1992-94

American Buffalo in Atlanta — by Webmaster — last modified 2005-08-07 05:16 PM

The premiere of American Buffalo on Broadway prompted an array of negative responses from the critics back in 1977. Despite much high praise for an intense script and vivid performances, most thought the play unsatisfying.

President's Message — by Webmaster — last modified 2005-08-04 05:39 PM

Leslie Kane explains the formation of the society, and her work with Chris Hudgins to create the review.

Oleanna debuts at Cambridge Mass. — by Webmaster — last modified 2005-08-07 05:16 PM

Neither propagandist nor moralist, Mamet's response to a profoundly changed America that has apparently gone insane is a ninety-minute play stripped bare to one setting, three scenes, two characters (three counting the incessantly interrupting telephone), and four expletives.

Oleanna in Los Angeles — by Webmaster — last modified 2005-08-07 05:11 PM

William H. Macy directed Lionel Mark Smith. The Mark Taper Forum rejected the casting and Mamet and Macy moved to a smaller venue. At the Tiffany Theatre, this scene assumed even uglier resonance: a black man stood over a white woman who had charged him with rape, a visual reminder of the horror inherent in racial stereotyping.

Oleanna in London — by Webmaster — last modified 2005-08-07 05:10 PM

Pinter directs Oleanna. Whereas Mamet's badly misconceived production had turned into a comicbook potboiler satirizing Political Correctness in general and sexual harassment charges in particular, Pinter's production uncovered the true heart of the play.

Stirring Controversy at the MLA — by Webmaster — last modified 2005-08-04 05:48 PM

At the MLA, it should surprise few readers that "Playing Misogyny: Pinter et al Stage the Rage," the Special Session chaired by Judith Roof at the Toronto MLA last December, should play to a standing room only audience of approximately sixty academics.

Fractured familes: Mamet Panel at the ATHE Convention — by Webmaster — last modified 2005-08-07 05:22 PM

At the ATHE, the panel was chaired by Jerry Dickey of the University of Arizona. All three of the panelists' papers emphasized the ways that Mamet's works reconfigure and encourage reconsideration of traditional notions of "family" and "family drama."

New and Forthcoming — by Webmaster — last modified 2005-08-04 08:17 PM

Survey of what is coming, including Mendes' Donmar Glengarry, Eddie Izzard in Cryptogram, and the film of Oleanna.

Book Review — by Webmaster — last modified 2005-08-04 08:18 PM

Review of Gay Brewer's David Mamet and Film Illusion/Disillusion in a Wounded Land.

Bibliography 1992-94 — by Webmaster — last modified 2006-12-12 06:18 AM

Since Leslie Kane's Casebook on David Mamet had an annotated bibliography up to 1992 of the scholarship and reviews, this is an update to 1994.