Third and Oak: The Pool Hall

by Marsha Norman

Genres: Plays

72 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Marsha Norman is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. She received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play 'night, Mother. She wrote the book and lyrics for such Broadway musicals as The Secret Garden, for which she won a Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, and The Red Shoes, as well as the libretto for the musical The Color Purple and the book for the musical The Bridges of Madison County. She was co-chair of the playwriting department at The Juilliard School until stepping down in 2020.

Reviews

[Nan · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 A.M. at Third and Oak is a desolate place. The pool hall is filled with blind mice and young men who can't play their fathers' games. I don't know if this play stands up as well as Third and Oak: The Laundromat. The scene Norman adds at the end of this script to connect pool hall and laundromat seems forced.