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1. www.britannica.com › biography › John-GuareJohn Guare | Biography, Plays, & Facts | Britannica

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   Apr 19, 2024 · John Guare, American playwright and screenwriter known for his innovative and often absurdist dramas. His works included Muzeeka, Cop-Out, The House of Blue Leaves, a rock-musical modernization of Two Gentlemen of Verona, Six Degrees of Separation, and A Free Man of Color.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_House_of_Blue_LeavesThe House of Blue Leaves - Wikipedia

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   The House of Blue Leaves is a play by American playwright John Guare which premiered Off-Broadway in 1971, and was revived in 1986, both Off-Broadway and on Broadway, and was again revived on Broadway in 2011.

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3. www.villagepreservation.org › 2021/10/15 › johnJohn Guare Oral History: a Writer of ... - Village Preservation

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   Oct 15, 2021 · John Guare was born Village Preservation shares our oral history collection with the public, highlighting some of the people and stories that make Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo such unique and vibrant neighborhoods.

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4. www.nereview.com › vol-40-no-4-2019 › a-love-songA Love Song for the Theater: An Interview with John Guare

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   JOHN GUARE: I saw in Life magazine—Life Goes to Summer Vacation—a story of these two eleven-year-old boys making an eight-millimeter film of Tom Sawyer white-washing a fence. It was a five-page story on them.

5. www.enotes.com › topics › john-guareJohn Guare Biography - eNotes.com

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   Examine the life, times, and work of John Guare through detailed author biographies on eNotes.

6. www.amacad.org › person › john-guareJohn Guare | American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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   May 30, 2024 · Last Updated. May 2024. American dramatist whose success came in 1968 when his one-act entitled Muzeeka won an Obie Award.

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   Who is John Guare?

   • John Guare (born February 5, 1938, New York, New York, U.S.) is an American playwright known for his innovative and often absurdist dramas. Guare, who at age 11 produced his first play for friends and family, was educated at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (B.A., 1960), and at Yale University (M.F.A., 1963).

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   Was John Guare on the right path?

   • JOHN GUARE: That I was on the right path, that I could look at myself in the mirror. I’ll tell you what else it meant: I was going to Europe and I wanted to get a credit card. Credit cards were still brand new. I called Diner’s Club and told them I wanted a credit card because I was going to Europe. I said, “I am self-employed, I am a writer.”

   A Love Song for the Theater: An Interview with John Guare

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   Why did John Guare win a Tony Award?

   • JOHN GUARE: In 1971, I won the Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical. It was a big musical hit on Broadway; two touring companies that played around the world. That was financial freedom—it was fantastic.

   A Love Song for the Theater: An Interview with John Guare

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   What did John Guare say about Fred Astaire?

   • JOHN GUARE: Nothing. He is the man who discovered Jimmy Stewart and built his career. The thing he said about Fred Astaire was “Can’t act. Can’t sing. Slightly bald. Can dance a little.” That was his famous assessment of Astaire. He found Elizabeth Taylor and put her in National Velvet.

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8. www.theatlantic.com › facebook-instant › articleA New American Master - The Atlantic

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   John Guare has been living that nightmare for nearly two years, ever since Gardenia and Lydie Breeze opened in New York, almost back to back, in early 1982, met with mixed reviews and small...