Tom Eyen, Jonathan Kramer
In the 1850s in romantic Paris, Sarah Bernhardt is a girl going to dramatic school and sleeping in coffins. The play travels through her life with four different actresses playing her simultaneously as she meets Oscar Wilde and other luminaries of the age. The story is told through the eyes of her neglected son who narrates the scenes aided by his guitar.
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Tom Eyen (1940-1991) was an American playwright, lyricist, television writer and director. He received a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Dreamgirls in 1981.
Eyen is best known for works at opposite ends of the theatrical spectrum. Mainstream theatergoers became acqua ...
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