This character orders his assistant to read The Birth of Tragedy, and learns that his assistant is a foster child whose mom and dad were murdered by two burglars in Kansas.
This character exclaims that "We are in the perpetual process now" of "creation, maturation, cessation" after learning that the local Chinese restaurant has closed. He is angered when he returns to his place of work and hears Chet Baker on the phonograph. This character orders his assistant to read The Birth of Tragedy, and learns that his assistant is a foster child whose mom and dad were murdered by two burglars in Kansas. He hopes to "ruin the appetite of every son of a bitch who eats there," in describing a project that he ultimately abandons. He is afraid that the title entity will be "swallowed by black". At the conclusion of the play, this character returns the $35,000 advance received with the help of the architect Philip Johnson, and fires his assistant Ken. Alfred Molina was the first to portray, for 10 points, what real-life artist who appears in John Logan's play Red?
This character exclaims that "We are in the perpetual process now" of "creation, maturation, cessation" after learning that the local Chinese restaurant has closed.
Mark Rothko [or Marcus Rothkowitz; accept either underlined name]