Review: An Inconvenient Black History of British Musical Theatre (1900-1950)
The Boy Friend. Oliver!. Cats. Blood Brothers. The Phantom of the Opera. Les Miserables. Billy...
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Shakespeare’s Rulers and Generals Are All Flawed, but the Books on His Leadership Lessons Keep Coming
John Bell’s new book Some Achieve Greatness is but the latest to use Shakespeare’s works to...
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“New Dramaturgies:” Insights Into Mark Bly’s Playwriting Exercises. Interview with Mark Bly
Mark Bly is an American dramaturg, editor, and lecturer. He was the chair of the MFA Playwriting...
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Stripping and Getting Personal: Catharsis and Medical Performance
This excerpt is taken from the concluding chapter of Performance, Medicine and the Human, a book...
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The Cadence of Spoken Word
All India Forward Bloc architect, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and his equally illustrious elder...
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Force Decisions: A Citizen’s Guide to How Police Determine Appropriate Use of Force by Rory Miller – A Book Review from a Fightaturgy Perspective
I have written elsewhere on recommended reading for early-career fight directors, and I would like...
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Theatre That Changed My Life: “Foreign Goods” Authors Share Their Stories
As we come to the end of 2018, it feels like it’s been a stand-out year for diaspora East and...
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Sheetala Bhat Documents The Lives Of Female Performers In Colonial India
Sheetala Bhat’s Performing Self, Performing Gender: Reading The Lives Of Women Performers In...
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For The Love of Theatre–How The First Black Othello Changed My Life
Producer and Editor Titilola Dawudu talks about the moment that inspired her love of theatre, and...
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“European Cultural Identity” By Enzo Balboni And Annamaria Cascetta: Law, History, Theatre, And Art
Published in the Canon Of European Drama series for Edizioni ETS, European Cultural Identity. Law,...
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Four Directors Give Four Reasons To Be Graeae
To mark the launch of Graeae’s new book, Reasons to Be Graeae, which charts the history of the...
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Karnad’s New Historical Play To Hit The Stands This Independence Day
Rakshasa-Tangadi centers around the Battle of Talikota. Girish Karnad’s much-anticipated play that...
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Simon Callow On Legendary Play Agent Peggy Ramsay
Peggy Ramsay (1908-1991) was the foremost play agent of her time. Her list of clients shows her to...
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Characters In Search Of A Play
Can’t we love a book enough to want to bring it to life on stage? Summer is here, and so are the...
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Reasons To Be Graeae: A Unique Insight Into Disabled-Led Theater Company Graeae
Oberon’s new book, Reasons To Be Graeae, gives a unique insight into the first 38 years of the...
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Elizabeth Strout: “Nobody Was Even Remotely Interested In My Writing”
The story of Elizabeth Strout is one of creative faith and persistence. Growing up in Maine, “a...
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Tom Rachman’s “Basket Of Deplorables”
Basket Of Deplorables By Tom Rachman at Gladstone Theatre. If the definition of satire is: “the...
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“Provoking Theater: Kama Ginkas Directs” An Excerpt
Excerpted and adapted from the book Provoking Theater: Kama Ginkas Directs by Kama Ginkas and John...
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“Awareness Of Light:” Uncovering The Magic Of Light Behind The Curtain From An Asian Female Lighting Design Perspective
There are many theatre lighting design textbooks in the world; however, few female Asian lighting...
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The Words of The Plays
Continta me tienes, the Spanish publishing house, sent us the volume The Words of the Plays,...
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