Between Riverside and Crazy

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play stage work

"Between Riverside and Crazy" is a Pulitzer Prize–winning dark comedy-drama play by Stephen Adly Guirgis that explores race, family, and gentrification through the story of a retired New York City cop fighting eviction from his rent-controlled apartment.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	play → stage work →
author	Stephen Adly Guirgis →
awardReceived	Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play → New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play → Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play → Pulitzer Prize for Drama →
BroadwayProducer	Second Stage Theater →
BroadwayTheatre	Hayes Theater →
BroadwayTransferYear	2022 →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
directorOfPremiereProduction	Austin Pendleton →
exploresTheme	forgiveness → institutional racism → loyalty → urban change →
featuresCharacter	Church Lady → Detective O'Connor → Junior → Lieutenant Caro → Lulu → Oswaldo → Walter "Pops" Washington →
genre	dark comedy → drama →
language	English →
mainCharacter	Walter "Pops" Washington →
originalLanguage	English →
originalSetting	Manhattan → New York City →
plotSummary	A retired New York City cop fights eviction from his rent-controlled apartment while clashing with family, friends, and former colleagues. →
premiereCity	New York City →
premiereCountry	United States →
premiereType	Off-Broadway premiere →
premiereVenue	Atlantic Theater Company →
premiereYear	2014 →
producedBy	Atlantic Theater Company → Second Stage Theater →
protagonistOccupation	retired New York City police officer →
PulitzerPrizeCategory	Drama →
PulitzerPrizeYear	2015 →
settingDetail	rent-controlled apartment on Riverside Drive →
subject	addiction → faith → family → gentrification → housing insecurity → police brutality → race →
theatricalStyle	black comedy → realism →
writer	Stephen Adly Guirgis →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Second Stage Theater →	notableProduction
Stephen Adly Guirgis →	notableWork