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The Sisters Rosensweig by Wendy Wasserstein

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Author Biography

Name: Wendy Wasserstein
Birth Date: October 18, 1950
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Jewish
Gender: Female

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Biography of Wendy Wasserstein
9171 words, approx. 30.6 pages
In 1989 Wendy Wasserstein became the first woman playwright to win a Tony; that same year she also collected the Pulitzer Prize and the award for best new play from New York Drama Critics Circle. These accolades for The Heidi Chronicles (first performed...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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The Sisters Rosensweig Information
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The Sisters Rosensweig is a play by Wendy Wasserstein. Original Broadway Production The play was first performed on Broadway on March 18, 1993 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and closed on July 16 1994. Original Broadway Cast Sara Goode- Jane Alexander...


News and Journals
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The Washington Post
Accent on `Sisters Rosensweig'
07/19/1996: 381 words, approx. 1 pages
"The Sisters Rosensweig" Through July 31 The Center Company Tickets: 703/323-7965 Playwright Wendy Wasserstein never lets you forget that her titular sisters Rosensweig are from Brooklyn. Though her warm family comedy takes place at a reunion of said three sisters in faraway London,...
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The Boston Globe
`Sisters Rosensweig': sharp, sweet, shallow
01/27/1994: 996 words, approx. 3 pages
THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG Play in two acts by Wendy Wasserstein Directed by Dan Sullivan. Set, John Lee Beatty. Costumes, Jane Greenwood. Lights, Pat Collins At: The Shubert Theatre, through Feb. 6 As commercial comedies go, "The Sisters Rosensweig," at...
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AP News
Obituaries in the news
6/20/2007: 1,086 words, approx. 4 pages
Richard BellTORONTO (AP) _ Richard Bell, a songwriter and keyboardist who played with Janis Joplin, has died. He was 61.Bell died Friday of multiple myeloma at a Toronto hospital, according to his promotions company in Nashville, Tenn.His resume included stints with some of rock 'n'...
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The New York Observer
Wendy\'d5s Warren
2/11/2007: 1,352 words, approx. 5 pages
It’s been one year since the playwright Wendy Wasserstein died at the age of 55, and her old apartment, on the 11th floor of 75 Central Park West, has now been sold for $5.22 million. “It was a pretty place to be,” said playwright Chris...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Review by Stefan Kanfer
913 words, approx. 3 pages
Kanfer is an educator, critic, editor, novelist, playwright, and nonfiction writer who has written for television. In the following excerpt, he discusses the weaknesses of The Sisters Rosensweig, noting its focus on Jewish identity and assimilation, and its allusions to Anton Chekhov's 1901 Tri sestry (Three Sisters).
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Critical Review by John Simon
791 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review, Simon praises The Sisters Rosensweig for its convincing characters and humorous dialogue, asserting that the work is Wasserstein's best to date.
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Critical Review by Edith Oliver
663 words, approx. 2 pages
In the following review, Oliver offers praise for The Sisters Rosensweig.
 


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