Joy Ride - Show People and Their Shows

Joy Ride throws open the stage door and introduces readers to such makers of contemporary drama as Arthur Miller, Tony Kushner, Wallace Shawn, Harold Pinter, David Rabe, David Mamet, Mike Nichols, and August Wilson. Lahr takes us to the cabin in the woods that Arthur Miller built in order to write Death of a Salesman; we walk with August Wilson through the Pittsburgh ghetto where we encounter the inspiration for his great cycle; we sit with Ingmar Bergman at the Kunglinga Theatre in Stockholm, where he attended his first play; we visit with Harold Pinter at his London home and learn the source of the feisty David Mamet’s legendary ear for dialogue.


In its juxtaposition of biographical detail and critical analysis, Joy Ride explores with insight and panache not only the lives of the theatricals but the liveliness of the stage worlds they have created.

Joy Ride deschide usa scenei si ii prezinta pe cititori unor producatori de drama contemporana precum Arthur Miller, Tony Kushner, Wallace Shawn, Harold Pinter, David Rabe, David Mamet, Mike Nichols si August Wilson. Lahr ne duce la cabana din padurile pe care Arthur Miller le-a construit pentru a scrie Moartea unui vanzator; mergem cu August Wilson prin ghetoul din Pittsburgh unde intalnim inspiratia pentru marele sau ciclu; stam cu Ingmar Bergman la Teatrul Kunglinga din Stockholm, unde a participat la prima sa piesa; vizitam impreuna cu Harold Pinter acasa la Londra si aflam sursa legendarei urechi pentru dialog a lui David Mamet. In juxtapunerea detaliilor biografice si a analizei critice, Joy Ride exploreaza cu perspicacitate si panache nu doar vietile teatrale, ci si vioiciunea a lumilor scenice pe care le-au creat.