New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
THEY say you can't go home again - but surely it depends on the family and place to which you're going home. In the theater, at least, you can revisit with pleasure some of the most awful families. Take the Westons of Tracy Letts' prize-winning...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
"AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY": *** It's a long day's journey into September - well over three hours - but Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is eviscerating melodrama. Music Box Theatre, 239 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200. "BOEING-BOEING": * Old-hat...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
The best news about "Superior Donuts," a valentine to both Chicago and Norman Lear, is probably its unlikeness to any of the writer's previous plays.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Tracy Letts’s “August: Osage County” is a full theatrical meal. His new play, “Superior Donuts,” is a much less ambitious repast.
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
In New York City last year, Michael McKean and his wife, Annette O'Toole, were wowed at a Broadway preview performance of Tracy Letts' "August: Osage County" at the Imperial Theatre.
WorkAtHome (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Anna D. Shapiro made theatre history on June 15 by becoming only the fifth woman to win a Tony Award for Directing, for her work on Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County.
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Pulitzer and Tony-winner ( August: Osage County ) and Steppenwolf scribe Tracy Letts has a new play, Superior Donuts , opening tonight. Set in an old donut shop in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood, the comedy focuses on the relationship between owner Arthur Pryzbyszewski and his only employee, a black teenager named Franco Wicks who wants to improve the shop. The production features Steppenwolf ensemble...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
The play, by Tracy Letts, which won five Tony awards last week, will receive its UK premiere at the Southbank venue in late November, although an exact date is yet to be announced....
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
TRACY Letts’ multi award-winning drama August: Osage County , will transfer to the National Theatre in Autumn 2008 – dates yet to be confirmed. The world premiere production was produced by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and opened in Chicago in June 2007 and went on to win six Jeff Awards. The Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theater on December 4, 2007 and moved to the Music Box Theatre...
HispanicTrending (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
June 16, 2008 By MICHAEL KUCHWARA "In the Heights," a joyous celebration of Latino life in the upper reaches of Manhattan, was named best musical at Sunday night's Tony Awards, while "August: Osage County," Tracy Letts' scabrous tale of a...
KOMO - News - Entertainment (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
"In the Heights," a joyous celebration of Latino life in the upper reaches of Manhattan, was named best musical at Sunday night's Tony Awards, while "August: Osage County," Tracy Letts' scabrous tale of a dysfunctional Oklahoma family, took best play.
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
After winning five top gongs at the Tony Awards in New York last night (See Today's News::E8821213606082), Tracy Letts' drama August: Osage County - first seen at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater - seems to be revving up for its previously predicted...
Entertainment - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
"Writing is better than acting," said playwright Tracy Letts upon taking the stage to receive his Tony. "You get to use your words....
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
Osage County," Tracy Letts' scabrous tale of a dysfunctional Oklahoma family, took best play.
