{"product_id":"havana-is-waiting-and-other-plays-9781559363662","title":"Havana Is Waiting and Other Plays","description":"\"The existential pain of exile, the confusion of sexual identity and the complex legacies of the Cuban revolution are predominant in Mr. Machado's writing.\" -\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Cook\u003c\/i\u003e is a sizzling concoction...a smashing success.\" \u003ci\u003e-Seattle Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Vivid, epic, beguiling...Eduardo Machado puts a beautifully drawn human face on the Cuban revolution.\" \u003ci\u003e-Backstage.com \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eHavana is Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e, Mr. Machado is taking on not only the paradoxes of his autobiographical hero's cultural identity, he is also delving, with equal parts wistfulness and anger, into the knotty confusions of the political relations between Cuba and the United States; communism and capitalism as bedfellows in Cuban ideology; and the tortured ties between those who fled that island country and those who stayed behind.\" \u003ci\u003e-New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith his trademark humor and compassion, Eduardo Machado continues his exploration of the intersection of the personal and the political on a generation of immigrants. This collection includes\u003ci\u003e Havana Is Waiting \u003c\/i\u003e(a writer returns to Cuba after thirty years), \u003ci\u003e Kissing Fidel\u003c\/i\u003e (a comedy set in Miami funeral parlor), \u003ci\u003eThe Cook\u003c\/i\u003e (chronicling Cuban history), and \u003ci\u003eCrocodile Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e(inspired by Federico García Lorca). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEduardo Machado\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Cuba and came to the United States when he was nine, growing up in Los Angeles. He is the author of more than forty plays, including \u003ci\u003eIn the Eye of the Hurricane\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOnce Removed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStevie Wants to Play the Blues\u003c\/i\u003e. Machado has taught playwriting at Sarah Lawrence College, Columbia University, and New York University. He has received three National Endowment for the Arts fellowships and a Rockefeller grant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEduardo Machado was born in Cuba and came to the United States when he was nine. He grew up in Los Angeles. He is the author of over forty plays. They include \"The Floating Island Plays\", \"Once Removed\", \"Stevie Wants To Play The Blues\", \"A Burning Beach\", \"Havana Is Waiting\", and \"The Cook\". They have been produced at many major\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50356470743314,"sku":"9781559363662","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_21725b2f-82ec-4ce5-a301-80a9e06caa28.jpg?v=1728310349","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/havana-is-waiting-and-other-plays-9781559363662","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}