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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Playwrights on Writing
An occasional series appearing in Sunday Calendar.
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By Karen Wada
Write, test, listen, cut, rewrite. Five playwrights on the drama of development at South Coast Rep
April 27, 2008
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By Richard Greenberg
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
The phrase 'sad little play' hung in his mind -- no way did he want them applied to his new script. Perhaps it was time to rearrange his thinking.
April 13, 2008
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By Douglas Carter Beane
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
Adapting Betty Comden and Adolph Green's 'The Bandwagon' was a labor of love for Douglas Carter Beane.
March 9, 2008
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By Jane Anderson
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
Yes, the director should be in charge now, only the author is the director. Fortunately, she's learned humility.
October 7, 2007
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By Donald Margulies
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
To lure a new generation, shelve the tried and true. Let the audience learn to imagine again.
September 23, 2007
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By David Henry Hwang
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
In a world where fact and fiction blur, sometimes invention is the shortest route to truth.
May 13, 2007
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By Neil LaBute
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
When great actors are denied great roles because of their skin color, there's a problem. Even if they are white.
May 6, 2007
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By Lisa Loomer
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
Dead? Just the opposite. Theater is very much alive, because it's live. And best of all: You get to share it.
March 18, 2007
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By Eric Idle
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
What would boost the odds of our Round Table romp becoming a Vegas success -- a nude King Arthur on ice?
March 18, 2007
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By Greg Kotis
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
Whenever I try to write a worthwhile play, I find it helps to see just how awful I can be.
January 14, 2007
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By Craig Lucas
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
My wildly careening career ride may have seemed like a string of detours, but as it turned out, it didn't take me a single mile out of my way.
October 29, 2006
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By Beth Henley
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
There's no mapping it out. Stories can come from the dramas that just happen to unfold, often things you can't foresee.
October 15, 2006
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By Richard Montoya
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
Responsibility is a burden, and we in Culture Clash often feel its weight. But would we be true to ourselves if we settled for a song and dance?
August 6, 2006
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By Thomas Gibbons
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
Can a white writer capture the black experience? Is it fair to try?
January 15, 2006
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By Billy Crystal
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
Billy Crystal started writing "700 Sundays" as a meditation on his father's premature death. Reliving the anguish, healing and humor, he's learned to trust his instincts — and his audience.
January 8, 2006
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By Rick Cleveland
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
Lying. Some people might call it pathological. Rick Cleveland calls it "The Beginning of How I Became a Writer."
November 20, 2005
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By David Mamet
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
That movie, that play, that war — its title may not be logical, or barely true. One can rail against it or, quite simply, join in.
October 2, 2005
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By Jeff Whitty
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
The road to "Avenue Q" has had more than a few bumps and turns. But the audience is always there giving clear directions about which way we need to go.
September 4, 2005
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By David Hare
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
Art takes us to a place that journalism can't: the psychological heart of the characters in an epic story like the buildup to war against Iraq. Hence my play "Stuff Happens."
May 29, 2005
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By Luis Alfaro
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
Nothing's better than a coffee shop — or a deli or barbecue joint or taco stand — for overhearing honest conversation and witnessing L.A. life uncensored.
April 3, 2005
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By John Patrick Shanley
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
Uncertainty can be a positive catalyst, and the resolution can be dramatic. A play, for instance. I should know.
March 13, 2005
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By Charlayne Woodard
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
In studying the folk tales that were handed down by my people in bondage to teach and comfort, I learned vital lessons about the people themselves. And that led me to create "Flight," set on a plantation in 1858.
January 9, 2005
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By Tony Kushner
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
Music leavens the agony of an era in "Caroline, or Change."
October 31, 2004
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By Kurt Vonnegut
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
Simply entertaining an audience for a little while is a worthy goal in and of itself.
October 24, 2004
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By Charles Mee
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
If we're formed by our experiences, shouldn't our work be as well? Even Shakespeare cribbed from Cervantes and other earlier work.
October 24, 2004
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By Mitch Albom
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
Writing books is scant preparation for the collaborative land mine of writing for stage or screen.
September 12, 2004
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By Donald Margulies
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
Playwright Donald Margulies finds in his home borough not only a tug to the traditional but the allure of the unknown.
September 5, 2004
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