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1557835055 978-1557835055 May 1, 2005 Hardcover

This provocative collection and major publishing event brings together the critical highlights of the well-known New York cultural critic John Simon. Covering a span of more than three decades, it includes previously published work from New York, the Huds


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Theater buffs curious about what one of the country's most esteemed critics thinks of their favorite plays may want to pick up this collection of reviews and criticism, but they might be disappointed when he doesn't agree with them. In this volume, released simultaneously with John Simon on Film and John Simon on Music, Simon takes turns skewering and lauding almost anything that opened on Broadway or Off in the past 30 years. Known for his acid wit (in his introduction, O'Brien refers to him as "cranky, but never a snob"), some of Simon's turns of phrase can certainly seem harsh (he refers to Billy Joel's music for Movin' Out as "street noise" and says that the show is appropriate only for "foreign visitors who speak no English") but he never apologizes for his opinions. Simon's writing is accessible, and it's often surprising to see which productions he likes and which he detests. And while certain shows beloved by other critics and the theater-going public are slashed to bits, the book is a necessary compilation of an important cultural critic's work that certainly deserves to be on the shelves of theater scholars and historians, as well as those wishing to study a master of arts criticism.
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  • Hardcover: 840 pages
  • Publisher: Applause Books; Hardcover edition (May 1, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1557835055
  • ISBN-13: 978-1557835055
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New York, John Lee Beatty, Lloyd Webber, Jane Greenwood, Act Two, Oscar Wilde, Act One, Jules Fisher, Robin Wagner, Elephant Man, Tony Walton, Miss Ullmann, Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince, Neil Simon, Peter Pan, Tom Stoppard, Tommy Tune, Central Park, Joe Papp, Los Angeles, Mabou Mines, Paul Gallo, Public Theater, William Ivey Long
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