Project #1 Genres

Atlantic Theatre Company

Bottom of the World By Lucy Thurber (produced 2010)

• "Ms. Thurber’s drama about friendship, family and loss"              http://theater.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/theater/reviews/15bottom.html
• "Lucy Thurber's "Bottom of the World," an uneven comedy-drama"
  http://www.backstage.com/bso/content_display/reviews/ny-theatre-reviews/e3ifbadade3d03a99b1d80a2309127d4056

A Life in the Theatre By David Mamet (produced 2010)

• "two-character drama/comedy"
  http://www.enotes.com/life-theatre
• "David Mamet's backstage comedy"
  http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/reviews/10-2010/a-life-in-the-theatre_31211.html

The Collection by Harold Pinter (produced 2010)

• "Harold Pinter's darkly-comic jewel of a play"
  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115839629481&index=1
• It is a comedy laced with typically "Pinteresque" ambiguity and "implications of threat and strong feeling produced through colloquial language, apparent triviality, and long pauses"
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collection_(play)

The New York Idea Adapted by David Auburn from the original by Langdon Mitchell (produced 2011)

• " In this sharp-tongued comedy, David Auburn enlivens..."
  http://www.atlantictheater.org/page.aspx?id=12016750
• "It's a frothy, sophisticated scenario that Auburn has both streamlined and embellished ..."
  http://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/reviews/01-2011/the-new-york-idea_33572.html

Keep Your Pantheon by David Mamet (produced 2009)

• "an extended and quite amusing skit"
  http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-mamet20-2008may20,0,7742570.story
• "a rousing world premiere farce"
  http://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/productiondetail.aspx?id=520

School by David Mamet (Produced 2009)

• "a brief comic gem"
  http://www.scribd.com/doc/18502464/Atlantic-Theater-Company-20092010-Brochure
• "Comedy"
  http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/8591

Ages of the Moon by Sam Shepard (produced 2010)

• "the two-character sigh of a play"http://theater.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/theater/reviews/28ages.html
• "This sketchy, often poignant, meditation on aging and loss..."
  http://www.sam-shepard.com/ages.html

Oohrah by Bekah Brunstetter (produced 2009)

• "disarmingly funny and candid drama"
  http://www.scribd.com/doc/18502464/Atlantic-Theater-Company-20092010-Brochure
• "powerful and unexpected new play"
  http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/plays/view/2306

No Dogs Allowed by Sonia Manzano (produced 2009)

• "juvenile fiction"
  Google Books:  http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADFA_enUS372US373&q=No+Dogs+Allowed+by+Sonia+Manzano+
•  "semi-autobiographical story"
  http://www.nodogsallowedmusical.com/book.html 

Books Cook by Liz Swados (produced 2009)

• "carnival vaudevill"
  http://drama.tisch.nyu.edu/object/dr_gallery_books.html
•  "this festive vaudeveille"
  http://newyorkkids.timeout.com/events/theater/329431/4383938/books-cook