American Buffalo

American Buffalo

American Buffalo

American Buffalo

Overview

This volatile drama, which starred Robert Duvall in its original production, has been revived on Broadway several times, including productions starring Al Pacino and John Leguizamo. The 2022 Broadway revival features Laurence Fishburn, Sam Rockwell and Darren Criss.

In a Chicago junk shop, three small-time crooks plot to rob a man of his coin collection, the showpiece of which is a valuable “Buffalo nickel.” These high-minded grifters fancy themselves businessmen pursuing legitimate free enterprise. But Donny, the oafish junk shop owner, Bobby, a young junkie Donny has taken under his wing, and “Teach,” a violently paranoid braggart, are merely pawns caught up in their own game of last-chance, dead-end, empty pipe dreams.

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Cautions

  • Caution Strong Language Strong Language

Details

  • Time Period: Contemporary, 1970s
  • Cast Attributes: All Men
  • Target Audience: Adult, Senior

Authors

David Mamet

David Mamet is the author of the plays: Race, Keep Your Pantheon, School, November, Romance, Boston Marriage, Faustus, Oleanna, Glengarry Glen Ross (1984 Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics Circle Award), American Buffalo, The Old Neighborhood, A Life in the Theatre, Sp ...
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