\”I want to take viewers through three different generations, to meet three of the greatest music-makers — actually musical inventors — who ever lived,\” says Felder. \”What connects these composers, thematically, is the price that each paid in order to create his work.\”
A play with both wit and heart is a compelling combination, and it\’s one that playwright Donald Margulies\’ pulls off in his mostly rewarding \”Collected Stories.\”
\”Stories\” drew critical praise and a 1997 Pulitzer Prize nomination following it\’s world première at Costa Mesa\’s South Coast Repertory. Happily, in director Gilbert Cates\’ current Los Angeles production at the Geffen Playhouse, the play\’s intelligence and emotional power remain intact.
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