(Applause Books). Comical; offbeat; poignant; and fresh; The Best Plays of 2014 presents six of the most original plays of the year in a single volume selected by renowned editor Lawrence Harbison. * The Country House ; a comedy about a deeply dramatic family; by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies. * Dinner with the Boys ; an offbeat; dark comedy by Dan Lauria about some old-time wise guys who want to have a good Italian meal and a few laughs and tie up some loose ends before dessert. * Mala Hierba by Tanya Saracho; inspired by Latin American culture; which pits human yearnings against the power of culturally predetermined obligations. * Based on real events; Our Lady of Kibeho by Katori Hall was hailed as the "most important new play of the year!" by Terry Teachout of The Wall Street Journal . * When January Feels Like Summer by Cori Thomas presents five lives colliding as a feeling of change hums in the air during one strangely warm winter in Central Harlem. * Year of the Rooster ( New York Times Critics Pick) by Eric Dufault a fiercely comic play about cockfighting; connections; and clawing your way to the top.
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