num_pages: 90
description: Drama / 3 male Interior Best American Play, New York Drama Critics' Circle Award during the 1976-77 season, this volatile drama starred Robert Duvall in the original Broadway production and has seen revivals with Al Pacino and most recently on Broadway with John Leguizamo in 2008. In a Chicago junk shop three small time crooks plot to rob a man of his coin collection, the showpiece of which is a valuable "Buffalo nickel". These high-minded grifters fancy themselves busin
language: English
title: American Buffalo
titlecomplete: American Buffalo
characters: Walter 'Teacher' Cole, Bobby (Sweet Cherry), Donny Dobrow
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, American, The United States Of America, Drama, School, Classics, 20th Century, Crime
ratings_count: 5100
places: The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best American Play, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Obie
category: Best New American Play
publisher: Samuel French, Inc.