What Musicals And Plays Work In Both London And NYC?
How Did Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Write His Tony Award Winning Play “Appropriate”?
“Because the “family drama” feels deeply American, Jacobs-Jenkins wanted to write his own. But he was stuck. So he reread every play he could think of that fit the genre — those by Eugene O’Neill, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Horton Foote, Lorraine Hansberry, August Wilson, Sam Shepard — and decided to “steal one thing from […]
How Did David Adjmi Write Stereophonic, The Most Tony Nominated Play Ever?
“Adjmi writes on instinct. So much so that he didn’t initially write “Stereophonic”’s dialogue on a page; he dictated it to an assistant. “I would just start talking, and then I would have her transcribe everything I said, and then she would read it back to me and I’d say, ‘Cut that.’ ‘Put that line […]