A History of African American Theatre
Author | : Errol G. Hill |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 652 |
Release | : 2003-07-17 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521624435 |
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Author | : Errol G. Hill |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 652 |
Release | : 2003-07-17 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521624435 |
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Author | : Esther Kim Lee |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 219 |
Release | : 2006-10-12 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0521850517 |
This book surveys the history of Asian American theatre from 1965 to 2005.
Author | : William Dunlap |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 473 |
Release | : 2010-10-01 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0252091035 |
As America passed from a mere venue for English plays into a country with its own nationally regarded playwrights, William Dunlap lived the life of a pioneer on the frontier of the fledgling American theatre, full of adventures, mishaps, and close calls. He adapted and translated plays for the American audience and wrote plays of his own as well, learning how theatres and theatre companies operated from the inside out. Dunlap's masterpiece, A History of American Theatre was the first of its kind, drawing on the author's own experiences. In it, he describes the development of theatre in New York, Philadelphia, and South Carolina as well as Congress's first attempts at theatrical censorship. Never before previously indexed, this edition also includes a new introduction by Tice L. Miller.
Author | : William Dunlap |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 826 |
Release | : 1833 |
Genre | : American drama |
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Author | : Patrick Pacheco |
Publisher | : Applause Theatre & Cinema |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2017-09-12 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9781495092435 |
(Applause Books). In 1943, a wounded soldier aided by a cane limped into the Stage Door Canteen, the American Theatre Wing's fabled New York club created to entertain the Allied forces. Two hours later, he was said to have left with a spring in his step and without the cane. This "miracle" is recounted in the lavish new book, The American Theatre Wing, an Oral History: 100 Years, 100 Voices, 100 Million Miracles . The other 999,999 miracles are more commonplace, if no less remarkable, told by the impassioned artists and theater advocates who created and sustained this preeminent theatrical organization founded in 1917. While the American Theatre Wing is best known as the founder of the Tony Awards, its mission is also dedicated to preserving the past, celebrating the present, and fostering the future of American theater by developing educational programs and distributing national grants and awards each year to performers and theater companies. The organization also recently took under its wing the irreverent OBIE awards, the top honors for off-Broadway that has become a dynamic pipeline for Broadway. This coffee-table book, celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the American Theatre Wing, is a fascinating cornucopia of untold lore and never-before-seen photos as prismatic and unexpected as the theater itself. The oral history traces the American Theatre Wing as a defender of the country's most romantic ideals through two world wars, presciently establishing an interracial policy at the Stage Door Canteen despite being denounced from the well of the United States Senate. In succeeding decades the ATW has burnished those ideals through its unflagging support of artists from Broadway, Off Broadway, and regional theater many of whom vividly tell their own stories in the book, including Angela Lansbury, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Harold Prince, Neil Patrick Harris, James Corden, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Author | : Theresa Saxon |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2011-10-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0748654097 |
This book provides a brief yet informative evaluation of the variety and complexity of theatrical endeavours in the United States, embracing all epochs of theatre history and situating American theatre as a lively, dynamic and diverse arena.
Author | : John H. Houchin |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2003-06-26 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521818193 |
John Houchin explores the impact of censorship in twentieth-century American theatre. He argues that theatrical censorship coincides with significant challenges to religious, political and cultural traditions. Along with the well-known instance of the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s, other almost equally influential events shaped the course of the American stage during the century. The book is arranged in chronological order. It provides a summary of censorship in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America and then analyses key political and theatrical events between 1900 and 2000. These include a discussion of the 1913 riot after the Abbey Theatre touring produdtion of Playboy of the Western World; protests against Clifford Odet's Waiting for Lefty, performed by militant workers during the Depression; and reactions to the recent play Angels in America.
Author | : Susan Jonas |
Publisher | : Cengage Learning |
Total Pages | : 622 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
This comprehensive work is truly the first textbook in the field of dramaturgy. Most of the material-much of it by leaders in all areas of the theater-was commissioned for this collection, rather than being reprinted. Its currency and importance cannot be overestimated. A review of the history of dramaturgy as a profession, together with its European antecedents, gives students a sense of historical context. Selections from respected and recognized names in theater provoke student interest and communicate the benefits of those experts' experiences.
Author | : Nathan Hurwitz |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2014-06-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317912055 |
From the diverse proto-theatres of the mid-1800s, though the revues of the ‘20s, the ‘true musicals’ of the ‘40s, the politicisation of the ‘60s and the ‘mega-musicals’ of the ‘80s, every era in American musical theatre reflected a unique set of socio-cultural factors. Nathan Hurwitz uses these factors to explain the output of each decade in turn, showing how the most popular productions spoke directly to the audiences of the time. He explores the function of musical theatre as commerce, tying each big success to the social and economic realities in which it flourished. This study spans from the earliest spectacles and minstrel shows to contemporary musicals such as Avenue Q and Spiderman. It traces the trends of this most commercial of art forms from the perspective of its audiences, explaining how staying in touch with writers and producers strove to stay in touch with these changing moods. Each chapter deals with a specific decade, introducing the main players, the key productions and the major developments in musical theatre during that period.