Reza Abdoh
By: edited by Daniel Mufson.
Contributors: Mufson, Daniel.
Series: PAJ books.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press; The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
Subjects: Abdoh, Reza.; Abdoh, Reza -- Interviews.; Homosexuality and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Theatrical producers and directors -- United States -- Interviews.; Dramatists, American -- 20th century -- Interviews.; Iranian Americans -- Interviews.; Playwriting.
Description: "Incorporating interviews, critical essays, reviews, and the complete text of the play The Hip-Hop Waltz of Eurydice, Reza Abdoh is a comprehensive introduction to this influential and controversial theater artist. By the time he died of AIDS in the spring of 1995 at age 32, Reza Abdoh had written, assembled, and directed well over a dozen works for the stage.

In this first complete account of his career, Abdoh emerges as an internationally acclaimed artist who was influenced by a wide range of cultures and sources. Yet he is also distinctly American: a visionary who drew heavily on popular culture to expose sexual, racial, and media obsessions in American society. Despite this influence, Abdoh's works are not typical of American theater, according to theater critic Daniel Mufson, because they vehemently reject sentimentality and happy endings."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-165).