[In the interview below, Smith discusses the effects of the 1992 race riots on Los Angeles and her reasons for writing Twilight.]
One critic calls her the most exciting individual in current American ...
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[In the following excerpt, Hornby discusses Smith's performance in Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 and praises the play as a representative example of American regional theater.]
Twilight, like [Fi...
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[In the following review, Stuart lauds Smith's deft handling of complex characters and situations in Twilight.]
Toward the end of her heroic docu-theater event about the police beating of Rodne...
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[In the following review, Feingold praises Smith both as a performer and as a writer.]
Roughly 10 minutes into Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Anna Deavere Smith disappears. I can't cite the exact...
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[Brustein is a highly-regarded American drama critic. In the review of Twilight below, he comments on Smith's performance, her characterization, and her depiction of the multicultural issues su...
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[In the following excerpt, Mitchell discusses the controversy over whether Twilight should be characterized as journalism or art.]
Anna Deavere Smith's one-woman play about the riots, Twilight:...
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