Plays and Playwrights 2002 [Paperback]

Martin Denton (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2002

The book includes ten plays, all never before published and all produced during the past year. In "Plays and Playwrights 2002" you'll find everything from a romantic verse drama about King Arthur to a touching folk play set in America's heartland. From the edgy farce of Marc Spitz's "Shyness Is Nice" to the innovative eastern-influenced theatricality of Chiori Miyagawa's "Woman Killer", the entire spectrum of current American dramatic styles, themes, and genres is represented in this book.

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About the Author

Martin Denton, editor, is Executive Director of The New York Theatre Experience, a nonprofit corporation with a mission to promote theatre. He is also editor and chief reviewer for nytheatre.com, an e-magazine on the Internet. Denton is editor of "Plays and Playwrights for the New Millennium" and "Plays and Playwrights 2001."

Product Details

• Paperback: 350 pages
• Publisher: New York Theatre Experience Inc (January 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967023432
• ISBN-13: 978-0967023434
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,089,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm the founder and editor of nytheatre.com, a website that provides lots of information about the New York City theatre scene, from Broadway to off-Broadway to the exciting indie theater sector. It was as editor of nytheatre.com that I became interested in bringing new American plays by emerging or unpublished authors to the attention of readers in the "Plays and Playwrights" anthology series. I've been working on nytheatre.com since 1997. I'm also the producer of nytheatrecast, the first weekly podcast series about NYC theatre. I'm a member of the American Theatre Critics Association; I probably see about 300 shows every year. Last year I was proud to receive (with NYTE's Managing Director) the Stewardship Award from the New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, in recognition of my work on nytheatre.com and as editor of the "Plays and Playwrights" books.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Anthology, January 21, 2006

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Cort Earl - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plays and Playwrights 2002 (Paperback)

This is an amazing anthology, which serves as the best chronicle of the off-off-Broadway scene. Although I found nearly all of the plays in this collection to be great reads, one that I really enjoyed was Marc Chun's "Match" -- an innovative and moving piece. In fact, I actually read it twice in one sitting, because after I came to the ending I immediately read it again in the same way I bought another ticket to see "The Sixth Sense" (to appreciate the clues that only in retrospect suddenly seemed right in front of my face) right after seeing that the first time. Bravo to Mr. Denton for collecting this and the other plays in this volume.

5.0 out of 5 stars Talent, pure and simple, March 21, 2002

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Thomas B Neenan (Danvers, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plays and Playwrights 2002 (Paperback)

"The Death of King Arthur" by Matthew Freeman is enough to make this collection worth purchasing! I was lucky enough to attend a reading of this play and even at that early stage I was floored by its richness and power. It has since been performed and recieved a gushing review from the New York Times. Challenging and entertaining. Matthew Freeman is a talent worth keeping an eye on!