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EST Marathon 2007 Series B
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jun 15, 2007
Closed Jun 30, 2007
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

The major forum of one-act plays in America returns in its 29th incarnation, with 10 premieres from some of the country's most talented playwrights.

SERIES B

Priceless by Elizabeth Diggs
Directed by Mary Robinson
A two-hander centered on a newly married couple who come into a large inheritance and have vastly different ideas about how to spend it.

Self-Portrait in a Blue Room by Daniel Reitz
Directed by Pamela Berlin
With Larry Pine and Chris Stack
A May/December gay couple wait outside the Oval Office prior to an audience with the President.

Casting by Amy Fox
Directed by Nela Wagman
A teenage girl casts her ideal family.

Milton Bradley by Peter Sagal
Directed by Susan Einhorn
A rabbi must eulogize a woman who, in life, was anything but pleasant.

Beirut Rocks by Israel Horovitz
Four students are trapped in a Beirut hotel as missiles destroy the city around them.

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THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Ensemble Studio Theatre
549 W 52nd St
New York, NY 10019

This theater is renowned for presenting new theatrical works. Each season presents almost 250 new works, ranging from readings to full-length plays. Many first time scripts are produced during the company's two festivals: the Octoberfest and the S [...] Read More

WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Anyone concluding there's little hope for a Middle East solution won't be cheered by Israel Horovitz's slashed-from-the-headlines Beirut Rocks, which is the dolorous highpoint of the unusually rewarding
EST Marathon 2007 Series B, which turns out to be one of the long-running series' best outings. Indeed, two more of the presented quintet -- Daniel Reitz's Self-Portrait in a Blue Room and Peter Sagal's Milton Bradley -- are surpassingly good; Elizabeth Diggs' Priceless is quite commendable; while only Amy Fox's Casting taps the adequate button.

In Beirut Rocks, four American students are holed up in a hotel awaiting evacuation while Israel has Lebanon under attack. With rockets whistlin[...]


Reviewed by David Finkle on Jun 19, 2007

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