Other Desert Cities

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Other Desert Cities is a critically acclaimed play by Jon Robin Baitz that explores family secrets and political divisions within a wealthy Palm Springs family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play
actStructure two-act play
author Jon Robin Baitz NERFINISHED
awardNomination Pulitzer Prize for Drama NERFINISHED
Tony Award for Best Play NERFINISHED
awardNominationYear 2012
broadwayClosingDate 2012-06-17
broadwayOpeningDate 2011-11-03
broadwayTheater Booth Theatre NERFINISHED
broadwayTransferDate 2011
centralConflict Brooke plans to publish a memoir revealing a family tragedy
containsReferenceTo Hollywood NERFINISHED
Reagan-era conservatism
Republican Party politics
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed
featuresCharacter Brooke Wyeth NERFINISHED
Lyman Wyeth NERFINISHED
Polly Wyeth NERFINISHED
Silda Grauman NERFINISHED
Trip Wyeth NERFINISHED
genre drama
family drama
hasISBN 9780822225558
hasPublisher Dramatists Play Service NERFINISHED
language English
originalLanguage English
premiereDate 2010
premiereLocation Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater NERFINISHED
premiereTheaterCompany Lincoln Center Theater NERFINISHED
productionType stage play
settingEnvironment wealthy Palm Springs home
settingLocation Palm Springs, California NERFINISHED
settingTime Christmas Eve 2004 NERFINISHED
subjectMatter family secrets
grief
ideological polarization
intergenerational conflict
political divisions
theme conservative versus liberal politics in the United States
tension between personal truth and family loyalty
the burden of memory NERFINISHED
the legacy of the 1960s on American families
writer Jon Robin Baitz NERFINISHED

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Joe Mantello directed Other Desert Cities
Thomas Sadoski notableWork Other Desert Cities
Thomas Sadoski appearedIn Other Desert Cities