Other works
Worked as a writer for Playboy in the '70s.
Book: "Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama" (lectures/essays), 1998.
Book: "On Directing Film", 1991 (Penguin Books)
Stage: Directed
Ricky Jay in his one-man show "Ricky Jay on the Stem", May 2002
Book of essays: "Writing in Restaurants"
Playwright: "Glengarry Glen Ross". Won Pulitzer Prize for Drama (filmed as
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)).
Playwright: "Sexual Perversity in Chicago" (filmed as
About Last Night... (1986))
Playwright: "Speed the Plow" (produced on
Broadway [revival] in 2008).
Playwright: "American Buffalo" (filmed as
American Buffalo (1996)).
Playwright: "Oleanna" (produced at Boras City Theatre, Boras, Sweden, 1999; filmed as
Oleanna (1994)).
Playwright: "Lakeboat" (filmed as
Lakeboat (2000)).
Playwright: "Edmund"
Book: "Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business". New York: Pantheon, 2007. ISBN 9780375422539
TV commercial: Directed Ford Edge
TV commercials "True Stories", 2007
Playwright: "Romance"
Playwright: "The Water Engine"
TV commercial: Directed "True Stories/Quieter Than a Lexus" commercial for Ford Edge
TV commercial: Directed "True Stories/Quicker Than A BMW" commercial for Ford Edge.
Playwright: "A Life in the Theatre". Produced at Theatre Royal Haymarket, London England, 1989. Cast:
Denholm Elliott.
(1994) His play, "The Cryptogram," was performed at the Ambassadors Theatre in London, England with Lindsay Duncan and Eddie Izzard.
(1976) His play, "American Buffalo," was performed at the St. Nicholas Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois, with J.J. Johnston and William H. Macy.
(1982) His play, "The Lakeboat," was performed at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. Crew included Michael Merritt (scenic designer) and F. Mitchell Dana (lighting designer).
(1984) His play, "Glengarry Glen Ross," was performed at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, with Joe Mantegna, Robert Prosky, and directed by Gregory Mosher.
(1985) His play, "The Water Engine," was performed at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. Crew also included Steven Schacter (director), John Lee Beatty (scenic designer), and Dennis Parichy (lighting designer).
(1989) His play, "Speed-the-Plow," was performed at the Remains and Wisdom Briges Theatres in Chicago, Illinois with D.W. Moffett in the cast.
(2000) His play, "American Buffalo," was performed at the American Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois with Scott Cooper (scenic designer).
(2002) His play, "Glengarry Glen Ross," was performed at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois. Amy Morton was director and Derek McLane was scenic designer.
(2006) His play, "A Life in the Theatre," was performed at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. Michael Philippi was lighting designer.
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