"Una de las cosas que hace de Kushner un escritor tan vibrante es la forma en que se deleita en la exuberancia y la tristeza, emociones que estos intensos berlineses tienen en abundancia. Sus personajes intelectuales son tremendamente apasionados y expresivos, por lo que es difícil no preocuparse por lo que a ellos les importa y por lo que les sucede." -
Washington Post "Una obra de teatro arrolladora." -
San Francisco Weekly "Descaradamente política, que invita a la reflexión, un poco aterradora y con frecuencia muy divertida... embriagadoramente visionaria." -Sid Smith,
Chicago Tribune La poderosa representación del dramaturgo Tony Kushner, ganador del Premio Pulitzer, sobre la resolución, irresolución y disolución individual ante la catástrofe política,
A Bright Room Called Day sigue a un grupo de artistas y activistas políticos que luchan por preservarse en el Berlín de los años 30 mientras la República de Weimar se rinde a la seducción del fascismo. A menudo exquisitamente lírica, siempre estimulantemente inteligente, el mundo poético de la obra trasciende los límites de la realidad histórica con los desbordamientos moralmente indignados de una mujer neoyorquina contemporánea. Su furia ante las presidencias de Reagan y británica pone de manifiesto las incómodas similitudes entre entonces y ahora, y nos desafía a recordar que, aunque el mal pueda parecer inevitable, nunca es irresistible.
Tony Kushner's plays include
Angels in America;
Hydriotaphia, or the Death of Dr. Brown;
The Illusion, adapted from the play by Pierre Cornelle;
Slavs!;
A Bright Room Called Day;
Homebody/Kabul;
Caroline, or Change, a musical with composer Jeanine Tesori; and
The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures. He wrote the screenplays for Mike Nichols's film of
Angels in America and for Steven Spielberg's
Munich and
Lincoln. His books include
The Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to the Present; Brundibar, with illustrations by Maurice Sendak; and
Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, co-edited with Alisa Solomon.
Among many honors, Kushner is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, two Tony Awards, three Obie Awards, two Evening Standard Awards, an Olivier Award, an Emmy Award, two Oscar nominations, and the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2012, he was awarded a National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama. He lives in Manhattan with his husband, Mark Harris.
Author: Tony KushnerPublisher: Theatre Communications Group
Published: 05/01/1994
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.39w x 0.53d
ISBN13: 9781559360784
ISBN10: 155936078X
BISAC Categories:-
Drama |
American | General-
History |
Modern | 20th Century | Holocaust-
Social Science |
Jewish StudiesAbout the Author
Tony Kushner's plays include Angels in America; Hydriotaphia, or the Death of Dr. Brown; The Illusion, adapted from the play by Pierre Cornelle; Slavs!; A Bright Room Called Day; Homebody/Kabul; Caroline, or Change, a musical with composer Jeanine Tesori; and The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures. He wrote the screenplays for Mike Nichols's film of Angels in America and for Steven Spielberg's Munich and Lincoln. His books include The Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to the Present; Brundibar, with illustrations by Maurice Sendak; and Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, co-edited with Alisa Solomon.
Among many honors, Kushner is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, two Tony Awards, three Obie Awards, two Evening Standard Awards, an Olivier Award, an Emmy Award, two Oscar nominations, and the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2012, he was awarded a National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama. He lives in Manhattan with his husband, Mark Harris.
