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NEW YORK -- Early this summer, David Mamet turned on the telecast of the Tony Awards, for which his play "Race" had received a nomination for best featured actor. After a few minutes, and the long kiss between host Sean Hayes and "Promises, Promises" co-star Kristin Chenoweth, Mamet had had enough.
"I was kind of disgusted, I must say," he says during a recent interview from the dining room of the Upper East Side hotel where he stays during the Broadway run of "Race," scheduled to end Saturday. The Tonys, he adds, remind him of Constantin Stanislavski's comment on a production he disliked: When the talking walrus comes on, it's time to go.See the full content of this document
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No Holding Back for Mamet
"I don't want to see a talking walrus," Mamet says. "And I don't want to see two actors on stage kissing each other to death."
Verdict handed down, the 62-year-old playwright resumes his late- morning breakfast of scrambled eggs and decaf cappuccino as he discusses the theater and "Theatre," his new book. His salt-and- ...See the full content of this document
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