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Roger Rosenblatt

ROGER ROSENBLATT

  (1940 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Roger Rosenblatt. Roger Rosenblatt's pieces in Time Magazine have won two George Polk Awards, awards from the Overseas Press Club, the American Bar Association, and others. His television essays for theNewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS have won the Peabody and the Emmy. He is the author of twelve books, which have been published in 13 languages. they include the national bestseller, Rules for Aging; three collections of essays; and Children of War,which won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His first satirical novel,Lapham Rising, also a national bestseller, was published in 2006 by Ecco/HarperCollins, and his second novel,Beet, prepared in the spring of 2008. He has written six Off-Broadway plays including I Must Be Off, which will open in the fall of 2008 at New York's Flea Theater. His comic, one-person show, Free Speech in America, which he performed at the American Palace Theater, was cited by the New York Times as one of the 10 best plays of 1991. Mr. Rosenblatt began writing professionally in his mid-thirties, when he became Literary Editor and a columnist forthe New Republic. Before that, he taught at Harvard, where he earned his Ph.D, and held the Briggs-Copeland appointment in the teaching of writing. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Ireland in 1965-66. Five universities have awarded him honorary doctorates. In 2005, he was the Edward R. Murrow Visiting Professor at Harvard. He is currently Distinguished Professor of English and Writing at Stony Brook University.

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         And         Ashley Montana Goes Ashore in the Caicos Or What Am I Doing Here?         Away in the Manger         Oldsmobiles, The         Twas the Night Before

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Ashley Montana Goes Ashore in the Caicos Or What Am I Doing Here?

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A mysterious blonde whose boss may be a crook or she may be having a "bad hair" day.

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Away in the Manger

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Mary is waiting to give birth to the son of God, while Joseph dreams of a career as a stand-up comedian. With constant interruptions from the innkeeper, an angel who talks like Jimmy Stewart, and a group of carolers providing background music, it's up to a homeless man named Jesus to keep the holiday in perspective. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play 'Twas the Night Before. . .)

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10-20 min Comedy

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Oldsmobiles, The

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the Oldsmobiles is a comedy set on New York's Manhattan Bridge. Mr. and Mrs. Oldsmobile are perched on the edge contemplating their life together and life hereafter. With the eyes of the NYPD, the fire department, tourists, celebrities, a news anchor, a priest, the mayor, and the Oldsmobiles' children upon them, the couple relish the attention and ponder the possibilities of life and death through Roger Rosenblatt's sparkling comedic lens
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Twas the Night Before

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A collection of five Christmas-themed short plays from New York City's acclaimed Flea theater. From a family sitting down to read "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" with unexpected results (Not a Creature Was Stirring), to elves rapping about bloody films (Holiday Movies), to an irreverent take on the story of Jesus' birth (Away in the Manger), these comedies and Dramas take on the holiday season like never before. To purchase this book of 5 plays, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below:

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play Ten Min

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