Theater director Caden Cotard is mounting a new play. Fresh off of a successful production of "Death of a Salesman", he has traded in the suburban blue-hairs and regional theater of Schenectady ...

SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK Directed by Charlie Kaufman Starring ... fearlessness and profundity. Theatre director Caden Cotard (Hoffman) is disenchanted, afflicted by various bizarre or mundane illnesses.