Paring Down a Drama to Basic Mortal Combat By MELENA RYZIK
David Harrower, the author of the play "Blackbird," a taut two-character drama about an illicit affair between a young woman and an older man, would seem the antithesis of a provocateur.
Today is Saturday, August 29, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Lea Michele Wendy Goldberg Carla Gugino Dina Spybey Frances Ruffelle Don Schlitz Scott Allen Carl Thoma Robin Leach William Friedkin Elliott Gould Patricia Conolly Ruby Holbrook Dick O'Neill Charles Gray Susan Hight Betty Lynn Charles White John Kane Sono Osato Jay Marshall Isabel Sanford Luther Davis Ingrid Bergman Kenneth Carten Willard Waterman Barry Sullivan George Macready Preston Sturges Donald McKee Marita Reid Sidney Carlyle Michael Chekhov May Boley Ann Brody John E. Ince Charles Dalton Fred Huntley Jenny Powers Sam Freed John Kane Joan Wetmore Florine Stettheimer