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...title itself implies, Wit is indeed a very witty play. The seemingly incongruous mix of comedy and drama is one of the most effective qualities of first time playwright Margaret Edson's thoughtful play. The critically acclaimed recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, Wit manages to recreate its off-Broadway magic in a shining Boston debut. And shining brightest of all is Judith Light, starring as the tough literature professor diagnosed with ovarian cancer, Dr. Vivian Bearing. Ms. Light earned national fame in the '80s with her portrayal of Angela Bower on the hit comedy series "Who's the Boss." Having...
DIED. DEREK ANSON JONES, 38, director of the Pulitzer prizewinning play Wit; of complications from AIDS; in New York City. A longtime friend of playwright Margaret Edson, he championed Wit and brought it to off-Broadway...
Facing an increasingly inhospitable Broadway environment, the best new straight plays have sought homes off-Broadway. The premise of this recent arrival is mundane: surprised by the marital breakup of their best friends, a couple are forced to examine their own comfortable marriage. But in pondering issues of intimacy, passion and the pleasures and dolors of conjugal routine, Margulies writes about relationships with such intelligence and spiky humor that his comedy-drama--acted and directed with perfect pitch--becomes something quite wonderful...
...SNAKEBIT A fine actor, David Marshall Grant (Angels in America), has been evolving into an even better playwright. With passion and sharp humor, his off-Broadway drama, about a trio of smart and smart-alecky friends trying to shift the course of their lives, digs deep into the souls of characters whose problems are all too universal...
Actress and comic Janeane Garofalo describes David Lindsay-Abaire's work as "cleverly odd." That seems an understatement for his hit off-Broadway farce, Fuddy Meers. Its characters include a housewife whose memory is erased nightly, her jibberish-speaking mother ("fun-house mirrors" becomes in her mouth "fuddy meers"), and an escaped con with a sock puppet on his hand. Just turned 30, the little-known Lindsay-Abaire has suddenly been discovered. He's been commissioned to write a play for Garofalo, and 20th Century Fox has given him a five-year film-and-TV contract. First up: Road...