American Buffalo

by David Mamet

Overview

American Buffalo, which won both the Drama Critics Circle Award for the best American play and the Obie Award, is considered a classic of the American theater. Newsweek acclaimed Mamet as the “hot young American playwright . . . someone to watch.” The New York Times exclaimed in admiration: “The man can write!” Other critics called the play “a sizzler,” “super,” and “dynamite.”

Now from Gregory Mosher, the producer of the original stage production, comes a stunning screen adaptation, directed by Michael Corrente and starring Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, and Sean Nelson.

A classic tragedy, American Buffalo is the story of three men struggling in the pursuit of their distorted vision of the American Dream. By turns touching and cynical, poignant and violent, American Buffalo is a piercing story of how people can be corrupted into betraying their ideals and those they love.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802191809
Publisher:	Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Publication date:	07/22/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	106
Lexile:	NP (what's this?)
File size:	404 KB

About the Author

Contributor Bio: David Mamet
Mamet is the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author and Director of numerous Plays and Films.

Editorial Reviews

Mamet deserves recognition for his careful, gorgeous, loving sense of language. He has the most acute ear for dialogue of any American writer since J.D. Salinger.

Village Voice

A gripping and exciting play which provides the richest and best qualities of the theater experience.

New York Post

In this 1975 OBIE-winning gem by one of America’s most influential writers, actors Rich Hutchman (“Madmen”) and Josh Stamberg (“Parenthood”) and newcomer Maurice Williams own the stage as a comic/tragic trio of criminal-mastermind wannabes intent on stealing a rare Buffalo Nickel. Hutchman and Stamberg especially revel in finding the everyday poetry in the quick and rhythmic dialogue of Chicago’s South Side. This short play is no simple, breezy comedy as the actors dig deep to bring out the vulnerability, confusion, and hurt in their working-class characters. Kudos to L.A. Theatre Works for this delightful 2015 production, and for once again demonstrating that the contemporary stage is perfect for audiobook listening. B.P. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine

SEPTEMBER 2016 - AudioFile