Joseph Chaikin: 1935-2003.(in memoriam)(Obituary)
American Theatre, September, 2003 by Van Itallie, Jean-Claude
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On Sept. 16, 2003, Joe Chaikin would have turned 68. It's 40 years since I met him.
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In September 1963, Joe's 28. I'm 27 and in grief over my mother's death. My ex-lover (male) is sleeping with my ex-fiancee, and I'm feeling painfully alone. I'm sitting in a care on Greenwich Avenue with Gordon Rogoff, the critic. I complain, "No theatre will even consider producing the two short plays I've just written. War and Motel are too unusual." Gordon tells me, "There's a guy who teaches at the New School, Joe Chaikin. He's as unhappy as you are with the realistic bias of ...
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