The best plays of 2014
By: edited by Lawrence Harbison
Contributors: Margulies, Donald; Lauria, Dan; Saracho, Tanya; Hall, Katori; Thomas, Cori; Dufault, Olivia
Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Boooks
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9781480396654
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: American drama
Description: Comical, offbeat, poignant, and fresh, The Best Plays of 2014 presents six of the most original plays of the year in a single volume selected by renowned editor Lawrence Harbison : The Country House , a comedy about a deeply dramatic family, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies ; Dinner With the Boys , an offbeat, dark comedy by Dan Lauria about some old-time wise guys who want to have a good Italian meal and a few laughs and tie up some loose ends before dessert ; Mala Hierba by Tanya Saracho, inspired by Latin American culture, which pits human yearnings against the power of culturally predetermined obligations ; based on real events, Our Lady of Kibeho by Katori Hall was hailed as the "most important new play of the year!" by Terry Teachout of The Wall Street Journal ;. When January Feels Like Summer by Cori Thomas presents five lives colliding as a feeling of change hums in the air during one strangely warm winter in Central Harlem ; Year of the rooster (New York Times Critics' Pick) by Eric Dufault a fiercely comic play about cockfighting, connections, and clawing your way to the top.
Table of contents: title: The; title: country house  -- Donald Margulies; title: Dinner with the boys  -- Dan Lauria; title: Mala hierba  -- Tanya Saracho; title: Our lady of Kibeho  -- Katori Hall; title: When January feels like summer  -- Cori Thomas; title: Year of the rooster -- Eric Dufault.