American Theatre, December 1st, 1994
Three new plays signify the return of the Theater of the Absurd to the American mainstream after a two-decade absence. They are Steven Dietz' 'Lonely Planet,' Nicky Silver's 'Pterodactyls' and David Ives' 'All in the Timing.' Written by playwrights who share the same view of American realism, the three plays characterize the absurd in 1990 American life. Meanwhile, as absurdism flourished once more across the stage, master absurdist Eugene Ionesco died. He was 84. There was a time when the term existentialism was part of every American's arts-peak. Art (with a capital "A") simply didn't matte...
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