making of an Austrian by Gitta Honegger. Yale University Press, 348 pages.…

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Book Review: Kenneth Tynan — A Critic’s Decline

January 3, 2002
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“The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan” provides literate entertainment and cautionary tales about what happens to a critic when the will-to-celebrity triumphs over the urge-to-critique. The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan Edited by John Lahr. Bloomsbury, 439 pages. By Bill Marx Kenneth Tynan’s descent from brilliance to muddle is a fable for theater critics, a cautionary tale…

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