Chelsea, Mich.: writer's apprentice.(Jeff Daniels's "Guest Artist")(Brief article)
American Theatre, January, 2006 by Schloff, Aaron Mack
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"HE COMES WALKING ACROSS THE PLATFORM ALL DISHEVELED, carrying his suitcase, and I'm thinking, this is what we do to one of our greatest playwrights? It pissed me off," says Jeff Daniels, describing the time he picked up Lanford Wilson (who doesn't travel by air) at a Toledo, Ohio, train station at 6 a.m.
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That vision sparked Daniels's latest play, Guest Artist, which opens at the Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea, Mich., Jan. 19. In it, a wet-behind-the-ears actor and a battle-worn visiting writer square off: One has written a first, false play; the other has written ...
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