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Article: 'August' playwright blinded by success.(Backstage)(Tracy Letts' August: Osage County)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- June 16, 2008
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Playwright Tracy Letts, who scored the Tony for a play--not to mention the Pulitzer and a slew of other laurels--is no stranger to winning awards for "August: Osage County." But the press room backstage at the Tonys was still a little wacky for him, as he stood on the podium looking out into the lights.
"I'm blind. You're all at computers. It's kind of like I'm at an OTB," he cracked.
"I had it in my mind to write about America now," he said of "August." "I hope it has something to say about the state of our nation in the here and now."
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