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On the Waterfront by Rosalind Lacy

It’s a miracle this play exists. The Oscar-winning 1954 movie On the Waterfront,  written by Budd Schulberg and directed by Elia Kazan, has reached iconic status as a Mob violence flick about an ex-prizefighter turned labor leader. So why did Schulberg re-do his masterpiece?  In his own words (from the “Introduction” to a copy of his [...]

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:12AM on April 4, 2012

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