An accessible introductory textbook that informs students about theatre by looking at the theoretical and practical aspects-from the nature of theatre and drama to how it reflects society-and by examining the processes of playwrights, actors, designers, directors, producers, critics, and more.
Robert Viagas spent his twenty-four years as managing editor of Playbill gathering original first-hand stories of the ghosts said to haunt theatres around the world from actors, stagehands, and ushers. Some of the ghosts are friendly, some are terrifying--but all are entertaining and fun, and their stories are designed by a master Broadway ......
A vibrant collection of the best one-act plays in American theater in 2018-2019, the styles and approaches are as varied and rich-and troubled, compelling, and human-as American life itself.
Behind the Scenes of the Worldwide Musical Phenomenon
Almost thirty years after Rock Opera, his first book on Jesus Christ Superstar, Ellis Nassour returns to the world of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to complete the fascinating story of the Broadway musical that rocked the stage and pushed boundaries. Nassour goes behind the scenes to show the evolution of Jesus Christ Superstar from an album ......
An accessible introductory textbook that informs students about theatre by looking at the theoretical and practical aspects-from the nature of theatre and drama to how it reflects society-and by examining the processes of playwrights, actors, designers, directors, producers, critics, and more.
Musical Theater and Belief at the Heart of America
The local and regional shows staged throughout America use musical theater's inherent power of deception to cultivate worldviews opposed to mainstream ideas. Jake Johnson reveals how musical theater between the coasts inhabits the middle spaces between professional and amateur, urban and rural, fact and fiction, fantasy and reality, and truth and ......
The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical
(Applause Libretto Library). Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Book by Quiara Alegria Hudes, Conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda In the Heights is an exciting musical about life in Washington Heights, a tight-knit community where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm ......
