The two begin to interlock as the characters make their exits from Nothing On only to find themselves making entrances into the even worse nightmare going on backstage. In the end, at the disastrous final performance, the two plots can be kept separate no longer, and coalesce into a single collective nervous breakdown.

    This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down and out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it, BLOOD. Over time, though, Seymour discovers Audrey II's out of this world origins and intent towards global domination!

    Martha Livingstone, a court-appointed psychiatrist, is charged with assessing the sanity of a young novitiat accused of murdering her newborn. Miriam Ruth, the Mother Superior, determindly keeps young Agnes from the doctor, arousing Livingstone's suspicions further. Who killed the infant and who fathered the tiny victim? Livingstone's questions force all three women to re-examine the meaning of faith and the power of love leading to a dramatic, compelling climax. A hit on Broadway and later on film."Riveting, powerful, electrifying drama...the dialogue crackles."-New York Daily News"Outstanding play [that]...deals intelligently with questions of religion and psychology."-The New York Times"Unquestionably blindingly theatrical...cleverly executed blood and guts evening in the theatre."-New York Post

    Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

    Larry L. King up to his red neck in debt, suddenly was embarked upon a theatrical adventure that had all the makings of a fiasco. He began keeping a journal of his experiences with every expectation of grand, or not so grand, failure—and with a sharp eye for the villains of the piece.Out of that journal Mr. King has fashioned The Whorehouse Papers, a barbed and unbuttoned account of the making of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, set down as no other backstage memoir could be, with all the cayenne and bias of a man by turns mystified, infuriated, and enraptured by life in the theatre. The constant wrangling of creative egos, the tribulations of casting, the disasters of rehearsals, the manic cold sweats of opening night, the sweet shock of success—all of this Mr. King renders in his no-holds-barred story of a show—one of the longest-running in Broadway history—that by his own reckoning has made him "about two-thirds rich."

    The friendships, the laughter, the love, the fears of being outed, the difficulties of being gay and how it affects relationships with family, children, parents and careers, the demonstrations of what the painful price could be for a gay life 30 years ago in everyday America, had never before been told with such respect. Chambers' comedic dialogue, sensitivity to human nature and tender treatment of her characters help the play transcend preconceptions and show the universality of these women's journeys.

    Saddlemyer has created, by selecting from the correspondence of the first directors, W.B.Yeats, Lady Gregory and J.M.Synge, and drawing on material by Miss Horniman and others, a fascinating book that shows the foundation and evolution of the Abbey through the first five years of its existence, as seen from the inside by the protagonists. It describes the internal management problems, including the controversies that led to the first departure of players over nationalist principles, and the troubles which eventually brought about the resignation of Frank and Willie Fay, as well as the daily difficulties of programming, casting, production and finance, and the excitement of a pioneering theatrical enterprise.

    "This hilarious and heartwarming play by the author of Beau Jest tells the story of a young man in search of spiritual identity. Isaac begins by informing the audience that "things may go a little differently tonight because my mother is in the audience" and, from the audience, his mother becomes a persistent presence in the play. Isaac tells how he learned about the threatened Neo Nazi demonstration in Skokie and he wonders how if this incident should concern him as an American Jew. Various characters that he encounters in funny and touching scenes offer a confounding array of possible positions to adopt and two women significantly affect the path of his journey. Intermittently, Isaac illustrates his inner conflict with fantastical parodies of old movies." Sam French catalog.