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This remarkable, informative, and entertaining book is essential reading for anyone interested in the theatre of the twentieth century. Joe Cino and his 'magical' Caffe Cino were at the epicenter of the breakthrough revolutionary spirit of the 1960s in terms of the important theatre movement that came to be known as Off-Off-Broadway. A good read. Go for it. --Robert Heide, playwright and author of The Bed and Moon It is very unnerving to read a book about a phenomenon central to your creative life only to discover the author knows more about it than you can remember yourself. Wendell Stone's book is breathtaking in its perfect depiction of a special place and a magic time. I am tempted to walk down to Cornelia Street to see if, like Brigadoon, the Caffe Cino lives again. --Doric Wilson, playwright and author of Street Theater, Forever After, Now She Dances! and A Perfect Relationship Wendell Stone has gathered the facts and fictions, the lies and legends, the elusive chronology and the effusive mythology of the most wonderful place of all time and arranged them with precision and perspective. I learned a throng of things I never knew about the Caffe Cino from this bountiful book. --Robert Patrick, playwright and author of Kennedy's Children, Temple Slave, and Film Moi: Narcissus in the Dark Stone's definitive history provides not only a detailed chronological production history of Joseph Cino's cafe theatre, but also broaches the subtle social, economic, political, and theoretical contexts that gave rise to the Off-Off-Broadway world of coffeehouse theatres. This study will delight scholars of American theatre and also serves as inspiration for emerging playwrights, directors, and actors who are searching for a historical context for their own careers. --David A. Crespy, author of Off-Off-Broadway Explosion

Wendell Stone has gathered the facts and fictions, the lies and legends, the elusive chronology and the effusive mythology of the most wonderful place of all time and arranged them with precision and perspective. I learned a throng of things I never knew about the Caffe Cino from this bountiful book. Robert Patrick, playwright and author of Kennedy s Children, Temple Slave, and Film Moi: Narcissus in the Dark Stone s definitive history provides not only a detailed chronological production history of Joseph Cino s cafe theatre, but also broaches the subtle social, economic, political, and theoretical contexts that gave rise to the Off-Off-Broadway world of coffeehouse theatres. This study will delight scholars of American theatre and also serves as inspiration for emerging playwrights, directors, and actors who are searching for a historical context for their own careers. David A. Crespy, author of Off-Off-Broadway Explosion

It is very unnerving to read a book about a phenomenon central to your creative life only to discover the author knows more about it than you can remember yourself. Wendell Stone's book is breathtaking in its perfect depiction of a special place and a magic time. I am tempted to walk down to Cornelia Street to see if, like Brigadoon, the Caffe Cino lives again. --Doric Wilson, playwright and author of Street Theater , Forever After, Now She Dances! and A Perfect Relationship

Wendell Stone has gathered the facts and fictions, the lies and legends, the elusive chronology and the effusive mythology of the most wonderful place of all time and arranged them with precision and perspective. I learned a throng of things I never knew about the Caffe Cino from this bountiful book. --Robert Patrick, playwright and author of Kennedy's Children, Temple Slave, and Film Moi: Narcissus in the Dark Stone's definitive history provides not only a detailed chronological production history of Joseph Cino's cafe theatre, but also broaches the subtle social, economic, political, and theoretical contexts that gave rise to the Off-Off-Broadway world of coffeehouse theatres. This study will delight scholars of American theatre and also serves as inspiration for emerging playwrights, directors, and actors who are searching for a historical context for their own careers. --David A. Crespy, author of Off-Off-Broadway Explosion

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Wendell C. Stone teaches in the Department of Mass Communication and Theatre Arts at the State University of West Georgia. His articles have appeared in Twentieth-Century American Dramatists, Text and Presentation, and Notable Gays and Lesbians in American Theater History.

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