Margaret Edson

On the Culture Front: Jeff Mangum Returns to New York, Valentine's Day Cocktails at Michael's, Wit, and Russian Transport

Chris Kompanek | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Cynthia Nixon, Russian Transport, Cocktails, Jeff Mangum, Valentine's Day, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Janeane Garofalo, Wit, Margaret Edson, Bam, Erica Sheffer, Michael's, Santa Teresa 1796, NY Theater, Neutral Milk Hotel, NY Around Town, New York News
Chris Kompanek

Cynthia Nixon is giving a stunning and disarmingly funny performance in Lynne Meadow's revival of Margaret Edson's moving play, Wit.

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Theater: Cynthia Nixon Brings Wit to Broadway And Garners Raves

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Cynthia Nixon Wit, Wit Play, Wit Broadway, Cynthia Nixon Broadway, Wit Review, Wit Show, Video, Margaret Edson Wit, Margaret Edson, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

A new look at Margaret Edson's work reinforced my belief that this show is not successful beyond its strong central character and becomes less interesting as the drama of watching our heroine die takes over.

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Middle School Social Studies Teacher Sees Lessons In Teaching Own Play

AP | By DORIE TURNER | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Atlanta Elementary Schools, Social Studies, Pulitzer Prize, Middle School Social Studies, Wit, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Atlanta Schools, Atlanta, Teachers, Broadway Plays, Margaret Edson Playwright, Margaret Edson, Playwright, Education News

ATLANTA -- Playwright Margaret Edson talks proudly about her Pulitzer Prize and her work appearing on Broadway, but she's the most animated when she d...

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Cynthia Nixon To Star On Broadway In 'Wit'

AP | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Cynthia Nixon, Wit Play, Gay Rights, Broadway, Theatre, Theater, Sex and the City, Cancer, Margaret Edson, Gay Marriage, Pulitzer Prize, Arts News

NEW YORK -- Cynthia Nixon will be returning to Broadway in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Wit." Producers said Wednesday that the Tony and Emmy awa...

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Wherefore Theater? Why Is the Ancient Art Still Here?

Lauren Gunderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Play, New Plays, Musical Theater, Tony Kushner, Theatre, Theater, Margaret Edson, Shakespeare, Robert Redford, Playwright, Actors, Improv, Arianna Huffington, Arts News
Lauren Gunderson

With every kind of digital distraction, and ever cheaper and more convenient ways to entertain oneself, what is theater doing here? Wherefore bother with theater?

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