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===Theater=== Mamet is a founding member of the [[Atlantic Theater Company]]; he first gained acclaim for a trio of off-Broadway plays in 1976, ''[[The Duck Variations]],'' ''[[Sexual Perversity in Chicago]],'' and ''[[American Buffalo (play)|American Buffalo]].''<ref name="filmmakers1"/> He was awarded the [[Pulitzer Prize]] in 1984 for ''[[Glengarry Glen Ross]],'' which received its first Broadway revival in the summer of 2005. His play ''[[Race (play)|Race]]'', which opened on [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] on December 6, 2009, and featured [[James Spader]], [[David Alan Grier]], [[Kerry Washington]], and [[Richard Thomas (actor)|Richard Thomas]] in the cast, received mixed reviews.<ref>{{cite news |title=David Mamet's 'Race' on Broadway: What did the critics think? |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/12/david-mamets-race-on-broadway-what-did-the-critics-think.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 7, 2009 |access-date=December 9, 2009}}</ref> His play ''The Anarchist'', starring [[Patti LuPone]] and [[Debra Winger]], in her Broadway debut, opened on Broadway on November 13, 2012, in previews and was scheduled to close on December 16, 2012.<ref>Hetrick, Adam.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/172884-David-Mamets-The-Anarchist-With-Patti-LuPone-and-Debra-Winger-Will-End-Broadway-Run-Dec-16 "David Mamet's 'The Anarchist', With Patti LuPone and Debra Winger, Will End Broadway Run Dec. 16"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208050720/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/172884-David-Mamets-The-Anarchist-With-Patti-LuPone-and-Debra-Winger-Will-End-Broadway-Run-Dec-16 |date=December 8, 2012}} playbill.com, December 4, 2012</ref> His 2017 play ''[[The Penitent (play)|The Penitent]]'' previewed off-Broadway on February 8, 2017. In 2002, Mamet was inducted into the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]].<ref>[http://209.183.229.132/news/article/72902/32nd-Annual-Theatre-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees-Announced-Mamet-Channing-Grimes-Among-Names Playbill.com] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20140210015827/http://209.183.229.132/news/article/72902/32nd-Annual-Theatre-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees-Announced-Mamet-Channing-Grimes-Among-Names |date=February 10, 2014}}</ref> Mamet later received the [[PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award]] for Grand Master of American Theater in 2010. In 2017, Mamet released an online class for writers entitled ''David Mamet teaches dramatic writing''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://observer.com/2017/06/david-mamet-on-his-masterclass-curriculum-for-aspiring-dramatists/|title=David Mamet on His MasterClass Curriculum for Aspiring Dramatists|date=June 20, 2017|work=Observer|access-date=February 21, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2019 Mamet returned to the London West End with a new play, ''Bitter Wheat'', at the [[Garrick Theatre]], starring [[John Malkovich]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |title=Bitter Wheat review β Malkovich and Mamet's monstrous misfire |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/jun/19/bitter-wheat-review-malkovich-and-mamets-monstrous-misfire |work=The Guardian |date=June 19, 2019 |access-date=November 12, 2020}}</ref> In 2023 it was announced that a new Mamet play, titled ''Henry Johnson'', was expected to debut in Los Angeles starring [[Shia LaBeouf]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2023/09/shia-labeouf-henry-johnson-david-mamet-1235522343/|title= Shia LaBeouf To Make Stage Debut In David Mamet Play 'Henry Johnson'|website= [[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date= August 25, 2023}}</ref>
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