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“American Buffalo” – Compass Theatre & “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” – Laterthanever productions

“American Buffalo” – Compass Theatre & “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” – Laterthanever productions

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"A piece of the American Dream contains the expectation of happiness, love, satisfaction and success. Operating in different social strata, and in very different ways, two current productions – a classic and a world premiere – rip into the fabric of the fantasy, revealing the dark thoughts and desolation underneath. The two authors are 20th century icons. In the short stories of Raymond Carver, blue-collar folks lead what Thoreau called “lives of quiet desperation.” The characters in David Mamet’s plays are prone to rather noisy desperation."

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