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Review: “Sally and Tom”
I couldn’t help but think of the musical Kiss Me, Kate as I emerged from Suzan-Lori Parks’s new play, Sally and Tom at the Public Theater In both, we see actors dealing with each other as they work on a new play. In Kiss Me, Kate, the offstage relationship between the couple playing the leads Continue reading
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CULLUD WATTAH and CLYDE’S
My idea was to write a series of plays, each of which would take place in another American city. The stories would be specific to those towns, each arising organically out of the character and history of the location. And I would try to tell stories about cities that hadn’t already been represented a lot Continue reading
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Jeffrey Sweet--Making the Scene 