Theater Review: Awake and Sing! by Clifford Odets on Broadway - Page 5

And listening to them fight over why we go to war, how we compensate workers for their labor, and what we call “success” in America, it’s clearly our own world today as well. Too bad it takes a 70-year-old play to bring back on stage those realities so often ignored in our insular theatre of today.

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Garrett Eisler started the blog, The Playgoer, in May 2005. He has also reviewed theatre for the Village Voice and Time Out New York, and written articles for American Theatre magazine, Stage Directions, and the Best Plays Theater Yearbook series.

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  • 1 - Eric Olsen

    Apr 26, 2006 at 6:58 pm

    heady stuff Playgoer - very thorough and well-written - thanks!

  • 2 - Chris Evans

    Apr 27, 2006 at 12:53 am

    I just saw this and it was AMAZING. All of the actors were so incredible, and it doesn't hurt that I got to touch Mark Ruffalo and get a picture with him afterwards.

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