Angels in the American Theater

Angels in the American Theater
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Publisher : SIU Press
Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : 0809327473
ISBN-13 : 9780809327478
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Angels in the American Theater by : Robert A Schanke

Composed of sixteen essays and fifteen illustrations, Angels in the American Theater explores not only how donors became angels but also their backgrounds, motivations, policies, limitations, support, and successes and failures.

A History of Asian American Theatre

A History of Asian American Theatre
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 219
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ISBN-10 : 9780521850513
ISBN-13 : 0521850517
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis A History of Asian American Theatre by : Esther Kim Lee

This book surveys the history of Asian American theatre from 1965 to 2005.

Radical Black Theatre in the New Deal

Radical Black Theatre in the New Deal
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Publisher : UNC Press Books
Total Pages : 359
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ISBN-10 : 9781469654430
ISBN-13 : 1469654431
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis Radical Black Theatre in the New Deal by : Kate Dossett

Between 1935 and 1939, the United States government paid out-of-work artists to write, act, and stage theatre as part of the Federal Theatre Project (FTP), a New Deal job relief program. In segregated "Negro Units" set up under the FTP, African American artists took on theatre work usually reserved for whites, staged black versions of "white" classics, and developed radical new dramas. In this fresh history of the FTP Negro Units, Kate Dossett examines what she calls the black performance community—a broad network of actors, dramatists, audiences, critics, and community activists—who made and remade black theatre manuscripts for the Negro Units and other theatre companies from New York to Seattle. Tracing how African American playwrights and troupes developed these manuscripts and how they were then contested, revised, and reinterpreted, Dossett argues that these texts constitute an archive of black agency, and understanding their history allows us to consider black dramas on their own terms. The cultural and intellectual labor of black theatre artists was at the heart of radical politics in 1930s America, and their work became an important battleground in a turbulent decade.

The Ground on which I Stand

The Ground on which I Stand
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Publisher : Theatre Communications Grou
Total Pages : 54
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ISBN-10 : 1559361875
ISBN-13 : 9781559361873
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis The Ground on which I Stand by : August Wilson

August Wilson's radical and provocative call to arms.

The American Theatre Wing, an Oral History

The American Theatre Wing, an Oral History
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Publisher : Applause Theatre & Cinema
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 1495092437
ISBN-13 : 9781495092435
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis The American Theatre Wing, an Oral History by : Patrick Pacheco

(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.

Dramaturgy in American Theater

Dramaturgy in American Theater
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Publisher : Cengage Learning
Total Pages : 622
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105019267108
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Dramaturgy in American Theater by : Susan Jonas

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.

The Chinese Lady

The Chinese Lady
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Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages : 48
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ISBN-10 : 9780822239901
ISBN-13 : 0822239906
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis The Chinese Lady by : Lloyd Suh

Afong Moy is fourteen years old when she’s brought to the United States from Guangzhou Province in 1834. Allegedly the first Chinese woman to set foot on U.S. soil, she has been put on display for the American public as “The Chinese Lady.” For the next half-century, she performs for curious white people, showing them how she eats, what she wears, and the highlight of the event: how she walks with bound feet. As the decades wear on, her celebrated sideshow comes to define and challenge her very sense of identity. Inspired by the true story of Afong Moy’s life, THE CHINESE LADY is a dark, poetic, yet whimsical portrait of America through the eyes of a young Chinese woman.

A History of the American Theatre from Its Origins to 1832

A History of the American Theatre from Its Origins to 1832
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 473
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ISBN-10 : 9780252091032
ISBN-13 : 0252091035
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis A History of the American Theatre from Its Origins to 1832 by : William Dunlap

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.

New Voices in the American Theatre

New Voices in the American Theatre
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 584
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015054070472
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Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis New Voices in the American Theatre by : Brooks Atkinson

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