Building and Running a Show, from the People Who Make It Happen
How Broadway Works celebrates the unsung, out-of-sight people on Broadway who bring a production to the stage and shows young people interested in theater that there is a myriad of vocations other than acting.
This book charts a twenty-year period in theatre design that maps the growth of large-scale adaptable theatre through Charcoalblue's work, alongside the world's leading architects. From the remaking of London's Young Vic Theatre in the mid-2000s, through larger scale projects for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, the Royal Opera ......
Set Design and Visual Storytelling with Broadway's Legendary Directors
A combination of wisdom and tools derived from 450 productions' worth of personal experience and a series of investigations into the minds and methods of the designer's key collaborator: the director.
An accessible introductory textbook that informs students about theatre by looking at the theoretical and practical aspects-from the nature of theatre and drama to how it reflects society-and by examining the processes of playwrights, actors, designers, directors, producers, critics, and more.
An accessible introductory textbook that informs students about theatre by looking at the theoretical and practical aspects-from the nature of theatre and drama to how it reflects society-and by examining the processes of playwrights, actors, designers, directors, producers, critics, and more.
Socially Engaged Performance, 1965-2020, by Those Who Lived It
The experiences of a diverse range of progressive theater and performance makers in their own words. Curated stories from over 75 interviews and informal exchanges offer insight into the field and point out limitations due to discrimination and unequal opportunity for performance artists in the United States over the past 55 years. In this work, ......
Socially Engaged Performance, 1965-2020, by Those Who Lived It
The experiences of a diverse range of progressive theater and performance makers in their own words. Curated stories from over 75 interviews and informal exchanges offer insight into the field and point out limitations due to discrimination and unequal opportunity for performance artists in the United States over the past 55 years. In this work, ......
The large-scale Broadway musical is one of America's great contributions to world theatre. Bill and Jean Eckart were stage designers and producers at the peak of the musical, and their designs revolutionized Broadway productions. At a time when sets were meant to remain simply backdrops that established time and place but not much else, an Eckart ......
