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Renowned playwright Christopher Durang could occasionally find humor in the most depressing topics. Learn more about him below.
In a career spanning more than 40 years, he established himself as a hyperliterate jester and an anarchic clown, jumping from sex to metaphysics to serial killers to psychology.
Theatre Brown County readies for performances; Kurt Vonnegut Requiem now available Kurt Vonnegut Requiem now available Connie Shakalis Special to the Herald-Times Actors get paid for consistency, and when they're stifling an unscheduled guffaw, they're suffering. As Maria in "The Sound of Music," in Ohio, I turned, with my guitar, to run back to the abbey for dinner ("She's always late for everything except for every meal"). Splam. Onto my face, with head mic, of course, I went. Boom. And worse, trying not to nervous-laugh into the mic. In Florida, as Nellie in "South Pacific," I sobbed as...