When John D’Agata wrote the book “Lifespan of a Fact,” he never expected to see a version of the story on stage. Both he and his co-writer, Jim Fingal, thought the idea was ridiculous when a fan in ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Lifespan of a Fact is directed by Oil Lamp's Artistic Director Elizabeth Mazur ...

What is more important to a non-fiction writer: accuracy or truth? Is it the same for journalists? What is the truth versus perception? These were the questions raised by Riverside Theatre’s ...

THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT is based on the stirring true story of John D'Agata's essay, "What Happens There," about the Las Vegas suicide of teenager Levi Presley. Jim Fingal, assigned to fact check the ...

Can strict adherence to reality get in the way of telling a good story? That’s the question raised in “The Lifespan of a Fact,” the smart and engagingly playful comedy-drama running through Nov. 10 in ...

Painfully funny and crackled with intelligent ambiguity, "The Lifespan of a Fact," now playing in a superb production at Berkeley's Aurora Theatre, is but a single link in an unlikely lineage of ...