Word: playwrights
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...more exciting project at the momentoshe has been commissioned to write a pilot for a risqu high school drama series slated to air on the Fox Network next year at the earliest. And although the project was originally the brainchild of a Fox producer, Rosow, a prize-winning young playwright, infuses it with a unique, artistic flavor as original as her choices at Leverettis salad...
...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...
...brash new playwright shocked the British theater-going public with pieces that were violent, decadent, farcical and savagely mocking of establishment values. Together with scandalous details (well, by early '60s standards anyway) of his life, such as his murder by his gay lover, Joe Orton's particular brand of theater seemed to be revolutionary and new. In the year 2000, however, the themes of Loot, with its homosexuality, constant digs at the Catholic-Protestant rivalry and even the portrayal of a highly dysfunctional family, no longer seem as radical or as ground-breaking...
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...