This is what I have  edited the Picardi article to    John C Picardi is the author of the plays The Sweepers and Seven Rabbits on a Pole  His plays are published by Samuel French and have been produced offBroadway at Urban Stages in Manhattan and across the United States Sweepers received positive reviews in the Los Angeles Times The LA Times The Sweepers  Lawrence Van Gelder of the New York Times favorably reviewed both plays  Van Gelder said about Sweepers that Mr Picardis writing renders his characters timeless His review of  Seven Rabbits on a Pole opened with An epic is in the making  References