On Writers and Their Whereabouts.(American playwriting thriving despite Broadway trends)(Brief Article)

Okay, I'm starting to get really irritated.

Last winter, Broadway was briefly populated exclusively with musicals, revivals and European (read: British) plays--not a contemporary American in sight. Alas and alack, cried a New York Times writer--how low we have fallen! The new American play is dying! In the months since, an increasing number of doomsday journalists and funders have lamented the demise of American playwriting, citing this brief Broadway hiatus.

To those who find themselves incapable of looking south of 40th Street (or north of 52nd), especially in a moment ...

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