This week, we’re discussing a piece of extraordinary theater Douglas

Kennedy and I had recently viewed, Sam Shepard’s American classic “The

Curse of The Starving Class”. Not only is the “Starving Class” one of

Shepard’s fantastic additions to his ‘family’ trilogy – it was directed

this spring by the brilliant Terry Kinney, and like some artistic kismet,

was performed at the fantastic Signature Theater in Manhattan. I sat down

with Kennedy to discuss this deliriously genius piece of modern theater.