Tom Eyen
This Off Broadway classic concerns Hanna O'Brien, a half Jewish, half Irish 42nd Street ticket taker who spends most of her spare time relaxing over a breeze hole in a Coney Island funhouse; a muscular young narcissist who spends his time in the funhouse mirror maze; Hanna's bald sister, Sophie, an Avon Lady Hanna hasn't seen for twenty years, and a carnival barker complete with flashing lights and a mid way. Of course, Eyen's Fun House is really an American Wax Museum, filled with frustration more than sadness, and it brilliantly exposes the anxiety and the half madness of the age.
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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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