(Book). Celebrating its 68th year, Theatre World remains the definitive annual record of the American theater the most complete record of the Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and regional theater seasons complete with cast listings, replacements, producers, directors, authors, composers, opening and closing dates, song titles, plot ......
Donald Wolfit's Shakespearen Productions 1937-1953
Throughout World War II, audiences in the United Kingdom craved entertainment, even during the country's darkest days. During this period, actor-manager Donald Wolfit and his theatre troupe toured Great Britain and Europe-often at great risk. After the war, Wolfit broadened his tour, bringing his brand of Shakespearean theatre to North American ......
In 2004, in a small, windowless theater in then-desolate Williamsburg, Brooklyn, a coterie of desperate and dedicated theater artists staged an experimental, four-hour, entirely unauthorized adaptation of William Faulkner's novel As I Lay Dying. Its centerpiece was an enormous wooden coffin that dominated the space, leaving room for fewer audience ......
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.
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.
Premier study tool for those merely seeking an elective credit for the course - more importantly an incredibly well written guide that is pouring over with facts so entirely that it reads like an ode to the theater covering it's importance in society and human creativity. With history, the types of theater, companies and popular plays this is an ......
Surveying the entirety of McNally's works, including the most important of McNally's still unpublished works, this book positions McNally at the forefront of contemporary American writers-in particular, gay writers-treating the issues of suffering, loss, spiritual renewal, and forgiveness.
The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia is the first reference volume devoted to the works of this prolific composer and lyricist. The encyclopedias entries provide readers with detailed information about Sondheims work and key figures in his career, including his apprenticeship, his early work with Leonard Bernstein, and his work on television.
