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Broadway and beyond : commercial theatre considered / / editor, David S. Thompson ; associate editor, Jane Barnette ; photo by Randy Lawson ; graphic design by Leah Owenby



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Titolo: Broadway and beyond : commercial theatre considered / / editor, David S. Thompson ; associate editor, Jane Barnette ; photo by Randy Lawson ; graphic design by Leah Owenby Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: [Tuscaloosa, Alabama] : , : The University Alabama Press, , 2014
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (139 p.)
Disciplina: 808.2
Soggetto topico: Drama - History and criticism - Theory, etc
Performing arts
Theater
Persona (resp. second.): ThompsonDavid (David S.)
BarnetteJane
LawsonRandy
OwenbyLeah
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; "Totally Original": Daly, Boucicault, and Commercial Art in Late Nineteenth Century Drama / George Pate; Luggage, Lodgings, and Landladies: The Practicalities for Actresses on the British Provincial Circuits in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries / Christine Woodworth; "The Mind of an Adult, the Heart of a Girl": Constructing Margo Jones in Rehearsal / Boone J. Hopkins; Puttin' the Profit in Nonprofit Broadway Theatre Companies / Dean Adams
Commercial Necessities: Reviving Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company at the Turn of the Millennium / Jeff TurnerPower in Weakness: Musicals in Poland under Communism / Jacek Mikolajczyk; The Recent Trend in Licensed Broadway Musicals in South Korea: Hybrid Cultural Products of K-Drama and K-Pop / Jae Kyoung Kim; Stages of Experience: Theatrical Connections between the Seven Stages of Experience and Historical Museums / Erin Scheibe; Grover's Corners Gets Sexy: The Appealing Dissonance of David Cromer's Our Town / Tony Gunn
"There's Too Many of Them!": Off-Off-Broadway's Performance of Geek Culture / John Patrick BrayContributors
Sommario/riassunto: That theatre is a business remains a truth often ignored by theatre insiders and consumers of the performing arts alike. The essays in Theatre Symposium, Volume 22 explore theatre as a commercial enterprise both historically and as a continuing part of the creation, production, and presentation of contemporary live performance. The eleven contributors to this fascinating collection illuminate many aspects of commercial theatre and how best to examine it. George Pate analyzes the high-stakes implication of a melodramatic legal battle. Christine Woodworth recounts the difficulties encountered by
Titolo autorizzato: Broadway and beyond  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8173-8786-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910787172403321
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Serie: Theatre symposium ; ; Volume 22.