Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll - Hardcover

Bogosian, Eric

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060166002 ISBN 13: 9780060166007

Publisher: Harpercollins, 1991

Synopsis

A collection of monologues uses characters such as a hypcritical rock star and a subway panhandler to comment on current issues, including man's vision of the world, the future, self-delusion, anxiety, and hatred

About this title

Review:

From Spalding Gray to Anna Deavere Smith, monologists have become a real power in contemporary theater. Few have had the savage impact of Eric Bogosian, who continues to get inside working- (and formerly working-) class Joes with attitude in his 1990 Monologue of 12 Characters. Among the vivid rebels he incarnates are an artist who resolves to keep his art inside his head to prevent "the system" from commercializing it and an entire group of blue-collar guys whose wedding-eve party for a buddy turns into a merry sleigh ride to hell. The virtuoso piece of Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll shows a high-powered executive who juggles business partners, enemies, spouse, mistress, and children on a cellular phone, showing each a distinct side of his twisted personality.

About the Author:

Eric Bogosian is the OBIE-award winning writer and performer of "Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll", and "Drinking in America", as well as his plays "Suburbia" and "Talk Radio", both made into major motion pictures.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0060166002
• ISBN 13: 9780060166007
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 123