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Monday, September 02, 2024

John Patrick Shanley and the Art of the 15-minute Play, at Chain Summer One Act Festival

New York Theater: Following up on the recent Broadway revival of his Tony and Pulitzer-winning play “Doubt” and his new Off-Broadway hit “Brooklyn Laundry,” John Patrick Shanley has written another new play this year, “Banshee,” that’s getting considerably less attention. This is not surprising, since it’s running Off-Off Broadway…. for only four performances (the last one on Saturday)… on a program with four other plays…which is one of fourteen such programs (a total of some fifty new plays), as part of the annual Chain Summer One Act Festival.It’s hard to argue “Banshee” deserves as much attention as “Doubt” or “Brooklyn Laundry.”

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