R.I.P. Jean-Claude Van Itallie
There is a great episode of Mad Men, where hero Don Draper gets taken to an Off-Off Broadway play by his second wife Megan, an aspiring actress. It is an experimental thing with guys in suits behaving absurdly. I recognized it instantly as America Hurrah (1965), the greatest play of Jean-Claude van Itallie (1936-2021). I […]