Regional Theatre
Author: Joseph Wesley Zeigler
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published: 1973
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 1452911428
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America in the Round
Author: Donatella Galella
Publisher: Studies Theatre Hist & Culture
Published: 2019-03-15
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 1609386256
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →More than a chronicle, America in the Round is a critical history that reveals how far Washington D.C.'s Arena Stage could go with its budget and racially liberal politics, and how Arena both disputed and duplicated systems of power. With an innovative "in the round" approach, the narrative simulates sitting in different parts of the arena space to see the theatre through different lenses--economics, racial dynamics, and American identity.
America’s First Regional Theatre
Author: J. Ullom
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-05-14
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 1137394358
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Cleveland Play House has mirrored the achievements and struggles of both the city of Cleveland and the American theatre over the past one hundred years. This book challenges the established history (often put forward by the theatre itself) and long-held assumptions concerning the creation of the institution and its legacy.
Showtime in Cleveland
Author: John Vacha
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780873386975
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This work takes the reader from the city's first professional theatrical presentation in 1820, through the heyday of vaudeville, to the grand reopening of the newly renovated Allen Theatre in 1999 and the return of touring Broadway shows to Cleveland. In 1820 Cleveland was able to draw a visit from a troupe of professional actors. With no theater in which to perform, the troupe made do with Mowrey's Tavern on Public Square, where a standing-room-only audience saw The Purse; or the Benevolent Tar. It was five years before another professional company would visit. As the city grew, theater blossomed and vaudeville flourished. In the early 1920s, five magnificent theaters opened at Playhouse Square - the State and the Palace, for mixed programs of vaudeville and movies; the Hanna Theater and Ohio, for legitimate Broadway-style theater, and the Allen, for movies. Cleveland was also in the vanguard of the little theater movement with the establishment of the Cleveland Play House and the interracial Karamu Theatre. After a period of decline in the 1960s and 1970s, live theater was reborn in Playhouse Square, which is now the second-largest performing arts complex in the country, and a
America’s First Regional Theatre
Author: J. Ullom
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-05-14
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 1137394358
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Cleveland Play House has mirrored the achievements and struggles of both the city of Cleveland and the American theatre over the past one hundred years. This book challenges the established history (often put forward by the theatre itself) and long-held assumptions concerning the creation of the institution and its legacy.
World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre
Author: Don Rubin
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-08
Total Pages: 641
ISBN-13: 1136359214
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This new in paperback edition of World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre covers the Americas, from Canada to Argentina, including the United States. Entries on twenty six countries are preceded by specialist introductions on Theatre in Post-Colonial Latin America, Theatres of North America, Puppet Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences, Music Theatre and Dance Theatre. The essays follow the series format, allowing for cross-referring across subjects, both within the volume and between volumes. Each country entry is written by specialists in the particular country and the volume has its own teams of regional editors, overseen by the main editorial team based at the University of York in Canada headed by Don Rubin. Each entry covers all aspects of theatre genres, practitioners, writers, critics and styles, with bibliographies, over 200 black & white photographs and a substantial index. This Encyclopedia is indispensable for anyone interested in the cultures of the Americas or in modern theatre. It is also an invaluable reference tool for students and scholars of a wide range of disciplines including history, performance studies, anthropology and cultural studies.
Working in American Theatre
Author: Jim Volz
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2011-07-27
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 1408152320
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"I cannot think of a better book for aspiring and working actors, craftspeople, artists, and managers" Kent Thompson, Artistic Director, Denver Center Theatre Company, Past President TCG Board of Directors "It's time for a new look at the complexity and richness of America's growing theatrical landscapre and Jim Volz is just the person to provide that overview" Lesley Schisgall Currier, Managing Director, Marin Shakespeare Company Working in American Theatre is a coast-to-coast overview of the opportunities awaiting theatre practitioners in every discipline. Featuring tips from America's top theatre professionals, this resource offers job-search and career-planning strategies, as well as detailed information on over 1,000 places to work in the American theatre, including regional companies, Broadway and commerical theatre, Shakespeare festivals, touring theatres, university/resident theatres, youth and children's theatres, and outdoor theatres. Offering an overview of the evolution of American theatre and behind-the-scenes stories of the regional movement, this single volume is an indispensable tool at every stage of your career.
Women in American Theatre
Author: Helen Krich Chinoy
Publisher: Theatre Communications Grou
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 602
ISBN-13: 9781559362634
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Australian Theatre after the New Wave
Author: Julian Meyrick
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2017-09-25
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9004339892
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Australian Theatre after the New Wave charts the history of three ground-breaking Australian theatre companies, the Paris Theatre (1978), the Hunter Valley Theatre (1976-94) and Anthill Theatre (1980-94), analysing the growing dominance of government in shaping the nation’s theatre.
Regional Theatre
Author: Joseph Wesley Zeigler
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published: 1973
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780816606757
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Regional Theatre was first published in 1973. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. This is a social history of a recent American cultural phenomenon--the development since World War II of numerous nonprofit regional theatres which, as a group, have changed the complexion of the American theatre. It is the story of a revolution, now over, and a call for a new purpose to follow it. After a discussion of the background against which the regional theatre movement began, the author traces the histories of individual theatre companies. And yet the book is less about actors, directors, and productions than it is about the struggle to create and sustain new cultural forms, and the tension between regional and central phenomena.Mr. Zeigler sees several related themes: institutionalism -- theatre as a continuing creative organism; decentralization--the bringing of theatre to all areas of the country; and the development of a National Theatre to serve the entire country. A significant element in the book consists of examination of some of the important funding programs which have aided the development of regional theatres.
