Theater and Performing Arts: Books
Books
- Making the scene : a history of stage design and technology in Europe and the United States byCall Number: PN2091.S8 B6755 2010ISBN: 0292722737
- The American Stage byCall Number: PN2221 .A44 2010ISBN: 9781598530698Publication Date: 2010-04-15Here is the story, told firsthand through electric, deeply engaged writing, of America's living theater, high and low, mainstream and experimental. Drawing on history, criticism, memoir, fiction, poetry, and parody, editor Laurence Senelick presents writers with the special knack "to distill both the immediate experience and the recollected impression, to draw the reader into the charmed circle and conjure up what has already vanished."
Reference Books
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance byCall Number: REF PN2035 .O94 2003ISBN: 9780198601746Publication Date: 2003-05-01From ancient Greek theatre to the latest developments in stage design, the Encyclopedia provides unrivaled information across the broad sweep of theatrical activity. The Encyclopedia's inclusive approach encompasses opera and film, dance and radio, and para-theatrical, non-dramatic performances including circuses and carnivals, and parades and public executions--providing truly extensive coverage from ancient Greek theatre to the latest developments in London, Paris, New York, and around the globe.
- Encyclopedia of Musical Theater byCall Number: REF ML102.M88 G3 2001ISBN: 0028649702Publication Date: 2001-05-17Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre has been fully revised and updated to document such developments with 500 new articles, more than 4,000 revised articles and dozens of color photos. From the dawn of operetta in the 18th century to the present, this set offers an unrivaled amount of information on the people, the songs and shows in America and around the world.
Kinky Boots
Twefth Night with Mark Rylance and Stephen Fry
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
E-Books
- The Oxford Companion to American Theatre byISBN: 9780195169867Publication Date: 2004-05-06First published in 1984, Gerald Bordman's Oxford Companion to American Theatre is the standard one-volume source on our national theatre. Accessible and authoritative, this valuable A-Z reference is ideal not only for students and scholars of theater, but everyone with a passion for the stage.
- The A to Z of the Broadway Musical byCall Number: ML128.M78 D48 1998ISBN: 9780810868816Publication Date: 2009-09-17Since the latter part of the 19th century, the Broadway musical has remained one of the most popular genres in entertainment and its history is related in detail in The A to Z of the Broadway Musical. Through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and 900 dictionary entries on Broadway shows, playwrights, directors, producers, designers, and actors, this handy desk reference offers quick information on the many aspects of the Broadway musical.
Plays
- Rabbit Hole byISBN: 1559362901