Books by Doug Wright

Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden defined beauty standards for the first half of the twentieth century. Brilliant innovators with humble roots, both were masters of self-invention who sacrificed everything to become the country’s first major female entrepreneurs. They were also fierce competitors whose fifty-year tug-of-war would give birth to an industry. From Fifth Avenue society to the halls of Congress, their rivalry was relentless and legendary – pushing both women to build international empires in a world dominated by men.

Selected early works from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.Throughout his work, Doug Wright has often combined the personal, the social, and the political, in the process unearthing fundamental truths about life and art while casting an unblinking eye on the dark--and darkly funny--side of human nature. Gathered here are three of Wright's early plays, including Interrogating the Nude, a tongue-in-cheek reimagining of the uproar surrounding the debut of Marcel Duchamp's work in America; Watbanaland, a satiric dissection of yuppie desire and a haunting look at family and faith; and the Obie Award-winning Quills, which explores the boundaries of artistic expression and the dangers of censorship as they played out in the Marquis de Sade's final days at Charenton Asylum.

Nominee! 2013 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Broadway MusicalNominee! 2013 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New ScoreNominee! 2013 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding MusicalNominee! 2013 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding MusicNominee! 2013 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding LyricsNominee! 2013 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Book of a MusicalNominee! 3 Tony Awards, including Best Original Score, 2013For 1