Wendy Wasserstein doesn't get much play in Oz - I don't recall her works being done that much. There aren't many films made from her scripts - The Object of My Affection was one. A bunch of others were for PBS but didn't travel.
But in New York she was big.Jewish population helps of course. She spoke for a large group - was very popular lecturer and essayist. Interesting family (brother was a tycoon). Had the full Jewish mother, the dreams, heaps of gay friends. Had a sexual relationship with Terence McNally. Cripes - lot of girls thought they could covert back in the day. Sad ending - she died quite young, leaving a little girl.
Salamon does a really good job - top quality interviews, and research.
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