Red handed otter at the cherry lane, uncle vanya and orange hat and grace at soho rep. In 1994, chris bauer spied eric bogosian on the n train dressed in black, typing on a laptop and thought to himself. In his oneman shows, eric bogosian has proved himself a master of the american dialect, portraying a rich mix of urban and suburban predators and prey. Alamy i ts been 30 years since eric bogosian s acerbic play talk radio premiered in new york. Eric bogosian s latest labor of love, which goes by the selfexplanatory name of is here to remedy that, at least partly. Eric bogosian im scared barry, you know weve got a garbage disposal and sometimes a teaspoon will fall in it. New york, ny theatre communications group tcg is pleased to announce the publication of 100 monologues by eric bogosian. The benefit you get by reading this book is actually information inside this reserve incredible fresh, you will get information which is getting deeper an individual read a lot of information you will get. Characters are contrivances, synthesized from my mind, my imagination. The interview was conducted over a period of months from late 2015 to april 2016 via email, as eric prepared to shoot his kickstarterfunded project, 100 monologues. Bogosian has crossed the line that separates an exciting artist from a cultural hero. Establishing burnfield day over the various images of burnfields strip malls and fast food joints we hear gene pitney singing. I just wanted to say that i just saw the show, and it wasreally intense, and i wondered if i could ask you a question. In these one hundred sometimes hilarious, sometimes tragic but always revealing monologues written by the threetime obie award winner and performed by his posse of alist actors, you get glimpses into his.
This new collection by one of americas premier performers and most innovative and provocative artists includes 100 monologues from his acclaimed plays and solo shows including. To benefit our return to the east village, ps122 brings together widely acclaimed playwright eric bogosian and director jo bonney along with their close friends for twonights of handselected performances from bogosian s 100 monologues series originally performed by bogosian himself, many of these offbroadway. What lenny bruce was to the 1950s, bob dylan to the 1960s, woody allen to the 1970sthats what eric bogosian is to this frightening moment of drift. The fanby eric bogosian, from pounding nails into the floor with my forehead hey man, excuse me, man. Dramatists play service, one of the premier playlicensing and theatrical publishing agencies in the world, was formed in 1936 to foster national opportunities for playwrights by publishing affordable editions of their plays and handling the performance rights to these works. Pounding nails in the floor with my forehead genes and. Matthew maher performed in eric bogosian s play one plus one, at the powerhouse theater at new york stage and film. Finally, the talk radio script is here for all you fans of the oliver stone movie starring eric bogosian. Michael stuhlbarg, michael shannon, sam rockwell, and dylan baker take on bogosian s memorable characters from the 1970s through the 1990s, if not longer, the two reigning titans of whatever you chose to call it, spoken word, performance art, at any rate the selfgenerated monologue form, were spalding gray and eric bogosian. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. To be sure that book is important factor to bring us around the world. Eric bogosian is well known as an actor, author, playwright and now director.
Eric bogosian is an actor, playwright, and novelist of armenian descent. Read 100 monologues by eric bogosian for free with a 30 day free trial. Like those soughtafter metals, moments bereft of sound are both highly prized and in perilously short supply in this loudmouthed but quietmannered condemnation on americas cultural erosion. Dps offers an extensive list of titles that includes many of the most significant plays of the past century. Eric bogosian on the art of the monologue theatermania. Talk radio isbn 9781559363242 pdf epub eric bogosian. The honor of performing one of eric s monologues is as good as itll ever get in a career that includes starring as frank sobotka on the second season of the wire for hbo. Book is written, printed, or illustrated for everything. Every week a new monologue will be presented at from bogosians.
Silence is gold, silver, and platinum in talk radio, the 1987 play by eric bogosian that has just now made its broadway bow at the longacre. So the challenge is to do the dark guys, the very dark guys. Jerry stahl talks to eric bogosian, and its a little dark. Complete and collected monologues by legendary playwright and performer eric bogosian. Eric bogosian 75 followers eric bogosian born april 24, 1953 is an american actor, playwright, monologist, and novelist. A post electric play and the flick at playwrights horizons. The book is a collection of bogosian s acclaimed monologues, which were originally performed as part of his six offbroadway solo shows that premiered between. Ya, so like you know how you feel when you have to reach down into that garbage disposal and you have to feel around for that teaspoon. Well also throw in all of the rewards from the grace of god tier and lower. This acclaimed book by eric bogosian is available at in several formats for your ereader. Im here, im here every night, i come up here every night. Denise, a neurotic hypochondriac, calls in to barrys radio show to talk about her fear of everything from the garbage disposal to bugs to hiv. Eric bogosians 100 monologues performance space new york. He has taken his extremely popular show 100 monologues and created a website that combines his words with some of his most talented acting.
Labyrinth theater company announced on friday that in october, as part of its 2014 season, the obie awardwinning playwright eric bogosian would perform roughly 100 monologues from his popular oneman shows from the 1980s and 90s. You can understand everything you want by a reserve. With suburbia, his second full length play, he zeroes in on todays youth, depicting the rudderless yearnings and inchoate rage of pdf a lost generation. Men inside and selections from his play talk radio. Eric bogosian s talk radiohis breakthrough 1987 public theater hit that was made into a film by oliver stonehas been revived in a mesmerizing newsday production on broadway, with liev schreiber playing the role of the latenight shock jock that bogosian. A signed copy of the tcg printing of bogosian s 100 monologues as well as everything from the lower tiers. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Could i buy you a cup of coffee, man, and we could hang out and rap for an hour or two. Arguably, eric bogosian s first masterpiece funhouse is an intense series of monologues that set the pace for later showcases as sex, drugs, rock and roll and wake up and smell the coffee. Talk radio script transcript from the screenplay andor. Also included are additional pieces from talk radio and notes from underground. Denise from talk radio by eric bogosian monologue search.
The monologue is part of the 100 monologues project started by actor, director and playwright eric bogosian right. In 2014, tcg published 100 monologues, a collection that commemorates thirty years of bogosian s soloperformance career. Alternately funny and terrifying, its fitting that it shares the name of the stooges most intense album. He was a pulitzer prize finalist for his play talk radio, and is the recipient of berlin film festivals silver bear award, several obie awards, a guggenheim fellowship, and.