Argentine Tango. (Roaming Spotlight).(Argentine playwright Mario Diament's "Smithereens")(Brief Article)
American Theatre, April, 2002 by Chernysheva, Vera
CORAL GABLES, FLA.: While Argentina reels through its current economic and political crisis, New Theatre premieres Smithereens, a politically charged drama by Argentine playwright Mario Diament. A love story among three friends in 1990s Argentina, the play unfurls against a backdrop of the "Dirty War" that started with the 1976 military takeover and resulted in the 30,000 deaths.
Through their relationship with Claudia (Marcy Ruderhausen, in photo), a human rights lawyer, the two male protagonists (David Mann, left, and Paul Tei, in photo) ...
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