Death Defying Acts: Central Park West, An Interview, Hotline
by Elaine May, Woody Allen, David Mamet

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Highlights

One Act 30 mins Present Day All Men Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American Comedy

Awards & Recognition

Outer Critics Circle

1995 Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play.

Synopsis

Short Plays / Comedy / 2m, 3f / 3 ints.

This long-running Off Broadway hit features the work of three gifted playwrights.

David Mamet's AN INTERVIEW is an oblique, mystifying interrogation.

A sleazy lawyer is forced to answer difficult questions and to admit the truth about his life and career.

The why and where of the interrogation provide a surprise ending to this brilliant twenty minute comedy.

In HOTLINE by Elaine May, a neurotic woman with enough urban angst to fill a neighborhood calls a

Press Reviews

"A wealth of laughter."

— Newsday“Lighter than air, an elegant diversion.” - The New York Times

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1996
Binding Paperback
Edition Illustrated
Pages 132
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573695391
ISBN-10 0573695393
LCCN 97002652
LCC PS627.O53 D43 1995
DCC 812.54

Death Defying Acts: Central Park West, An Interview, Hotline is a American comedy play written by Elaine May and published by Samuel French in London (1996).

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