Influences
Subsequent stage works include "Mizlansky/Zilinsky or "Schmucks,"" a revised version of "Mizlansky/Zilinsky", starring Nathan Lane, and directed by Baitz's then-partner Joe Mantello (1998), a new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" (first at L.A.'s Geffen Playhouse with Annette Bening in 1999, then at Long Island's Bay Street Theater with Kate Burton in 2000, followed by a Broadway production with the same star the following year), "Ten Unknowns" (2001), starring Donald Sutherland and Julianna Margulies, and "The Paris Letter" (2005) with Ron Rifkin and John Glover. His screenplays include the adaptation of his own "Substance of Fire" (1996), with Tony Goldwyn and Timothy Hutton joining original cast members Rifkin and Parker, and "People I Know" (2002), which starred Al Pacino.