Broadway is not, and has not been for some time, the place to look for exciting and noteworthy emerging playwrights.
Particularly noteworthy were his collaborations with playwrights Arthur Miller, who became one of his closest friends, and Tennessee Williams, a number of whose plays benefitted from Kazan's guidance long before they went into production.
I feel like I'm flogging a dead horse at this point, but I would urge you to check out Amy Herzog's "Belleville" at New York Theater Workshop and Annie Baker's "The Flick" at Playwrights Horizons if you're looking for noteworthy new plays to see in the next couple of months.
Randall Duk Kim appears as both the playwright's great-grandfather and father, while other noteworthy performances are supplied by Tsai Chin, as the tradition-bound, opium-addicted First Wife, Kim Miyori as the Second Wife, and Ming-Na Wen as the Third Wife.
David Pinski, Yiddish Dovid Pinski, Pinski also spelled Pinsky, (born April 5, 1872, Mogilyov, Russia [now Mahilyow, Bela.] died Aug. 11, 1959, Haifa, Israel), Russian-born playwright, novelist, and editor, one of the most noteworthy Yiddish-language dramatists.
April 5, 1872 Mahilyow, Russia August 11 , 1959Haifa, Israel David Pinski, Yiddish Dovid Pinski, Pinski also spelled Pinsky (born April 5, 1872, Mogilyov, Russia [now Mahilyow, Bela.] died Aug. 11, 1959, Haifa, Israel), Russian-born playwright, novelist, and editor, one of the most noteworthy Yiddish-language dramatists.
For someone who didn't master reading or writing until the age of nine, the list of Sebastian Barry's accomplishments - author, playwright, poet, and apparently a sweet singing voice - is noteworthy.
Of the plays by emerging playwrights making their Broadway debuts, what are some of the most exciting and noteworthy?
