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  • - Broadway Musicals as Works-in-process
    av Bruce Kirle
    670,-

    Pursuing the social and historical contexts of a particularly unfinished theatrical genre, this book demonstrates Broadway's ability to bridge seemingly insoluble tensions in soceity - from economic and political anxiety surrounding WWII to generational conflict and youth counterculture to corporate America and the ""me"" generation.

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    670,-

    An organized treatment of performance studies theory, practice and pedagogy. The 18 essays by scholars and educators seek to reflect the emergent and contested nature of performance studies, a field that looks at the broad range of human performance from everyday conversation to formal theatre.

  • - Patrons, Patronage and Philanthropy
    av Stephen D. Berwind
    670,-

    Because box office income rarely covers the cost of production, other sources are vital. Angels - financial investors and backers - have a tremendous impact on what happens on stage. This book explores not only how donors became angels, but also their backgrounds, motivations, policies, limitations, support, and successes and failures.

  • - Scene Design and the American Theatre
    av Anne Fletcher
    713,-

    Explores the life and work of Mordecai Gorelik, a pioneering scene designer whose career spanned decades in American theatre. This book draws intriguing parallels and contrasts between Gorelik's productions and the theatrical movements of the twentieth century, exposing the indelible mark he left on the stage.

  • - Curating American Character from Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush
    av Jodi Kanter
    612,-

  • - The Labor Plays of Manny Fried
    av Barry B Witham
    771,-

    Reclaims the work of Manny Fried, an essential American playwright so thoroughly blacklisted after he defied the House Committee on Un-American Activities that his work all but completely disappeared from the canon. Witham details Manny Fried's work inside and outside the theatre and examines his three major labour plays.

  • - The Little Theatre Movement and the American Audience
    av Dorothy Chansky
    670,-

    Charting the origins of serious theatre, drama pedagogy, and the nonprofit model, this illustrated volume argues that the Little Theatre movement was a national phenomenon, not just the result of aspirants copying the efforts of the much-storied Provincetown Players, Washington Square Players, Neighborhood Playhouse, and Chicago Little Theatre.

  • - Selected Writings of Sophie Treadwell
     
    930,-

    This collection of plays, fiction, and journalistic essays provides a portrait of one of America's most innovative yet neglected feminists. It is a critical compilation of Sophie Treadwell's prose and drama and highlights her most significant works. It also outlines the personal and social factors that helped shape her feminist ideals.

  • - The Story of Mercedes De Acosta
    av Robert A. Schanke
    670,-

    A biography of the flamboyantly uninhibited early-20th-century author, poet, and playwright. Theatre historian Robert A. Schanke mines lost archival materials and interviews with de Acosta's intimates to correct established myths and construct an account of her life and loves on Broadway and in Hollywood.

  • - New Perspectives on Theatre History and Labor
     
    771,-

    Theatre has long been an art form of subterfuge and concealment. Working in the Wings, edited by Elizabeth A. Osborne and Christine Woodworth, brings attention to what goes on behind-the-scenes in this essay collection that considers, challenges, and revises our understanding of work, theatre, and history.

  • av David Bisaha
    742,-

    The figure of the American theatrical scenic designer first emerged in the early twentieth century. This book tells the history of the field through the figures, institutions, and movements that helped create and shape the profession.

  • av Michael Mark Chemers
    626,-

    A new edition of the celebrated introduction to dramaturgy training and practice. Perfectly suited for the undergraduate theatre classroom, this holistic guide includes chapter exercises for students to practice the skills as they learn. The new edition also incorporates recent theory and new resources on multimedia performance.

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