The Fourth Wall

Other than a critic, whod kill a Broadway play? Playwright Abigail James has long been fascinated by revenge tragedies, those theatrical classics about getting even. But all of a sudden, shes living in one: The set of her latest Broadway hit has been vandalized, actors horribly attacked, a designer blinded with acid, the brilliant director terrified into hiding. Clearly, they have all committed some grievous wrong, terrible enough to prompt this orgy of destruction. But who did they wrong? The police are clueless (and a little too smirkingly eager to chalk it all up to theater peoples taste for drama), so James and her colleagues see only one option: Theyll examine their collective sins and pinpoint the injured party. And then theyll exact some revenge of their own. A boffo thriller . . .absolutely superb Publishers Weekly Astringent wit, style, and shrewd observation . . .brings alive the world of backstage theater Washington Post