Curtainup.com wrote "Canfora, who skillfully embraces both acting and writing, may not leave any of the characters unscarred or unscathed, but we are certainly kept alert and empathetic to their quandaries." "The Newark Star-Ledger called the play "funny and fascinating," adding that "Canfora has wonderfully incisive wit". The Newark Star Ledger nominated "Place Setting" for "Best Play" for 2007-2008 along with plays by Edward Albee, Theresa Rebeck, and Elaine May.
At the University of Chicago, he was friends with the now renowned philosopher, Seth Benardete and the comedians Severn Darden, Elaine May and Mike Nichols.
Elaine Stritch | Elaine Paige | Elaine May | Elaine | Candace Elaine | Elaine Chao | Elaine Brown | Elaine Douvas | Marie-Élaine Thibert | Lauren Elaine | Elaine Ziemba | Elaine Summers | Elaine Sterne Carrington | Elaine Kao | Elaine Jones | Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal | Elaine Hamilton | Elaine Fleming | Elaine Feinstein | Elaine Zayak | Elaine Youngs | Elaine Walker | Elaine Valdov | Elaine Tettemer Marshall | Elaine Symons | Elaine Showalter | Elaine Scarry | Elaine Roe | Elaine Proctor | Elaine Princi |
WGA Award (Screen) for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium (Elaine May) - lost to John Paxton for Kotch (1971)
Reiner wrote the screenplay for and directed a 1967 film version starring Reni Santoni, José Ferrer, Shelley Winters, Elaine May, Jack Gilford, Janet Margolin, Don Rickles, David Opatoshu, and Michael J. Pollard.
He also established himself as a producer’s representative for prominent figures such as Elia Kazan, Dustin Hoffman, John Cassavetes, and George C. Scott, Elaine May and Robert Duvall.
Apparently among modern phylogenetic systematists, Wagner is alone in having been mentioned in a Hollywood film (A New Leaf, starring Elaine May and Walter Matthau).
A New Leaf, a 1971 film written and directed by Elaine May