Between Riverside and Crazy, Stephen Adly Guirgis
Between Riverside and Crazy, Stephen Adly Guirgis
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Between Riverside and Crazy

Author: Stephen Adly Guirgis

Narrator: Elisa Bocanegra, John Cothran, Ana Ortiz, Emily Swallow, James Martinez, Larry Powell, Seamus Dever

Unabridged: 1 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/15/2018


Synopsis

After his wife’s death, retired cop Walter ‘Pops’ Washington has made a home for his ex-felon son in his sprawling, rent-controlled, Riverside Drive apartment. Will a long-simmering feud with the NYPD cause him to lose his home and the family he’s built there? The play was the winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording starring (in alphabetical order):Elisa Bocanegra as Church Lady;
John Cothran as Pops;
Seamus Dever as Lieutenant Carrow;
James Martinez as Oswaldo;
Ana Ortiz as Lulu;
Larry Powell as Junior;
and Emily Swallow as Detective Audrey O’Connor.Directed by Diane Rodriguez and recorded before an audience at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater in November 2017.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Doug

This won the Pulitzer for Drama? Seriously? I've enjoyed previous Guirgis plays, but this was just a mess. I am assuming the only reason it won is because they were reluctant to give it to him for 'The Motherfucker With the Hat', which was a much, MUCH better play.......more

Goodreads review by Jack

Please do yourself a favor and read this play. Stephen Adly Guirgis does an amazing job at capturing the urban element of New York and its inhabitants. I read this play in the course of a couple days when I had a lot of free time on my hands. This one was my 6th or 7th play during that time and it w......more