China Doll Author:David Mamet "The finest American author of his generation."?Sunday MailThis complex new work from celebrated playwright David Mamet is a play about a wealthy man, his young fiancé, and an airplane. The man has just bought a new plane as a wedding present for the girl. He intends to go into semiretirement and enjoy himself. He's in the process of leaving his... more » office, and is giving last minute instructions to his young assistant. He takes one last phone call.The new, widely-anticipated play premieres on Broadway this fall, starring Tony and Oscar Award-winning actor Al Pacino, for whom the play was written. Pacino described the role of billionaire Mickey Ross as, "one of the most daunting and challenging roles I've been given to explore in the theatre" and declared "it blew me away."David Mamet is an American playwright, director, and screenwriter whose most notable works include Glengarry Glen Ross (Pulitzer Prize for Drama), American Buffalo, Speed-the-Plow, Oleanna, November, Race, and The Anarchist. Besides the film adaptations for his plays, his major screenwriting credits include The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Verdict, Rising Sun, Wag the Dog, and Hannibal. Over the course of his prolific career, Mamet has earned Tony Award nominations, Academy Award nominations, Drama Desk Awards, and "Screenwriter of the Year" from the London Critics Circle Film Awards.« less