Theater Of Lies

Author : Ted Griffith
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1039192092
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theater of Lies written by Ted Griffith and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cynical about what you read and hear? Tired of the lies and misinformation? Who should you trust? Forty years ago, as Ted Griffth entered the business of communications, marketing, and public affairs—all aiming to persuade people to either change their minds or take certain actions—he asked himself, Why are so many people seduced by lies and propaganda? He’s spent the forty years since trying to find the answers. Theater of Lies provides an in-depth examination of the lies, misinformation, and propaganda in our lives. For centuries, we’ve been persuaded to trust the lies told by our governments, businesses, and religions to manage how we think and act, to their benefit, not ours. Filled with real-life examples, Theater of Lies demonstrates the impact lies and misinformation have had through the centuries and today on topics including racism, gender debates, entrenched political divides, and the status of women. In addition, it examines how and why we repeat these lies and the impact this has on our decision-making, not just as voters and consumers, but also as employees, employers, and parents. Want change? You need to care, be curious, and most of all, have the courage to act. Otherwise, lies and misinformation will continue to divide us, exacerbating existing differences and making us distrust institutions, the political process, governments, and the media.

Author : Hugh Whitemore
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780573619847
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pack of Lies written by Hugh Whitemore and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1985 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Riedel
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451672160
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Razzle Dazzle written by Michael Riedel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A revered and provocative theater observer presents a grand history of the producers, directors, actors, and critics battling for creative and financial control of Broadway"--Front jacket flap.

Author : Jake Johnson
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252052854
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lying in the Middle written by Jake Johnson and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The local and regional shows staged throughout America use musical theater’s inherent power of deception to cultivate worldviews opposed to mainstream ideas. Jake Johnson reveals how musical theater between the coasts inhabits the middle spaces between professional and amateur, urban and rural, fact and fiction, fantasy and reality, and truth and falsehood. The homegrown musical provides a space to engage belief and religion—imagining a better world while creating opportunities to expand what is possible in the current one. Whether it is the Oklahoma Senior Follies or a Mormon splinter group’s production of The Sound of Music, such productions give people a chance to jolt themselves out of today’s post-truth malaise and move toward a world more in line with their desires for justice, reconciliation, and community. Vibrant and strikingly original, Lying in the Middle discovers some of the most potent musical theater taking place in the hoping, beating hearts of Americans.

Author : Sam Shepard
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780822206569
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Lie of the Mind written by Sam Shepard and published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. This book was released on 1986 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently a critical and box office sensation, Sam Shepard's newest play is amasterpiece of poetic and theatrical brilliance that looks unerringly at loveand family in the American West. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : Stephen Laughton
Publisher : Nick Hern Books
ISBN 13 : 9781848426443
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ugly Lies the Bone written by Stephen Laughton and published by Nick Hern Books. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Beauty is but skin deep, ugly lies the bone; beauty dies and fades away, but ugly holds its own.' After three tours of duty in Afghanistan, wounded veteran Jess finally returns home to Florida, where she must confront her scars - and a hometown that may have changed even more than her. Undergoing an experimental virtual reality therapy, she builds a breathtaking new world where she can escape her pain. As Jess advances further into that world, she begins to restore her relationships, her life and, slowly, herself. Ugly Lies the Bone received its European premiere at the National Theatre, London, in 2017, in a production directed by Indhu Rubasingham and starring Kate Fleetwood. It was a New York Times Critics' Pick during its sold-out run Off-Broadway in 2015.

Author : Michael Riedel
Publisher : Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501166638
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Singular Sensation written by Michael Riedel and published by Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary story of a transformative decade on Broadway, featuring gripping behind-the-scenes accounts of shows such as Rent, Angels in America, Chicago, The Lion King, and The Producers—shows that changed the history of the American theater. The 1990s was a decade of profound change on Broadway. At the dawn of the nineties, the British invasion of Broadway was in full swing, as musical spectacles like Les Miserables, Cats, and The Phantom of the Opera dominated the box office. But Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard soon spelled the end of this era and ushered in a new wave of American musicals, beginning with the ascendance of an unlikely show by a struggling writer who reimagined Puccini’s opera La Bohème as the smash Broadway show Rent. American musical comedy made its grand return, culminating in The Producers, while plays, always an endangered species on Broadway, staged a powerful comeback with Tony Kushner’s Angels in America. A different breed of producers rose up to challenge the grip theater owners had long held on Broadway, and corporations began to see how much money could be made from live theater. And just as Broadway had clawed its way back into the mainstream of American popular culture, the September 11 attacks struck fear into the heart of Americans who thought Times Square might be the next target. But Broadway was back in business just two days later, buoyed by talented theater people intent on bringing New Yorkers together and supporting the economics of an injured city. Michael Riedel presents the drama behind every mega-hit or shocking flop, bringing readers into high-stakes premieres, fraught rehearsals, tough contract negotiations, intense Tony Award battles, and more. From the bitter feuds to the surprising collaborations, all the intrigue of a revolutionary era in the Theater District is packed into Singular Sensation. Broadway has triumphs and disasters, but the show always goes on.

Author : Lauren Gunderson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350146242
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I and You written by Lauren Gunderson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-14 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Sharp and funny. Gunderson taps into a buoyant spirit ... the touching 'barbaric yawp' (Whitman's phrase) of these two deeply engaging kids.” The Washington Post Housebound by illness, Caroline hasn't been to school in months. Confined to her room, she has only social media for company. That is until classmate Anthony bursts in – uninvited and armed with waffle fries, a scruffy copy of Walt Whitman's poetry and a school project due the next day... Caroline is unimpressed, but an unlikely friendship develops and a seemingly mundane piece of homework starts to reveal the pair's hopes and dreams - as well as a deep and mysterious bond that connects them even further. Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, 2014. This new Modern Classics edition features an introduction by Julie Felise Dubiner.

Author : David Ives
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780822225607
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The School for Lies written by David Ives and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: It's 1666 and the brightest, wittiest salon in Paris is that of Celimene, a beautiful young widow so known for her satiric tongue she's being sued for it. Surrounded by shallow suitors, whom she lives off of without surrendering to, Celi

Author : Joanna Pickering
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781955389204
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Truth, Lies, and Deception written by Joanna Pickering and published by . This book was released on 2021-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truth, Lies and Deception is a trilogy of plays that explore the fragility of perceptions with regard to truth or reality. The plays were first performed together as a showcase for The League of Professional Theater Women under the artistic direction of Christine Cirker (The Barrow theater's For And By women) and hosted by chairwoman Marcina Zaccaria. In Cat and Mouse, Marcus Meekus is a Hollywood movie director. Jade is bussing tables having just appeared in her first acting role -- a tampon advert. When their paths cross, Jade thinks her life will change forever. Sylvie and Sly, tells the tale of an aging actress, who in denial about her tragic reality, decides to save a floundering career, with the help of a devoted friend, and social media. In the final play, Beach Break, two young girl friends go away to a holiday resort to escape some problems at home. It's only a matter of time before something terrible happens. Something that will have dark and explosive repercussions.