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This bit of surrealism is, however, only one of the fey charms of the work, which opened off-Broadway last week. Playwright Donald Margulies, a 1992 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Sight Unseen, is, as usual, absolutely fearless in going for the offbeat. A long-dead aunt, for example, returns to life by climbing in a 10th-story window. The title refers to the wackiest moment, an imagined new scene for Death of a Salesman, which the precocious younger son envisions adapting as a perky Broadway musical. Arthur Miller, after all, came from the neighborhood, and the boy's parents seem...
...thing I do have, much more than many directors have, is a desire to honor the playwright's intentions and the playwright's words," he said...
...Playwright Edward Albee, the author of 26 plays including Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, talked about his formative years as a dramatist at the Hasty Pudding Theater yesterday...
Fortunately for playwright Robert Schenkkan, the decision is in the hands of playgoers rather than the ever cautious powers that be. An unknown until The Kentucky Cycle won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992 based on a production at Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum, he has stubbornly held to his vision and remained loyal to the cast -- many at journeyman level -- who first gave it life. They have finally rewarded him with performances mostly worthy of their roles...
...Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me. Through Nov. 28. David Drake's one-man show about gay awakening and AIDS, which won the playwright an Obie Award. Lyric Stage, 140 Clarendon Street, Copley Square. Call 437-7172 for tickets and more information...