The most satisfying play currently on Broadway is the 75-years old Golden Boy by Clifford Odets who according to a New Yorker profile was once known as "America's No. 1 Revolutionary Boy." Odets wrote Golden Boy specifically to make a lot of money fast, which gives him more than a little in commen with his play's hero who gave up violin playing for a boxing career.
While Odets enjoyed the momentum of fame and fortune, when he found it taking of his life he described himself as "restelss as a bullfrog on a lily pad."
The play itself includes a pungent simile made by one of the characters about Joe Bonaparte's relationship with his father: "His father sits on the kids' head like a bird's nest.."
For more about the play, seewww.curtainup.com/goldenboy12.html
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