Geffen Playhouse Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia
Edward AlbeeGeffen PlayhouseThe cast of Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" are workshopping the 60th Anniversary production coming this April. Single tickets to this production and all other Geffen productions are on sale now! Don't wait: https://t.co/k5x2iw067U. https://t.co/eSSa5ZoWD2
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Play
August WilsonGeffen PlayhouseIn 2007, John received a Tony Award nomination for “Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play” for his work in August Wilson's Radio Golf. You can see John Earl Jelks on screen in this season of the HBO Max series Love Life. Welcome to Geffen Playhouse, John!
Paperback, 1985
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Revised by the Author
Edward AlbeeGeffen PlayhouseThe cast of Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" are workshopping the 60th Anniversary production coming this April. Single tickets to this production and all other Geffen productions are on sale now! Don't wait: https://t.co/k5x2iw067U. https://t.co/eSSa5ZoWD2
Paperback, 2006
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Thanksgiving Play
Larissa FasthorseGeffen PlayhouseIt's November, folks! We're throwing it back to our 2019 production of Larissa FastHorse's (Sicangu Lakota) The Thanksgiving Play. November is Native American Heritage Month. https://t.co/nzWhjEmvV7
Paperback, 2019
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Christmas
Charles DickensGeffen PlayhouseThrowback to Geffen Playhouse's world premiere adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol with Tony Award-winner Jefferson Mays. This whirlwind one-man show closed on this day in 2018. https://t.co/EtOQOb6VjN
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Christmas Carol: Illustrated Edition
Charles DickensGeffen PlayhouseThrowback to Geffen Playhouse's world premiere adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol with Tony Award-winner Jefferson Mays. This whirlwind one-man show closed on this day in 2018. https://t.co/EtOQOb6VjN
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Paradise Blue
Dominique MorisseauGeffen Playhouse"Richly observed and inhabited," Paradise Blue "conjures to the stage a living narrative full of personal truth and sweeping history." – @latimes. Read Charles McNulty's full review: https://lat.ms/3qVLM7w
Paperback, 2019
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Detroit Project: Three Plays
Dominique MorisseauGeffen Playhouse#TBT to Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew at Geffen Playhouse in 2018. Both Skeleton Crew + Paradise Blue are part of Morisseau's "The Detroit Project," a 3-play cycle examining the sociopolitical history of Detroit. Tix are now available for Paradise Blue, playing 11/9–12/12. https://t.co/hpkRwHV3Hj
Paperback, 2018
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Inheritance
Matthew LopezGeffen PlayhouseRelive our production of #TheInheritance from 2022! The full play is now available for download exclusively on @audible_com 🌸https://t.co/jFo6A9hlkY (Just make sure to have some tissues on hand before listening to Matthew López's epic two-part masterpiece.) https://t.co/MBt6vc88ZQ
Paperback, 2020
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Christmas Carol: In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
Charles DickensGeffen PlayhouseThrowback to Geffen Playhouse's world premiere adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol with Tony Award-winner Jefferson Mays. This whirlwind one-man show closed on this day in 2018. https://t.co/EtOQOb6VjN
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