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December 22, 1989 - Image 85

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1989-12-22

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The role Wasserstein was
to play in theater took shape
at Yale University's Drama
Sc000l, where, while still a
student, she wrote Un-
common Women and Others.
Not so coincidentally, the
play concerned a group of
women coming to terms with
life after graduation from
Mount Holyoke.
Uncommon Women proved
to be the playwright's
graduation gift to herself:
When the play was produced
in 1977, six years after her
final exam at Mount
Holyoke, Wasserstein pass-
ed the grade in producers'
eyes.
A young woman with un-
canny insights and an un-
common gift for writing,
Wasserstein has wowed the
theatrical community. Yet,
despite her success —in-
cluding the subsequent stag-
ing of her whimsical and
warm-hearted Isn't It
Romantic? — Wasserstein
has her critics.
"My parents thought I'd
marry a lawyer and do com-
munity theater in
Scarsdale," she says.
Not that they haven't been
supportive; indeed, Lola and
Morris Wasserstein are pro-
ud of their progeny the
playwright.
With good reason. There is
talk that Isn't It Romantic?
will be made into a movie,
and The Heidi Chronicles,
now playing on Broadway,
has won every major
theatrical award extant, in-
cluding the Pulitzer Prize
and a Tony Award.
Wasserstein grew up
knowing the importance of a
close-knit family. In a way,
she is just carrying on a
family tradition: Her grand-
father, Shima Schleifer, a
Hebrew school principal,
was also a playwright.
Yet, if there is one major
staged event Mom Wassers-
tein would like to attend, it
is her daughter's marriage.
Maybe not so coincidentally,
a Jewish mother nagging
that her daughter's nuptials
are closer to never-never
land than reality is a source
of conflict in Isn't It Roman-
tic?
Lola Wasserstein's
daughter chuckles. Momma
Wasserstein just wants hap-
piness for her daughter —
and she certainly is happy
that Wendy has won over
the theater world.
However, after all of
Wasserstein's achievements,
her mother still persists
about these concerns.
Wasserstein laughs,
"Neither rain, nor sleet —
nor a Pulitzer Prize — will
stop her." 0

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