Between two worlds: in his most telling play yet, Donald Margulies flirts with the dramatic crises of life versus art.(critic's notebook)(Theater Review)
American Theatre, January, 2005 by Hodgins, Paul
"I'm turning 50 tomorrow," Donald Margulies announces, deep into an interview about his newest play, Brooklyn Boy. "Not that it's weighing heavily on me, but it is certainly a milestone. It really is." Margulies pauses. "And once you reach that vantage point, you just view things differently."
It's not merely an idle observation. More than most American playwrights of his generation, Margulies has modulated his style, subjects and characters as he has traversed life's phases. Early works such as Zimmer and Found a Peanut plumbed the world of kids ...
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