How I Learned to Drive

I took a break from my current reading to read the play How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel. It's a short play that chronicles the relationship between a girl and her uncle and her coming of age. I don't particularly care for the "Greek chorus" performing all the characters besides Lil'bit and Uncl......more

I know I read this 20+ years ago when it won the Pulitzer, but have no memory of such, but now that it is being revived in the #MeToo era on Broadway (with the original cast of Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse, no less), I wanted to revisit it and see if it holds up. Sadly, I don't think the play......more

i was in this play in college. it says a lot about family, memory, loyalty, and love--in kosher and not so kosher ways. paula vogel is a goddess.......more

From a viewpoint of plot and story content, “How I Learned To Drive” is tragically disturbing. Vogel does not, thank goodness, run with this piece in the way of an expository PSA. Good theatre never does this, and Vogel obviously creates excellent drama. Instead, she proceeds to set a tone of normal......more

I'll withhold final judgment until I actually see a production, as it's one of the "busier" scripts I've read, particularly the three Greek Chorus members jumping in and out as lesser characters, while the omniscient Driving Instructor struck me as a device too far. The main issue, the relentless sex......more