The Alchemy Of Theatre The Divine Science

Author : Robert Viagas
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476849485

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The Alchemy of Theatre - The Divine Science by Robert Viagas Pdf

(Applause Books). Featuring 28 of the top talents on Broadway! The Alchemy of Theatre lets the top talents in every theatrical field, from producing and writing to publicity and makeup, share their hard-earned wisdom. They speak on how to achieve success in an environment where giant egos are locked up together under mounting financial and emotional pressure, and are expected to deliver greatness. In short, this book is a how-to manual of collaboration by the professionals who do it best. Among those who have packed their lively essays with real-world stories of experience on legendary productions are directors Harold Prince, Susan Stroman, and George C. Wolfe; playwrights Wendy Wasserstein, recently deceased, and Edward Albee; stars Chita Rivera and Brian Stokes Mitchell; set designer Robin Wagner; songwriter Cy Coleman, in one of his last writing efforts before his death; costume designer William Ivey Long; producer Rocco Landesman; theatre operator Gerald Schoenfeld, chairman of The Shubert Organization; playwright and librettist Terrence McNally; lighting designers Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer; Musical Director Paul Gemignani; and more than a dozen more. This book is nothing but true-life stories of how these precepts work in real life for some of the most talented people alive. "Every narrative gives an inside look at what makes theater magical and allows a performance to come together. For those who love the theater, this book is essential." Library Journal

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476849492

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The Alchemy of Theatre: The Divine Science by Anonim Pdf

Foreword by Jeremy Irons preface by Adrian Lyne. Based on the novel by Vladimir Nabokov Schiff tells the astounding story behind the most controversial movie of our time. 75 movie stills.ÞÞ Like Nabokov's novel it is an eloquent tragedy laced with wit and a serious disturbing work of art... ä ÊThe New York TimesÊ

Author : Nadja Masura
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783030556280

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Digital Theatre by Nadja Masura Pdf

Digital Theatre is a rich and varied art form evolving between performing bodies gathered together in shared space and the ever-expanding flexible reach of the digital technology that shapes our world. This book explores live theatre performances which incorporate video projection, animation, motion capture and triggering, telematics and multisite performance, robotics, VR, and AR. Through examples from practitioners like George Coates, the Gertrude Stein Repertory Theatre, Troika Ranch, David Saltz, Mark Reaney, The Builder’s Association, and ArtGrid, a picture emerges of how and why digital technology can be used to effectively create theatre productions matching the storytelling and expressive needs of today’s artists and audiences. It also examines how theatre roles such as director, actor, playwright, costumes, and set are altered, and how ideas of body, place, and community are expanded.

Author : Andy Propst
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781538116197

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The 100 Most Important People in Musical Theatre by Andy Propst Pdf

This book profiles the individuals whose contributions have left a profound and lasting impact on musical theatre. The entries include biographical details, career highlights, and a list of significant credits. The individuals chosen represent a wide swath of talent, from actors and directors to composers and choreographers.

Author : Simon Shepherd
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350316478

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Direction by Simon Shepherd Pdf

Is directing an art? Do directors need to be trained? What do directors actually do? These questions and more are answered in this accessibly written survey of the art of theatre direction. Its broad scope ranges across the theatres of both America and Europe, looking at practices from Stanislavski up to the present day.

Author : Christopher Innes,Peter Paul Schnierer,Martin Middeke,Matthew C. Roudané
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781408134801

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The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights by Christopher Innes,Peter Paul Schnierer,Martin Middeke,Matthew C. Roudané Pdf

Unrivalled in its coverage of recent work and writers, The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights surveys and analyses the breadth, vitality and development of theatrical work to emerge from America over the last fifty years. This authoritative guide leads you through the work of 25 major contemporary American playwrights, discussing more than 140 plays in detail. Written by a team of 25 eminent international scholars, each chapter provides: · a biographical introduction to the playwright's work; · a survey and concise analysis of the writer's most important plays; · a discussion of their style, dramaturgical concerns and critical reception; · a bibliography of published plays and a select list of critical works. Among the many Tony, Obie and Pulitzer prize-winning playwrights included are Sam Shepard, Tony Kushner, Suzan-Lori Parks, August Wilson, Paula Vogel and Neil LaBute. The abundance of work analysed enables fresh, illuminating conclusions to be drawn about the development of contemporary American playwriting.

Author : John Shepherd,David Horn
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781441160782

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Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 8 by John Shepherd,David Horn Pdf

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Author : Andy Propst
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781495026034

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You Fascinate Me So by Andy Propst Pdf

YOU FASCINATE ME SO!THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CY COLEMAN

Author : Kevin Winkler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780199336814

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Big Deal by Kevin Winkler Pdf

