Thursday, January 28, 2010

"Boston Marriage" review by Russ Simmons


Critics often complained that playwright David Mamet, the king of theatrical testosterone (“Glengarry, Glen Ross,” “American Buffalo”), never wrote any good parts for women. In 1999, Mamet responded by concocting an uncharacteristic period piece called “Boston Marriage.” An opus that plays a bit like a caustic reworking of an Oscar Wilde comedy, “Boston Marriage” features only three characters, all of them women.

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