'Dancing in the Dark,' by Morris Dickstein Nov 4, 2009
Communists, such as playwright Clifford Odets, appear throughout "Dancing in the Dark" - you can't write about the 1930s without them - but Dickstein wisely doesn't dwell on the Reds who wanted to overthrow capitalism and turned to art as a weapon in the class struggle. Fortunately, there is much more to write about. (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Season 31 Sep 10, 2009
Playwright Clifford Odets was first considered, but when none of his plays seemed to fit, his contemporary, Thornton Wilder, was brought in. Wilder is most famous for his 1938 play "Our Town," for which he won the Pulitzer prize for drama, but he also won the prestigious award two other times, for "Skin" and for his novel "The Bridge of San Luis Rey.". (Juneau Empire)
What to do this week Aug 17, 2009
The play was written by Clifford Odets at the height of the Depression and performed for the first time in 1935. The story may be tumultuous, but in true-to-life fashion it's also full of hope. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Explorer cadets graduate Cadets take part in an awards ceremony at Sahuarita High School to mark their completion of the rigorous, two-week Southern Arizona Explorer Academy, held in June. Sponsor was the Sahuarita Police Department, and the teenage cadets were from Sahuarita, South Tucson, Oro Valley and Nogales. (See next Wednesday’s Sahuarita Sun for more on the Explorer academy.) Jul 4, 2009
Malden first gained prominence on Broadway in the late 1930s, making his debut in Golden Boy by Clifford Odets. It was during this time that he met Elia Kazan, who later was to direct him in Streetcar and Waterfront. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Karl Malden, 97; won Oscar for 'Streetcar Named Desire' Jul 2, 2009
Mr. Malden first gained prominence on Broadway in the late 1930s, making his debut in Golden Boy by Clifford Odets. Mr. Malden steadily gained more prominent roles, with time out for service in the US Army in World War II (and a role in an Army show, Winged Victory. (Boston Globe)
Does theater need to play it safe? May 16, 2009
But none of the great playwrights of the 20th century fit into first-season plans unless you include Clifford Odets. I don't, but maybe she'll change my mind. (Boston Globe)
Humorist Rakoff is coming to Berkeley Apr 2, 2009
Aurora's 18th season opens in late August with Joy Carlin's staging of Clifford Odets' 1935 drama of family hopes, fears and follies, "Awake and Sing!" Barbara Damashek directs LaBute's comic-poignant tale of a romance hit by body-image standards in November, followed by a December reprise of "The Coverlettes Cover Christmas," last year's popular girl-group holiday offering. Ross opens the new year by staging the world premiere of Joel Drake Johnson's "The First Grade," about a woman dealing... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
