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  1. David Mamet. , The Art of Theater No. 11. David Alan Mamet grew up in a Jewish neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, just a few blocks from Lake Michigan. His father was a labor lawyer, his mother a schoolteacher; both sides of the family came to Chicago in the 1920s, part of the city’s last wave of central European immigrants.

  2. For the full article, see David Mamet . David (Alan) Mamet, (born Nov. 30, 1947, Chicago, Ill., U.S.), U.S. playwright, director, and screenwriter. In 1973 he founded the St. Nicholas Theatre Co. in Chicago. He won wide notice with Sexual Perversity in Chicago (1974) and followed it with plays such as American Buffalo (1977) and Glengarry Glen ...

  3. Apr 13, 2022 · The new revival of Mamet’s “American Buffalo” stars, from left, Darren Criss, Laurence Fishburne and Sam Rockwell. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times. “They come to Broadway exactly as they ...

  4. Verdict, The (1982) -- (Movie Clip) It Was A Crime What Happened To Him After credits establishing his loneliness and alcoholism, Paul Newman in his Academy Award-nominated role as lawyer Frank Galvin, making disreputable rounds in Boston, opening Sidney Lumet’s The Verdict, 1982, from David Mamet’s screenplay based on Barry Reed’s novel.

  5. Born in Chicago on November 30, 1947, Mamet studied at Vermont's Goddard College and the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre in New York. He returned to his hometown to found the St. Nicholas Theatre Company and also worked for a time as the artistic director of the famed Goodman Theatre. Mamet first earned acclaim in 1976 for a trio of ...

  6. Jan 2, 2024 · My first encounter with David Mamet was not a pleasant one. It began on the night of May 25, 1979, when I watched in increasing dismay, the world premiere of his latest play, a musical called &#822…

  7. Jun 8, 2018 · David Alan Mamet was born in Chicago, Illinois, on November 30, 1947, the only son of Bernard and Leonore Mamet (they also had a younger daughter). His father was a labor lawyer who loved to argue and taught his children how to listen, question things, and express themselves as precisely as possible.