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Dictionary of Latin American Theater

Book by Eladio Cortes, Mirta Barrea-Marlys; Greenwood Press, 2000

Subjects:

Latin American Drama--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, Theater--Latin America--Dictionaries

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Latin American culture has given birth to numerous dramatic works, though it has often been difficult to locate information about these plays and playwrights. This volume traces the history of Latin American theater, including the Nuyorican and Chicano theaters of the United States, and surveys its ...
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Latin American culture has given birth to numerous dramatic works, though it has often been difficult to locate information about these plays and playwrights. This volume traces the history of Latin American theater, including the Nuyorican and Chicano theaters of the United States, and surveys its history from the pre-Columbian period to the present. Sections cover individual Latin American countries. Each section features alphabetically arranged entries for playwrights, independent theaters, and cultural movements.
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The Simple Stage: Its Origins in the Modern American Theater

Book by Arthur Feinsod; Greenwood Press, 1992

Subjects:

Drama, Theater--United States--History--20th Century, Theaters--Stage-Setting And Scenery--United States--History--20th Century

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This book is about the leaders of the modern American theater who resisted the temptation to fill the stage, preferring instead the evocations of a simplified stage. Beginning with a look at precedents and influences on the modern simple stage, Feinsod then examines the theories and practices of ...
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This book is about the leaders of the modern American theater who resisted the temptation to fill the stage, preferring instead the evocations of a simplified stage. Beginning with a look at precedents and influences on the modern simple stage, Feinsod then examines the theories and practices of theater artists such as Maurice Browne, George Cram Cook, Robert Edmond Jones, Lee Simonson, and Thornton Wilder. Throughout the text, numerous design reproductions and performance photographs visually demonstrate the simple stage.
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Curtain Time: The Story of the American Theater

Book by Lloyd Morris; Random House, 1953

Subjects:

Fiction, Theater--United States--History

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...Curtain Time THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN THEATER "Good my lord, will you see...CURTAIN TIME THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN THEATER by Lloyd Morris Random...elderly people who remembered the American theater of the early nineteenth century...
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Mckee Rankin and the Heyday of the American Theater

Book by David Beasley; Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2002

Subjects:

Actors--United States--Biography, Rankin, Mckee--1841-1914, Theater--United States--History--19th Century, Theatrical Managers--United States--Biography

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...AND THE HEYDAY OF THE AMERICAN THEATER McKee Rankin in his heyday...AND THE HEYDAY OF THE AMERICAN THEATER David Beasley Wilfrid Laurier...Rankin and the heyday of the American theater Includes bibliographical references...
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American Theater of the 1960s

Book by Zoltán Szilassy; Southern Illinois University Press, 1986

Subjects:

American Drama--20th Century--History And Criticism, Experimental Theater--United States, Theater--United States--History--20th Century

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Chenetier Zoltan Szilassy American Theater of the 1960s Southern Illinois...Szilassy, Zoltan, 1947- American theater of the 1960s Crosscurrents...Anguish -- write a book concerning American theater in the 1960s? I shall tell...

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Staging Desire: Queer Readings of American Theater History

Journal article by Bob Vorlicky; Theatre History Studies, Vol. 23, 2003

Subjects:

Staging Desire: Queer Readings of American Theater History (Book)--Reviews

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...Staging Desire: Queer Readings of American Theater History. by Bob Vorlicky...Staging Desire: Queer Readings of American Theater History(2002), a volume in its...Readings of Leading Players in American Theater History (U of Michigan P, 1998...
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Contemporary African-American Theater Afrocentricity in the Works of Larry Neal, Amiri Baraka, and Charles Fuller

Journal article by Kwame Jr. Okoampa-Ahoofe; The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 22, 1998

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, Contemporary African-American Theater Afrocentricity in the Works of Larry Neal, Amiri Baraka, and Charles Fuller (Book)--Reviews

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Contemporary African-American Theater Afrocentricity in the Works...Okoampa-Ahoofe Contemporary African-American Theater Afrocentricity in the Works...EuropeanAmerican critics of African American theater which is based on the theoretical...
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Naval Documents of the American Revolution. Volume 11: American Theater: January 1, 1778-March 31, 1778; European Theater: January 1, 1778-March 31, 1778

Journal article by William M. Jr. Fowler; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 73, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Naval Documents of the American Revolution: American Theater, January 1, 1778-March 31, 1778, European Theater, January 1, 1778-March 31, 1778, vol. 11 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...American Revolution. Volume 11: American Theater: January 1, 1778-March 31, 1778...American Revolution. Volume 11: American Theater: January 1, 1778-March 31, 1778...documents into two series, the American Theater and the European Theater, and...
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"White People Do Not Know How to Behave at Entertainments Designed for Ladies and Gentlemen of Colour": William Brown's African and American Theater

Journal article by Nikki Taylor; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 89, 2004

Subjects:

"White People Do Not Know How to Behave at Entertainments Designed for Ladies and Gentlemen of Colour": William Brown's African and American Theater (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...William Browns African and American Theater. by Nikki Taylor...William Browns African and American Theater. Chapel Hill, NC: University...early 1820s. A free African American theater manager in the early republic...
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Jeffrey D. Mason and J. Ellen Gainor, Eds. Performing America: Cultural Nationalism in American Theater

Journal article by Thomas P. Adler; Comparative Drama, Vol. 35, 2001

Subjects:

Performing America: Cultural Nationalism in American Theater (Book)

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Cultural Nationalism in American Theater by Thomas P. Adler...to expand discourse about American theater by demonstrating its sometimes...postcolonialist reading of theater as a site where the American male, threatened with domestic...

