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UPCOMING PLAYS: SOPHOCLES TO DE SADE.(RHYTHM)

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From: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
Date: 20020502
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Byline: Nadine Goff

Sex, science, sadism and song are all well-represented in the 2002-2003 theater season, which will be dominated by white male playwrights, both dead and alive.

Plays by Sophocles, Shakespeare and Carl Djerassi (who invented the birth control pill after receiving his doctorate from UW-Madison) and a slew of hot young playwrights including Kenneth Lonergan, Martin McDonagh, Tracy Letts and Neil LaBute are some of the main attractions of a season that includes a lot of adult-oriented dramas, a slew of musicals, some Christmas classics and a few shows for ...

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