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re: Is Broadway Only for New Yorkers? (Time Magazine)

Posted by:	JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 04:06 pm EDT 03/31/14
In reply to:	re: Is Broadway Only for New Yorkers? (Time Magazine) - MikeR 03:53 pm EDT 03/31/14

I'm not sure why Zoglin thinks the themes in these current pieces would be any more difficult to understand than, say, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK or THE CRUCIBLE. These classic plays are set in very specific times and places and yet seem to have themes universal enough that audiences continue to connect with them. I haven't seen IF/THEN, but I could imagine anyone anywhere coming away from MOTHERS AND SONS with their own thoughts about grief, guilt, and moving on with ones life amid the ghosts of the past. You don't have to have the specific experience of living in colonial Massachusetts or a 1940's Amsterdam attic to fully engage with those plays, so it seems a bit disingenuous to claim that MOTHERS AND SONS and IF/THEN can only be understood and enjoyed by New Yorkers.
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