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Coal and Culture
Opera houses were fixtures of Appalachian life from the end of the Civil War through the 1920s. Most towns and cities had at least one opera house during this golden age. Coal …
Between You & Me
Phyre knows there is something life-changing about her new drama teacher, Mia, from the moment they meet. As Phyre rehearses for the school play, she comes to realize that the …
Lincoln and Shakespeare
Lincoln Prize Finalist It was the measure of Shakespeare's poetic greatness, an early commentator remarked, that he thoroughly blended the ideal with the practical or realistic. …
Black Achievements in Entertainment
The entertainment industry includes TV shows and movies, plays, comedy, and more. New people are always ready to show off their talent. Black entertainers such as Queen Latifah, …
Ira Aldridge
2015 George Freedley Memorial Award (Theatre Library Association).Shortlisted for the Theatre Book Prize.The first widely available biography of this important black Victorian-age …
Reinventing Hollywood
In the 1940s, American movies changed. Flashbacks began to be used in outrageous, unpredictable ways. Soundtracks flaunted voice-over commentary, and characters might pivot from a …
How to Survive a Killer Musical
When the young composer-lyricist Douglas Cohen first secured the musical rights to the novel No Way to Treat a Lady by William Goldman-the acclaimed author of The Princess Bride …
San Antonio on Parade
Cities, like people, may be best known by the way they party. For nearly a century and a half. San Antonio has partied well. In this look at late-nineteenth-century festivals in …
House in Scarsdale
Winner of the 2018 PEN America Award in DramaAs Tolstoy said, All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. In The House in Scarsdale, playwright …
Caring for Red
Caring for Red is Mindy Fried's moving and colorful account of caring for her 97-year-old father, Manny - an actor, writer, and labor organizer - in the final year of his life. …
Theatre on the American Frontier
For two centuries, nearly all historical accounts of American theatre have focused on New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. As a result, the story of theatre on the frontier consists …
A.R. Gurney
This is the first full-length study devoted to the art of A.R. Gurney, a major contemporary American playwright who has written over thirty plays, including Love Letters. This …