Preview issue no. 142 at theparisreview.org. THE THEATER ISSUE Three Pulitzer Prize–winning playwrights on dialogue, method, and the dramatic moment: interviews with David Mamet, Sam Shepard, and Wendy Wasserstein. Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim sings the praises of musical theater; John Simon offers the critic’s view. Plays by Martin McDonagh and Doug Wright.