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Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Burlesque and vaudeville acts were America's most popular form of live entertainment in the first half of the 20th century - until cinema drove them from the mainstream. To add insult to injury, the art of burlesque became vilified and misunderstood, and was largely left out of our cultural history. By telling the intimate and surprising stories from its golden age through the women (and men!) who lived it, Behind the Burly Q reveals the true story...
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"[A collection of] interviews and essays that explore and celebrate the complete spectrum of women's contribution to the theatre field, beginning with female rites, such as beauty pageants and Native American performance; through in-depth coverage of actresses, playwrights and feminist theatres"--From publisher description.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"An Ideal Theater is a wide-ranging, inspiring documentary history of the American theatre movement as told by the visionaries who goaded it into being. This anthology collects over forty essays, manifestos, letters and speeches that are each introduced and placed in historical context by the noted writer and arts commentator, Todd London, who spent nearly a decade assembling this collection. This celebration of the artists who came before is an exhilarating...