Tag Archives: John Guare

The Terror and the Pity: House of Blue Leaves Broadway Revival

This review first appeared on Capital New York. In John Guare’s preface to the Plume edition of his play The House of Blue Leaves, he starts with the following anecdote: In 1904, William Dean Howells wrote to Mark Twain: ‘You … Continue reading

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Fall 1995: Acting Notebook

Going through all these old notebooks – I came across the notebooks I kept during grad school. At first they start out all work, no play … which is interesting in and of itself – but the notebooks I kept … Continue reading

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The Books: “House of Blue Leaves” (John Guare)

Next book in my Daily Book Excerpt: Next play on the script shelf: The House of Blue Leaves, by John Guare. I saw the revival Broadway production of this show in the 80s. I was 19 years old. The play … Continue reading

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Snapshots

— I went to the New York Public Library last night, to hear a panel of authors (4 playwrights, and one graphic-novelist) talk about literature today – what is it? What is happening in literature? What is our relationship to … Continue reading

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