Pitching to the Star and Other Short Plays

Pitching to the Star and Other Short Plays
Author: Donald Margulies
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 102
Release: 1993
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822213581

THE STORIES: When Peter finally gets a good break for his Hollywood script, he finds himself PITCHING TO THE STAR of the pilot show. Promised control over something he's worked long and hard on, he finds his integrity and his storyline attacked eve

The Best American Short Plays 1992-1993

The Best American Short Plays 1992-1993
Author: Howard Stein
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2000-05
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9781557831675

A collection of one-act plays from American playwrights, which cover such themes as love, fantasy, politics, grief, marriage, crime, and deceit.

Act Like a Man

Act Like a Man
Author: Robert H Vorlicky
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2023-06-20
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0472904205

In the first comprehensive study of plays written for male characters only, Robert Vorlicky offers a new theory that links cultural codes governing gender and the conventions determining dramatic form. Act Like a Manlooks at a range of plays, including those by O'Neill, Albee, Mamet, Baraka, and Rabe as well as new works by Philip Kan Gotanda, Alonzo Lamont, and Robin Swados, to examine how dialogue within these works reflects the social codes of male behavior and inhibits individualization among men. Plays in which women are absent are often characterized by the location of a male "other"—a female presence who distances himself from the dominant, impersonal masculine ethos and thereby becomes a facilitator of personal communication. The potential authority of this figure is so powerful that its presence becomes the primary determinant of the quality of men's interaction and of the range of male subjectivities possible. This formulation becomes the basis of an alternative theory of American dramatic construction, one that challenges traditional dramaturgical notions of realism. The book will appeal to scholars and students interested in drama, gender, race, sexuality, and American culture, as well as playwrights, teachers of playwrights, and artistic directors. It includes an extensive bibliography of more than four hundred male-cast plays and monodramas, the first such compilation and one that points to further research into a previously unexplored area.

Encyclopedia of American Drama

Encyclopedia of American Drama
Author: Jackson R. Bryer
Publisher: Infobase Learning
Total Pages: 2466
Release: 2015-04-22
Genre: American drama
ISBN: 1438140762

Provides a comprehensive guide to American dramatic literature, from its origins in the early days of the nation to American classics such as Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Thornton Wilder's Our Town to the groundbreaking works of today's best writers.

1/2/3/4 for the Show

1/2/3/4 for the Show
Author: Lewis W. Heniford
Publisher:
Total Pages: 512
Release: 1995
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN:

An invaluable guide to small-cast, one-act plays, describing more than 2,200 plays.

Still Pitching

Still Pitching
Author: Jim Kaat
Publisher: Triumph Books
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1623681618

He pitched to Ted Williams and Tony Gwynn. His career spanned three commissioners, four decades and five times in six cities. Before he becomes elected to the baseball Hall of Fame, learn about the fascinating career of one of the most unheralded hurlers.

Brooklyn Boy (TCG Edition)

Brooklyn Boy (TCG Edition)
Author: Donald Margulies
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2012-07-25
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1559367474

“A terrific production . . . American playwright Donald Margulies’ self-reflective, dream reverie comedy drama Brooklyn Boy is tough, insightful, bittersweet, funny and ultimately wise.”—The Hollywood Reporter “Those who know Margulies’ plays will find his familiar themes here: the inevitable transformations wrought by aging, the complex hands linking parents and children, the uneasy dance between commercial and artistic success. The story unfolds with an uncanny resonance that distinguishes all great theatre.”—Orange County Register This new play by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Dinner with Friends is slated for a Broadway run in January 2005. Brooklyn Boy follows the career of Eric Weiss, a writer whose novel hits the bestseller list the same time his life begins to unravel. His wife is out the door, his father is in the hospital and his childhood friend thinks he has sold himself to the devil. A funny and emotionally rich look at family, friends and fame. Donald Margulies received the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Dinner with Friends. The play received numerous awards, including the American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, the Dramatists Guild/Hull-Warriner Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award and a Drama Desk nomination, and has been produced all over the United States and around the world. In addition to his adaptation of God of Vengeance, his many plays include Collected Stories, Sight Unseen, The Model Apartment, The Loman Family Picnic, What’s Wrong with This Picture? and Two Days. Mr. Margulies currently lives with his wife and their son in New Haven, Connecticut, where he teaches playwriting at Yale University.