Bob Fosse (1927-1987) is recognized as one of the most significant figures in post-World War II American musical theater. With his first Broadway musical, The Pajama Game in 1954, the "Fosse style" was already fully developed, with its trademark hunched shoulders, turned-in stance, and stuttering, staccato jazz movements. Fosse moved decisively into the role of director with Redhead in 1959 and was a key figure in the rise of the director-choreographer in the Broadway musical. He also became the only star director of musicals of his era--a group that included Jerome Robbins, Gower Champion, Michael Kidd, and Harold Prince--to equal his Broadway success in films. Following his unprecedented triple crown of show business awards in 1973 (an Oscar for Cabaret, Emmy for Liza with a Z, and Tony for Pippin), Fosse assumed complete control of virtually every element of his projects. But when at last he had achieved complete autonomy, his final efforts, the film Star 80 and the musical Big Deal, written and directed by Fosse, were rejected by audiences and critics. A fascinating look at the evolution of Fosse as choreographer and director, Big Deal: Bob Fosse and Dance in the American Musical considers Fosse's career in the context of changes in the Broadway musical theater over four decades. It traces his early dance years and the importance of mentors George Abbott and Jerome Robbins on his work. It examines how each of the important women in his adult life--all dancers--impacted his career and influenced his dance aesthetic. Finally, the book investigates how his evolution as both artist and individual mirrored the social and political climate of his era and allowed him to comfortably ride a wave of cultural changes.

Author : Terrence McNally
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-25
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781683932826

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Muse of Fire by Terrence McNally Pdf

Acclaimed playwright Terrence McNally’s works are characterized by such diversity that critics have sometimes had difficulty identifying the pattern in his carpet. To redress this problem, in Muse of Fire, Raymond-Jean Frontain has collected McNally’s most illuminating meditations on the need of the playwright to first change hearts in order to change minds and thereby foster a more compassionate community. When read together, these various meditations demonstrate the profound ways in which McNally himself functioned as a member of the theater community—as a strikingly original dramatic voice, as a generous collaborator, and even as the author of eloquent memorials. These pieces were originally written to be delivered on both highly formal occasions (academic commencement exercises, award ceremonies, memorial services) and as off-the-cuff comments at highly informal gatherings, like a playwriting workshop at the New School. They reveal a man who saw theater not as the vehicle for abstract ideas or the platform for political statements, but as the exercise of our shared humanity. “Theatre is collaborative, but life is collaborative,” McNally says. “Art is important to remind us that we’re not alone, and this is a wonderful world and we can make it more wonderful by fully embracing each other. [. . .] I don’t know why it’s so hard to remind ourselves sometimes, but thank God we’ve had great artists who don’t let us forget. And thank the audiences who support them because I think that those artists’ true mission has been to bring the barriers down, break them down; not build walls, but tear them down.”

Author : Timo Niermann
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350073098

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Collaborating Backstage by Timo Niermann Pdf

Collaboration is the most important facet of any theatrical company. From the performers on stage to the choreographers, designers and technicians working behind the scenes, this book considers all departments working on a production and instructs them on how to unify their individual skills towards a shared goal. From Vaudeville to classical opera, this book establishes the skills that each specialist brings to the production process before demonstrating how each individual contribution can be utilized in tandem with all other creative teams. With particular focus on enhancing interdepartmental communication, Collaborating Backstage examines all the challenges that may befall artistic companies and projects made up of many different parts. This book explains how to understand technical jargon within teams that speak a variety of languages and come from different cultural backgrounds; how to recognise and follow the 'unwritten rules' of theatre; and how best to achieve the ultimate creative potential of a team working completely in sync. Underpinned by incisive theories on performance, communication and creativity, Collaborating Backstage is full of helpful illustrations and innovative methods to achieve effective working relationships in the theatre.

Author : Andy Propst
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780190630959

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They Made Us Happy by Andy Propst Pdf

Betty Comden and Adolph Green were the writers behind such classic stage musicals as On the Town, Wonderful Town, and Bells Are Ringing, and they provided lyrics for such standards as "New York, New York," "Just in Time," "The Party's Over," and "Make Someone Happy," to name just a few. This remarkable duo, the longest-running partnership in theatrical history, also penned the screenplays for such cinematic gems as Singin' in the Rain and The Band Wagon. In the process they worked with such artists as Leonard Bernstein, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Judy Holliday, and Jule Styne. They Made Us Happy is the first book to tell the full story of their careers, lives, and work, starting with their acclaimed appearances as part of the sketch troupe the Revuers and moving through their bi-coastal lives as a pair of Broadway's top writers and two of Hollywood's most valued scribes. The book takes readers on a trip through almost the entirety of the twentieth century, and along the way there are appearances by the likes of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Greta Garbo, and Charlie Chaplin. Author Andy Propst brings both their produced work to life as well as many of the projects that that never made it to the stage or the screen, including an aborted musical version of Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, a bio-pic about director-choreographer Busby Berkeley, and their version of the book for Cole Porter's musical Out of This World. Comden and Green's wit and deft satire inspired laughs during their lives, and their musicals and movies have endured, amusing generation after generation. It's work that will always be making audiences happy.

Author : Sam Wasson
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 757 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780547553290

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Fosse by Sam Wasson Pdf

The authoritative and endlessly revealing biography of renowned dancer, choreographer, screenwriter, and director Bob Fosse, written by a bestselling pop culture historian.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1166 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Theater
ISBN : UOM:49015003390128

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American Theatre by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : UOM:39015066043368

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Choice by Anonim Pdf