CRITICISM

Gerard, Jeremy. “Pounding Nails in the Floor.” Variety 354, No. 1 (7 February 1994): 60.

Gerard criticizes Bogosian for covering the same ground in Pounding Nails in the Floor With My Forehead that he covered in previous work.

Gussow, Mel. “Stage: Eric Bogosian's Talk Radio, About a Late-Night Host.” New York Times 136, No. 15 (29 May 1987): C3.

Gussow discusses the intensity of Bogosian's performance in Talk Radio.

Kroll, Jack. “Hanging at the 7-Eleven.” Newsweek CXXIII, No. 24 (13 June 1994): 58.

Kroll asserts that although Bogosian's Suburbia has problems with structure and development, the play's tremendous energy, use of language, and cast make the play worthwhile.

Lida, David. A review of Talk Radio. New York Theatre Critics' Reviews XXXXVIII, No. 12 (7 September 1987): 191.

Lida praises Bogosian's successful move from one-man show to the sustained theme of a play in Talk Radio.

McDonagh, Maitland. “Laughter in the Dark.” Film Comment (March-April, 1991): 68-71.

Traces the adaptation of Bogosian's stage production Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll into the film version.

Rich, Frank. “Bogosian Illuminates Life in the City.” New York Times (9 February 1990): C3.

Rich asserts that Bogosian's Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll forces the audience to see its own role in society's problems.

Richards, David. “Tales of the City from Bogosian.” New York Times (4 February 1994): C1.

A review in which Richards describes the characters of Bogosian's Pounding Nails in the Floor With My Forehead.

Stearns, David Patrick. “Eric Bogosian, ‘Pounding’ in the Ironies.” USA Today (4 February 1994): D7.

A review in which Stearns describes the depressing nature of Bogosian's Pounding Nails in the Floor With My Forehead.

Stuart, Jan. “Bogosian: A Night in Guilt City.” New York Theatre Critics' Reviews LV, No. 2 (1994): 35.

A generally favorable review in which Stuart calls Bogosian's Pounding Nails in the Floor With My Forehead a “combustibly funny show.”

Wallach, Allan. “Lost Souls of Talk Radio.” New York Theatre Critics' Reviews XXXXVIII, No. 12 (7 September 1987): 188.

A review lauding the acting in Bogosian's Talk Radio.

Winer, Linda. “Bogosian and the Low Life.” New York Theatre Critics' Reviews LI, No. 2 (5 February 1990): 386.

Assesses Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll as Bogosian's deepest and most convincing work to date.

Additional coverage of Bogosian's life and career is contained in the following source published by the Gale Group: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 138.