The New York Times Theatre Reviews 1999 2000

Author : New York Times Theater Reviews
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415936972
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New York Times Theatre Reviews 1999-2000 written by New York Times Theater Reviews and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2001-12 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a comprehensive collection of critical essays on The Taming of the Shrew, and includes extensive discussions of the play's various printed versions and its theatrical productions. Aspinall has included only those essays that offer the most influential and controversial arguments surrounding the play. The issues discussed include gender, authority, female autonomy and unruliness, courtship and marriage, language and speech, and performance and theatricality.

Author : Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0822237229
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Everybody written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-06-18 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This modern riff on the fifteenth-century morality play Everyman follows Everybody (chosen from amongst the cast by lottery at each performance) as they journey through life’s greatest mystery—the meaning of living.

Author : New York Times Theater Reviews
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415936965
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New York Times Film Reviews 1999-2000 written by New York Times Theater Reviews and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2001-12 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Oscar-winning blockbustersAmerican BeautyandShakespeare in Loveto Sundance oddities likeAmerican MovieandThe Tao of Steve, to foreign films such asAll About My Mother, the latest volume in this popular series features a chronological collection of facsimiles of every film review and awards article published inThe New York Timesbetween January 1999 and December 2000. Includes a full index of personal names, titles, and corporate names. This collection is an invaluable resource for all libraries.

Author : Stephen Sondheim
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0679439072
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finishing the Hat written by Stephen Sondheim and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Titled after perhaps Stephen Sondheim's most autobiographical song, from Sunday in the Park with George—Finishing the Hat not only collects his lyrics for the first time, it offers readers a rare personal look into his life as well as his remarkable productions. Stephen Sondheim’s career spanned more than half a century; his lyrics are synonymous with musical theater and popular culture. Sondheim—the winner of seven Tonys, an Academy Award, seven Grammys, a Pulitzer Prize and more—treats us to never-before-published songs from each show, songs that were cut or discarded before seeing the light of day, along with the lyrics for all of his musicals from 1954 to 1981, including West Side Story, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music and Sweeney Todd. He discusses his relationship with his mentor, Oscar Hammerstein II, and his collaborations with extraordinary talents such as Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents, Ethel Merman, Richard Rodgers, Angela Lansbury, Harold Prince and a panoply of others. The anecdotes—filled with history, pointed observations and intimate details—transport us back to a time when theater was a major pillar of American culture. Best of all, Sondheim appraises his work and dissects his lyrics, as well as those of others, offering unparalleled insights into songwriting that will be studied by fans and aspiring songwriters for years to come. Accompanying Sondheim’s sparkling writing are behind-the-scenes photographs from each production, along with handwritten music and lyrics from the songwriter’s personal collection. Penetrating and surprising, poignant, funny and sometimes provocative, Finishing the Hat is not only an informative look at the art and craft of lyric writing, it is a history of the theater that belongs on the same literary shelf as Moss Hart’s Act One and Arthur Miller’s Timebends. It is also a book that will leave you humming the final bars of Merrily We Roll Along, while eagerly anticipating the next volume.

Author : Ben Brantley
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312284114
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New York Times Book of Broadway written by Ben Brantley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-11-14 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume, essential for anyone who loves Broadway, includes a full introduction by Ben Brantley, chief theater critic of The Times, his selection of 25 of the influential Broadway plays that defined the twentieth century, and his choice of 100 other, memorable plays - right up through plays currently running on Broadway.".

Author : Jeff Whitty
Publisher : Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781458417596
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Avenue Q - Vocal Selections/Libretto Pack written by Jeff Whitty and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Ingram Books). 2004 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical! Playbill.com describes Avenue Q, a decidedly adult puppet/human show, as a meeting of Sesame Street and South Park . Our deluxe songbook features all 20 songs in standard piano/vocal format (melody in the piano part), more than 20 fabulous full-color photos from the production, and a bio of the writing team of Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, who've scored big with their first Broadway show! Tunes include: The Avenue Q Theme * Fantasies Come True * I Wish I Could Go Back to College * I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today * If You Were Gay * The Internet Is for Porn * It Sucks to Be Me * Mix Tape * The Money Song * Purpose * There Is Life Outside Your Apartment * What Do You Do with a B.A. in English * and more. PARENTAL ADVISORY: EXPLICIT LYRICS. The Libretto includes the complete book and lyrics from the musical with additional color photos from the Broadway performance.

Author : Jeff Lenburg
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438110405
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Facts on File Guide to Research written by Jeff Lenburg and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Facts On File Guide to Research is a comprehensive guide to doing thorough and accurate research. It includes a detailed listing of available resources and explains general research methods and proper citation of sources. An invaluable reference, this book helps researchers make use of the many new resources available today. Divided into four sections, this easy-to-use guide helps students and general readers prepare for research papers and class studies. Step-by-step guides, detailed explanations, and valuable appendixes covering style guides, such as APA. MLA, and The Chicago Manual of Style, combine to create an incredibly authoritative accessible reference.

Author : Aleshea Harris
Publisher : Theatre Communications Group
ISBN 13 : 1559369264
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Is God Is / What to Send Up When It Goes Down written by Aleshea Harris and published by Theatre Communications Group. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Furious and incandescent… Harris writes so blisteringly that the actors could just let the language’s flames carry them along.” —Helen Shaw, Time Out New York on Is God Is An explosive epic that examines the cyclical nature of violence, Is God Is follows twin sisters who undertake a dangerous journey to exact revenge upon their father at the behest of their dying mother. “Aleshea Harris turns theater into a monument, ephemeral but real, to ongoing pain. You can’t tear down a statue that never shows up outside.” —Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker on What to Send Up... What to Send Up When It Goes Down is a play-pageant-ritual response to anti-Blackness in America. It is a challenge to us all: to heal through expression, expulsion, and movement.

Author : James E. Perone
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440852693
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Words and Music of James Taylor written by James E. Perone and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A valuable resource for James Taylor fans and a fascinating read for anyone interested in autobiographical popular music of the past 50 years. What kinds of unusual musical forms and lyrical structures did American singer-songwriter James Taylor incorporate into his songs? What role did Taylor play in the introspective singer-songwriter movement of the 1970s? How did Taylor write and record songs that were inspired from his own experiences in life that touched so many other people? The Words and Music of James Taylor explores these specific topics and provides detailed critical analysis of the songs and recordings of this well-known musical icon, examining his melodic writing, his use of harmony, and his often-unappreciated tailoring of musical form to enhance his lyrical messages. The book is organized chronologically, primarily around Taylor's studio albums from 1968 to 2015, and offers an introduction, a summary of Taylor's career and importance, as well as an annotated bibliography and discography. The final section of the book presents an overview of Taylor's importance and lasting impact, an analysis of themes that run through his songs, and an explanation of how Taylor's treatment of these themes changed over the years as he matured and as the world around him changed.

Author : Helene P. Foley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520283872
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage written by Helene P. Foley and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-06-26 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the emergence of Greek tragedy on the American stage from the nineteenth century to the present. Despite the gap separating the world of classical Greece from our own, Greek tragedy has provided a fertile source for some of the most innovative American theater. Helene P. Foley shows how plays like Oedipus Rex and Medea have resonated deeply with contemporary concerns and controversies—over war, slavery, race, the status of women, religion, identity, and immigration. Although Greek tragedy was often initially embraced for its melodramatic possibilities, by the twentieth century it became a vehicle not only for major developments in the history of American theater and dance but also for exploring critical tensions in American cultural and political life. Drawing on a wide range of sources—archival, video, interviews, and reviews—Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage provides the most comprehensive treatment of the subject available.