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No Surrender! No Retreat!: African American Pioneer Performers of Twentieth-Century American Theater

Magazine article by Mark Dunds Wood; American Theatre, Vol. 18, March 2001

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, No Surrender! No Retreat!: African American Pioneer Performers of Twentieth-Century American Theater (Book)--Reviews

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...AMERICAN PIONEER PERFORMERS OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN THEATER by Mark Dunds Wood NO SURRENDER! NO...AMERICAN PIONEER PERFORMERS OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN THEATER Glenda E. Gill, St. Martins, New York. 230 pp, 15...
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Can Multiculturalism Save African-American Theater?

Magazine article by Eugene Nesmith; American Theatre, Vol. 12, November 1995

Subjects:

African American theater--Analysis, Multiculturalism--Analysis

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...Can multiculturalism save African-American theater? by Eugene Nesmith In order to save African-American theatre, we black theatre practitioners...interpret membership in the African-American subculture in a variety of ways...
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Sonic Boom: American Theater Gets Wired

Magazine article by John Istel; American Theatre, Vol. 11, September 1994

Subjects:

Sound effects (Performing arts)--Technique

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Sonic boom: American theater gets wired by...The result is that Americans rich digital sound diet...Saratoga International Theater Institute and New York...Collins at Philadelphias American Music Theater Festival as well as...
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A National Negro Theater That Never Was

Magazine article by Rena Fraden; American Visions, Vol. 9, October 1994

Subjects:

African American theater--History, Minstrel shows--History

Collections: Entire Library

...Americanization. An ethnic theater for African Americans, however, was incredibly difficult...and near" blacks. African-American theater might be said to have begun...the FTP had given African-American theater professionals and amateurs...
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Re: Plays: A Little Festival in West Virginia Presents Big New Plays, While a New York Theater Company Stages a Rare Drama by John O'Hara

Magazine article by T.L. Ponick, Rex Roberts; Insight on the News, Vol. 18, August 12, 2002

Subjects:

Blessing, Lee--Works, Contemporary American Theater Festival--Planning, Filloux, Catherine--Works, O'Hara, John--Works, Peccadillo Theater Company--Planning, Shepard, Sam--Works

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...acclaimed Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) has...The future of the American theater is in the production...Blessing has won the American Theatre Critics Award. New Yorks Signature Theater once devoted an entire...

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American Icon the Goodman Theatre Honors Chicagoan David Mamet by Staging a Series of His Plays. We Take the Occasion to Talk to Local Actors and Directors about the Enigmatic Playwright and His Contributions to American Theater. and Our Own Jack Helbig Reminisces about Being a Student in Mamet's Class at the University of Chicago

Newspaper article by Jack Helbig; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 24, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Enigmatic Playwright and His Contributions to American Theater. and Our Own Jack Helbig Reminisces about...national name, although locally - and in theater circles - he certainly was known. Hed written "American Buffalo" but not "Glengarry Glen Ross...
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Premieres Look at Race, Patriot Act; Shepherd Hosts Annual American Theater Dramas

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 9, 2004

Subjects:

Glover, Keith

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Patriot Act; Shepherd Hosts Annual American Theater Dramas. Byline: T.L. Ponick...The 14th annual Contemporary American Theater Festival gets under way this...WHAT: Contemporary American Theater Festival LINEUP: "Rounding...
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American Theater Is Her Dancer's Life; Lee Choreographs 'South Pacific'

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 21, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

American theater is her dancers life; Lee...Cantonese father and an American mother of East Indian descent...shoes. A self-proclaimed theater gypsy, she isnt one to look...Flower Drum Song") and "an American theater icon," citing how it was...
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Area Stages Offering Free Night of Theater; Want to Introduce Their Acts to Wider Audience

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 12, 2006

Subjects:

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Play), Arena Stage (Theater group), My Fair Lady (Play), Theatre Communications Group

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Group (TCG), the national service organization for American theater. Its part of a national campaign to attract new audiences...richness of what we have here Irish theater, African-American theater, Hispanic theater, big theater, musicals, mainstream...
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Theater Fest Soars, Plummets

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 9, 2007

Subjects:

Theater

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...as part of the Contemporary American Theater Festival in Shepherdstown, W...afflicts much of contemporary American art, "1001" dangles an honest...Grotes "1001" at the Contemporary American Theater Festival WHERE: Frank Center...

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Theater

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...more in contact with the audience. Theater-in-the-round became popular at American universities in the 1930s, and in the...and 60s many "music tents" featuring theater-in-the-round sprang up in American cities. Experimental relationships...
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American Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...used English models. The infant American theater showed a nationalistic character...Rip Van Winkle were based on American fiction; others were crude melodrama. Realism , however, came to the theater with some of the plays of Bronson...
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Williams, William , American Painter

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM , American painter c.1710 c.1790, American painter, b. England. He probably led a seafaring life before...building and in 1759 painted scenery for the first Philadelphia theater. After painting in New York City in 1775, Williams probably...
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American Film Institute

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the National Endowment for the Arts to preserve and catalog American films and television, to provide work grants for new and established...understanding of the art of film. The institute operates a movie theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington...
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Morris, Robert , 1931–, American Artist

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

MORRIS, ROBERT , 1931 , American artist 1931 , American artist, b. Kansas City, Mo. He settled in New York City in...also experimented in performance art , incorporating dance, theater, and the plastic arts. He is a rigorous theorist of art and...

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