The A To Z Of American Theater

Author : James Fisher
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810870479
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The A to Z of American Theater written by James Fisher and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-09-02 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 50-year period from 1880 to 1929 is the richest era for theater in American history, certainly in the great number of plays produced and artists who contributed significantly, but also in the centrality of theater in the lives of Americans. As the impact of European modernism began to gradually seep into American theater during the 1880s and quite importantly in the 1890s, more traditional forms of theater gave way to futurism, symbolism, surrealism, and expressionism. American playwrights like Eugene O'Neill, George Kelly, Elmer Rice, Philip Barry, and George S. Kaufman ushered in the Golden Age of American drama. The A to Z of American Theater: Modernism focuses on legitimate drama, both as influenced by European modernism and as impacted by the popular entertainment that also enlivened the era. This is accomplished through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced entries on plays; music; playwrights; great performers like Maude Adams, Otis Skinner, Julia Marlowe, and E.H. Sothern; producers like David Belasco, Daniel Frohman, and Florenz Ziegfeld; critics; architects; designers; and costumes.

Author : Anthony D. Hill
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810870611
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The A to Z of African American Theater written by Anthony D. Hill and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-09-02 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African American Theater is a vibrant and unique entity enriched by ancient Egyptian rituals, West African folklore, and European theatrical practices. A continuum of African folk traditions, it combines storytelling, mythology, rituals, music, song, and dance with ancestor worship from ancient times to the present. It afforded black artists a cultural gold mine to celebrate what it was like to be an African American in The New World. The A to Z of African American Theater celebrates nearly 200 years of black theater in the United States, identifying representative African American theater-producing organizations and chronicling their contributions to the field from its birth in 1816 to the present. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on actors, directors, playwrights, plays, theater producing organizations, themes, locations, and theater movements and awards.

Author : George Oberkirsh Seilhamer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the American Theatre written by George Oberkirsh Seilhamer and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gerald Martin Bordman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 840 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Musical Theatre written by Gerald Martin Bordman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gerald Bordman's American Musical Theatre has become a landmark book since its publication in 1978. It chronicles American musicals, show by show and season by season, and offers a running commentary and assessment as well as providing the basic facts about each production. This updated edition includes the new shows that have opened on Broadway since the original publication. Also included are over a hundred musicals that were turn-of-the-century, cheap-priced touring shows which never played Broadway, but were the training ground for many theatre greats.

Author : George O. Seilhamer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780742642164
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the American Theatre written by George O. Seilhamer and published by . This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anthony D. Hill
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538117290
Total Pages : 755 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of African American Theater written by Anthony D. Hill and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-11-09 with total page 755 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of Historical Dictionary of African American Theater reflects the rich history and representation of the black aesthetic and the significance of African American theater’s history, fleeting present, and promise to the future. It celebrates nearly 200 years of black theater in the United States and the thousands of black theater artists across the country—identifying representative black theaters, playwrights, plays, actors, directors, and designers and chronicling their contributions to the field from the birth of black theater in 1816 to the present. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of African American Theater, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on actors, playwrights, plays, musicals, theatres, -directors, and designers. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know and more about African American Theater.

Author : William Dunlap
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the American Theatre written by William Dunlap and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Brooks Atkinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Voices in the American Theatre written by Brooks Atkinson and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For contents, see Title Catalog.

Author : George O. Seilhamer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the American Theatre written by George O. Seilhamer and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Albert Hirschfeld
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258812850
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Theatre As Seen by Hirschfeld written by Albert Hirschfeld and published by . This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: