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Guare, John
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Guare, John (b. 1938), playwright. Nephew of a Hollywood casting director, he was born in New York and studied at the Yale School of Drama. He won an
Obie Award for his one‐act play,
Muzeeka (1968), but his first major success was
The House of Blue Leaves (1971). Subsequent full‐length plays have included
Rich and Famous (1976),
Marco Polo Sings a Solo (1977),
Landscape of the Body (1977),
Bosoms and Neglect (1979), and
Lydie Breeze (1982). Not until
Six Degrees of Separation (1990) did he enjoy another major hit. Guare's later works include
Four Baboons Adoring the Sun (1992),
Lake Hollywood (1999), and
Chaucer in Rome (2001); he also scripted the librettos for
Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971) and
Sweet Smell of Success (2002). Guare's work is difficult to categorize, mixing absurdist touches with a quirky kind of satire that relies on inflated language.
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Guare's `Six Degrees': life as a con game
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/2/1993; ; 700+ words
; John Guare tells a story about being...expenses! But just seeing John Guare printed in the paper and identified...thimblerigger, pulled his hoax on John Jay Iselin, former president...sent to prison for 21 months. Guare used the Hampton case for his...
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Living Large; Welcome to the Exuberant World of Playwright John Guare
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/14/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...sidles up from nowhere. "Psst! Do you want the dish on John Guare?" And out of the nearest doorway thunders playwright John Guare like an angry Jove, all six feet or so of him, eyes...
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WILL 'MOON OVER MIAMI' PUT GUARE BACK ON BROADWAY?
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/12/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...Moon Over Miami," John Guare mulled his way through a...Eighteen years ago, John Guare's first full-length...casting" the material as a John Belushi movie, sat down...Belushi wanted to do it," Guare says. "It was funny stuff...
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Interview: August Wilson and John Guare discuss why top playwrights gather in Alaska for an annual festival
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 6/23/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...0000 Interview: August Wilson and John Guare discuss why top playwrights gather...there and so are August Wilson and John Guare, among others. Past visitors have...far to talk about their passion? John Guare and August Wilson join us now to...
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A family affair; Parents' lives inspire Guare in latest play.(ENTERTAINMENT)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 2/6/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...for any conundrum. For playwright John Guare, the indispensable word combination...interconnectedness. And his title for it won Guare a call from the quotemeisters at Bartlett...two random days in their lives," Guare said. "I wanted to show the richness...
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John Guare charts the `Six Degrees of Separation'
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/10/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...348-4000 The Chicago production of John Guare's "Six Degrees of Separation...might ask. The inspiration for Guare's play began in real life. In 1983...human links. Or, as a character in Guare's play explains it, "I read somewhere...
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Blue Barn-storming playwright Guare lauds 'Six Degrees' production.
Newspaper article from: Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE); 5/6/2007; 698 words
; ...wondering what visiting playwright John Guare thought of the Blue Barn's production...clothes, wearing skivvies or a slip. Guare had requested a seat near an exit...a cast change just 10 days before Guare saw the show, had been wonderful...
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GUARE PLAY IS NO ROMAN HOLIDAY
News Wire article from: United Press International; 6/20/2001; 700+ words
; ...International 06-20-2001 Guare play is no Roman holiday...by eminent playwright John Guare is a theatrical pilgrimage...It is around them that Guare has fashioned his frantic...including the murder of John Lennon. Ron (actually...
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New york stories; His play Six Degrees Of Separation spawned the parlour game of the last decade. And, as John Guare's work gets a rare staging Scotland, Andrew Burnet finds the playwright just wants to make connections
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 4/13/2003; ; 700+ words
; Where would Kevin Bacon be without John Guare? It was Guare who wrote the 1990 play Six Degrees Of Separation...separation theory is fascinating, but it is not Guare's own. It was popularised in the 1960s by an American...
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Changing of the Guare
Newspaper article from: Pacific Sun; 2/6/2009; ; 700+ words
; Changing of the Guare A pair of John Guare offerings shows best and worst of prolific playwright John Guare is nothing if not theatrical; the...playwright - even if it kills him. John Guare, who stood in the back on opening...
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Guare, John
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Guare, John (1938–, playwright.)A graduate of the Yale Drama School, Guare has written two plays that gained him national...actor Sidney Poitier. Both plays are set in Guare's native New York City, as are several...
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John Guare
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Guare , 1938-, American playwright, b. New...Yale Univ. (M.F.A., 1963). Guare's freewheeling, satirical plays are the...explores issues of manners, class, and race. Guare also wrote the screenplay for the 1993 screen...
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House of Blue Leaves, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
House of Blue Leaves, The (1971), a play by John Guare . [Truck and Warehouse Theatre, 337 perf.; NYDCC Award...revived by Lincoln Center to great acclaim in 1986 with John Mahoney, Stockard Channing , and Swoozie Kurtz in the...
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Front Page, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...Burns. A 1986 revival at Lincoln Center received mixed notices. It has been made into at least three films. In 2003 John Guare rewrote the comedy as His Girl Friday , based on the 1940 film of the same title, and it premiered in London.
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National Playwrights Conference
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
...comments and make revisions on the spot for a less ‘provisional’ performance.” Among the playwrights whose early works were offered there were John Guare , Lanford Wilson , Lee Blessing, and August Wilson .
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