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    Awake and Sing!
    Awake and Sing!
    Awake and Sing!
    Audiobook1 hour

    Awake and Sing!

    Written by Clifford Odets

    Narrated by Mark Ruffalo, Richard Kind and Ben Gazzara

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    About this audiobook

    Clifford Odets’ masterpiece, starring Mark Ruffalo, Richard Kind and Ben Gazzara, brings to life the struggles of a working-class family aspiring to the promise of the American Dream. Even as they endure the country’s worst economic nightmare, three generations of an immigrant family are crowded into a Bronx tenement, fiercely determined to stay afloat, no matter what the cost.

    An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
    Emily Bergl as Hennie Berger
    Ben Gazzara as Jacob
    Jonathan Hadary as Myron Berger
    Jane Kaczmarek as Bessie Berger
    Richard Kind as Uncle Morty
    Peter Kybart as Schlosser
    Mark Ruffalo as Moe Axelrod
    Raphael Sbarge as Sam Feinschreiber
    Peter Smith as Ralph Berger

    Directed by Bartlett Sher. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherL.A. Theatre Works
    Release dateAug 25, 2010
    ISBN9781580817363
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