Lanford

Lanford Wilson once undertook a translation of The Three Sisters and he said he used to come home from his Berlitz classes with pounding headaches at the complexities of the verb tenses and syntax, not to mention learning the Cyrillic alphabet.

Play on Words 2009

The tundra melted a bit after his sister gave him a ticket to Lanford Wilson's "Burn This," starring John Malkovich, as a birthday gift.

Growing Up With the Hat Julia M. Klein 2011

Beginning his own remarks, Albee paid tribute to several colleagues who had recently died, including fellow playwrights Lanford Wilson and Arthur Laurents.

Howard Kissel: Honoring Edward Albee Howard Kissel 2011

I was thrilled, for instance, by David Cromer's insufficiently appreciated Broadway production of John Guare's "The House of Blue Leaves" and the Keen Company's long-overdue Off-Broadway mounting of Lanford Wilson's "Lemon Sky," staged with transfiguring intensity by Jonathan Silverstein.

Revival of the Fittest: Great Shows Roar Back Terry Teachout 2011

The tundra melted a bit after his sister gave him a ticket to Lanford Wilson's "Burn This," starring John Malkovich, as a birthday gift.

Growing Up With the Hat Julia M. Klein 2011

It's not just a day; it's also a play by Lanford Wilson.

Fifth of July 2009

Beginning his own remarks, Albee paid tribute to several colleagues who had recently died, including fellow playwrights Lanford Wilson and Arthur Laurents.

Howard Kissel: Honoring Edward Albee Howard Kissel 2011

Lanford Wilson was big in the 1970s and '80s, but the author of "The Hot l Baltimore" and "Talley's Folly" had largely faded from view by the time of his death in March.

Home Is Where the Hate Is Terry Teachout 2011

"Wong's densely textured images, drenched in neon, glassy reflections and nocturnal desire - set in New York, Memphis, the open highway, Reno and Vegas - are the reliable decoration to material that alternately borrowed devices from American plays (Lanford Wilson's Balm in Gilead came to mind all too often), American road movies (Wenders's pathetic recent ventures kept coming up) and bad American straight-to-video romances."

GreenCine Daily: Cannes. My Blueberry Nights. 2007

Anyway, I always remember today as Lanford Wilson's Day because of Fifth of July.

July 2006 2006