Eric Bogosian

"What Lenny Bruce was to the 1950s, Bob Dylan to the 1960s, Woody Allen to the 1970s–that's what Eric Bogosian is to this frightening moment of drift in our history."–Frank Rich, The New York Times

In his brashest solo show, performer and playwright Eric Bogosian once again aims his searing social commentary at the contemporary urban and suburban scene. «Never miss Bogosian, because the sharp-tongued, sharp-shooting Bogosian never misses.»–Clive Barnes, New York Post

• First edition has sold over 24,000 copies in six printings since publication in 1995 • Bogosian’s most produced play with countless university productions nationally

Bogosian explores the dark underbelly of the American dream with blistering prose, trenchant social criticism and breathtakingly accurate characterizations of an astonishing range of his fellow citizens.

first new collection for Bogosian since 2005 (Humpy Dumpty and Other Plays)ninth book by author published by TCGover 80,000 copies sold of the author’s work to datecover art by noted designer and artist John H. HowardEric recently appeared in Donald Margulies' Time Stands Still on Broadway

This new collection by one of America’s premier performers and most innovative and provocative artists includes 100 monologues from his acclaimed plays and solo shows including: Drinking in America; Men Inside; Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead; Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll and more. Also included are additional pieces from Talk Radio and Notes from Underground.

“Your fear, your own lives, have become your entertainment.”—Talk Radio “More timely today than it was twenty years ago . . . Radio crackles with intensity.”—Joe Dziemianowicz, New York Daily News “The most lacerating portrait of a human meltdown this side of a Francis Bacon painting. . . . This revival, like the original production, allows its star to grab an audience by the lapels and shake it into...

*His novel, Mall, is to be published by Simon and Schluster, October 2000. Supported by an eight city tour. *Wake Up and Smell the Coffee will tour numerous cities in the U.S. over the next year and half.

Bogosian’s latest play subUrbia is now in national release as a movie; Bogosian will tour his latest solo work “Wake Up and Smell the Coffee” throughout the U.S. in 1997.