The New York-born playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis writes in tender, funny strokes about the loud-
mouthed and the down-and-out, from Rikers Island inmates (“Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train”) to a retired cop
(the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Between Riverside and Crazy”). His new play, “Halfway Bitches Go Straight
to Heaven,” in previews at the Atlantic Theatre Company, is set in a women’s halfway house. John Ortiz
directs a cast featuring (from left to right) Liza Colón-Zayas, Elizabeth Canavan, and Elizabeth Rodriguez.
PHOTOGRAPH BY PARI DUKOVIC
GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
NOVEMBER 27 – DECEMBER3, 2019
