{"product_id":"the-assembled-parties-richard-greenberg-9781559364768","title":"The Assembled Parties","description":"\"As eccentric as it is cunning, Greenberg's densely packed script sends your mind spinning while you laugh... Diffidence has rarely provided an audience with such enthrallingly readable hidden agendas.\" - Michael Feingold, \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Assembled Parties\u003c\/i\u003e is Greenberg's most richly emotional work in years, and the most beautifully detailed.\" - Jesse Green, \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This tragicomedy shocks us into realizing how hungry we have been for witty and wounded grownups who toss off gorgeously written observations without knowing how little we know about what we think we know.\" - Linda Winer, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeet the Bascovs, an Upper West Side Jewish family in 1980. In an opulent apartment overlooking Central Park, former movie star Julie and her sister-in-law Faye bring their families together for a traditional holiday dinner on a night when things don't go as planned. Twenty years later, as 2001 approaches, the Bascovs' life may be about to crumble. An incisive portrait of a family grasping for stability at the dawn of a new millennium, \u003ci\u003eThe Assembled Parties\u003c\/i\u003e premiered on Broadway in 2013 to rave reviews and a Tony Award nomination for Best Play. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Greenberg\u003c\/b\u003e has written two dozen plays, including \u003ci\u003eTake Me Out\u003c\/i\u003e (Tony Award for Best Play), \u003ci\u003eThe Dazzle\u003c\/i\u003e (Outer Critics Circle Award), \u003ci\u003eThree Days of Rain\u003c\/i\u003e (L.A. Drama Critics Award, Pulitzer Prize finalist), \u003ci\u003eThe American Plan\u003c\/i\u003e and the book for a musical adaptation of \u003ci\u003eFar from Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received the Oppenheimer Award for a new playwright as well as the first PEN\/Laura Pels Award for a playwright in midcareer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Greenberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1559364769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559364768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.50d","brand":"Richard Greenberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980094177535,"sku":"9781559364768","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0d2f7f2b-e715-44b5-96c7-c9b3fe6d144d.jpg?v=1683248356","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-assembled-parties-richard-greenberg-9781559364768","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}