Side Man

Lauded by Peter Marks of The New York Times as "powerfully unsettling...an enormously moving play," Side Man is the comic and tender story of Clifford, a young man who looks back on his family life; prior to leaving home, Clifford reconciles the role that he has long played as parent to his parents. Smoothly gliding between present and past, the play tells the story of a time before the Beatles and Elvis, when jazzmen were heroic like ballplayers and there was no shortage of Saturday-night gigs. Side Man is both a tribute to the men whose lives were their music and a sober look at a family drama left in the wake of that passion.

Summary

Lauded by Peter Marks of The New York Times as "powerfully unsettling…an enormously moving play," Side Man is the comic and tender story of Clifford, a young man who looks back on his family life; prior to leaving home, Clifford reconciles the role that he has long played as parent to his parents. Smoothly gliding between present and past, the play tells the story of a time before the Beatles and Elvis, when jazzmen were heroic like ballplayers and there was no shortage of Saturday-night gigs. Side Man is both a tribute to the men whose lives were their music and a sober look at a family drama left in the wake of that passion.

Product details

• Authors: Warren Leight, Warren D. Leight
• Publisher: Avalon travel publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.01.1999
• EAN: 9780802136220
• ISBN: 978-0-8021-3622-0
• No. of pages: 82
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; USA, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Playwriting, Seasonal interest: Summer, United States of America, USA, c 1990 to c 1999, Plays, Playscripts, EVENT / Summer