Nasher stages Dorfman's 'Picasso's Closet'
By Emily Ackerman | October 29, 2009In his play Picasso’s Closet, distinguished Ariel Dorfman asks, “Can you continue to produce things of beauty as if people were not dying all around you?”
In his play Picasso’s Closet, distinguished Ariel Dorfman asks, “Can you continue to produce things of beauty as if people were not dying all around you?”
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