InJohn Guare's classic play The House of Blue Leaves (winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for best play), the Pope is visiting New York, and eighteen-year-old Ronnie goes AWOL from the army to come home to New York and blow up the Pope as he passes his house. In his new play, Chaucer in Rome, it is the year 2000, and Ron and his wife come to Rome to search for their son. And with his inimitable wit and understanding, Guare has written a scathingly funny satire on the warping hunger for fame, and the betrayal involved in creating art.
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A woozy, fragile, hilarious heartbreaker...the writing is lush with sad, ironic wisdom about fame, love, and deluded values. -- USA Today on House of Blue Leaves
Guare makes us become voyeurs even as we scorn voyeurism--thus offering a titillating, troubling commentary on life. -- USA Today on Chaucer in Rome
Guare's most disciplined, merciless yet lovable work since Six Degrees of Separation and maybe his best yet. -- New York Newsday on Chaucer in Rome
Splendid...a joyful affirmation of life and of John Guare's artistry....Mr. Guare is in a class by himself. -- The New York Times on House of Blue Leaves
Guare makes us become voyeurs even as we scorn voyeurism--thus offering a titillating, troubling commentary on life. -- USA Today on Chaucer in Rome
Guare's most disciplined, merciless yet lovable work since Six Degrees of Separation and maybe his best yet. -- New York Newsday on Chaucer in Rome
Splendid...a joyful affirmation of life and of John Guare's artistry....Mr. Guare is in a class by himself. -- The New York Times on House of Blue Leaves
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John Guare is the author of numerous plays, including Lydie Breeze and Six Degrees of Separation. His film work includes the Oscar-nominated Atlantic City, which won New York, Los Angeles, and National Film Critics Circle Awards for best screenplay.
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