Theatre
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STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S SWEENEY TODD: BEHIND THE BLOODY MUSICAL MASTERPIECE – Rick Pender
Back in 1980, as I was finishing my freshman year of college, I changed my college major to Theatre Arts. I note this because the biggest topic of discussion among my peers at this time was the very unusual, dark musical that had very recently opened on Broadway, called Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Continue reading
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A PLAY ABOUT A CURSE – Caroline Macon Fleischer
Corey is a young woman with dreams of a life in the theatre. Maxine is the respected, award-winning dramatist currently leading a workshop where she encourages Corey. But when Maxine destroys Corey’s hopes at a collaboration, the young mentee seeks revenge. That revenge comes by way of a curse, drawn on dark powers, that will Continue reading
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SHAKESPEARE’S EAR – Tim Rayborn
I started to read this book on multiple occasions but would put it away barely getting past the Introduction each time. The problem? I really didn’t care for author Tim Rayborn’s ‘voice’. Rayborn makes little asides and and remarks that a middle school boy would find funny (generally sexually charged comments, like: The wonderfully named Continue reading
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PILOBOLUS: A STORY OF DANCE AND LIFE – Robert Pranzatelli
I first became acquainted with the work of Pilobolus about 1980 when a theatre professor gave me a VHS tape of their performance on a local PBS station. To say that it was life-changing might be overstating it, but within a years time I had created my own ‘mime and dance’ company which performed locally Continue reading
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ONE MORE SEAT AT THE ROUND TABLE – Susan Dormady Eisenberg
Drama school graduate Jane Conroy is eager to get out of her steady-but-unsatisfying job and work in the theatre. With the help of a family connection, she gets work as a production assistant on a brand new Lerner and Loewe musical … something about King Arthur, based on a book by T. H. White. She Continue reading
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GIVE MY REGARDS TO NOWHERE – Richard Engling
Dwayne Finnegan believes that he has made the theatrical connection that will finally give him a shot at working on Broadway. All he has to do is show the Broadway producer what he’s capable of … no pressure there, right? He’s got an idea for Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus that should set the town on fire (does Chicago Continue reading
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PLAYS FOR THREE – Eric Lane and Nina Shengold, editors
Any good theatre student could tell you that three is an ideal minimum number of actors to have on stage at a time because it offers the best opportunity for stage ‘pictures.’ Three characters also provides more conflict possibilities between characters while keeping the number of actors (often seen in terms of cost – especially Continue reading
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THE SONG IS YOU – Bradley Rogers
I’m a sucker for any book about musical theatre, so when I saw there was a new book, dealing specifically with “the Politics of Bursting into Song and Dance” I was seriously interested in reading this. However, I take issue with any book that reads like a graduate thesis, looking to convince the reader of Continue reading
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EUGENE O’NEILL – Robert M. Dowling
I have an undergraduate degree in theatre and am familiar with the works of Eugene O’Neill, having read or seen (or both) most of his body of works. I was only passingly familiar with O’Neill the man, the writer, from brief bios in college text books. Author Robert M. Dowling has done an exhaustive amount Continue reading
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STRATEGIC PLANNING IN THE ARTS – Michael M. Kaiser
I’ve been working in the arts for four decades and I’ve seen a lot of changes in how arts organizations approach the business of presenting arts programming. Treating the arts as a business is probably the biggest change I’ve seen. This might seem like an obvious direction, but I’ve known very few artists who are wise with Continue reading
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ELIZABETHAN COMEDIES – anthology
Anyone who knows me personally knows I have an interest in theatre. Working in theatre is how I spent the better part of my professional career. And ever since my college days, I’ve loved reading classical theatre (though I would have to say the ancient Roman plays have appealed to me the most). When I Continue reading
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THE ESSENTIALS OF THEATER – Lisa Mulcahy
In the description of this book it says that this is an introduction to the world of theater and I think this is important to note because this really is written for the novice – the absolute beginner. While the description of the book (on Goodreads and Amazon) say that this is perfect for college Continue reading
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