| | | | | TimesTalks - The Play's the Thing Author: John Guare, Tina Howe, and more
Format: Audio Download
Audio Length: 1 hour and 13 min.
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Publisher's Summary: John Guare won an Obie, a Drama Critics Circle Award, and Tony nominations for House of Blue Leaves and Six Degrees of Separation. He also won two Tony Awards for Two Gentleman of Verona.Tina Howe wrote The Nest, Birth and After Birth, Museum, The Art of Dining, Painting Churches, Coastal Disturbances, Approaching Zanzibar, One Shoe Off, Pride's Crossing, and Rembrandt's Gift. Arthur Kopit created Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad, Indians, Wings, and the book Nine (Tony Award for Best Musical 1982). Neil LaBute's films include In the Company of Men (New York Critics Circle Award, Filmmakers Trophy at Sundance), Nurse Betty, Possession, and The Shape of Things. His plays are The Mercy Seat, The Distance From Here, The Shape of Things, and bash: latterday plays. Lanford Wilson's 17 full-length, and more than 30 short plays have earned two New York Drama Critic's Circle Awards and a Pulitzer Prize. His plays include So Long at the Fair, Home Free!, The Madness of Lady Bright, This is the Rill Speaking, The Gingham Dog, and Lemon Sky. Mel Gussow is the cultural writer for the New York Times and author of books about Edward Albee, Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, and Samuel Beckett. Theatre fans and aspiring writers will enjoy this lively conversation among four writers as they discuss the art, craft, and business of playwriting. They share personal stories that demonstrate how they draw upon their own experiences as springboards to create works that will allow audiences to access their own deepest parts. |
