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Author: Doric Wilson
Publisher: TnT Classic Books
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9780935672077
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGreenwich Village is the setting for this look at some of the characters--including junkies, weirdos, queens, dykes, and other assorted types--to be found along Christopher Street.--Furtado, Gay and Lesbian American plays (1993).
Author: John M. Clum
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780231075107
DOWNLOAD EBOOKClum (English and theater, Duke U.) examines 20th-century American and British plays that revolve around gay men, including those by Noel Coward, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, Harold Pinter, and Peter Shaffer. He considers the representation of bodies and acts, the closet dramas between 1930 and 1968, and recent works portraying a culture that has to do with more than sex.--Annotation © Book News, Inc., Portland, Ore.
Author: Ken Furtado
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780810826892
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDocumenting the explosion of contemporary gay and lesbian theater, this bibliography provides a single reference for American gay and lesbian plays, playwrights, and companies, containing listings for more than 700 plays whose primary characters or themes are gay or lesbian. In addition to authors, titles, and synopses, the entries include information about acts, characters, settings, and music. Appendices provide data on how the plays can be obtained, a list of theaters that produce works with gay/lesbian themes, names and addresses of playwrights and agents, a list of related references, and a matrix for the quick location of plays that meet certain criteria. Indispensable for repertory companies, producers, directors, actors, and scholars.
Author: R. Schanke
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011-08-01
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 0230119883
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA forgotten yet award-winning playwright, Cal Yeomans was one of the founders of gay theater whose work was fueled by gay liberation and extinguished by the AIDS epidemic. Schanke's examination of his life and legacy allows a rare exploration into this pivotal moment of gay American history.
Author: Jackson R. Bryer
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 657
ISBN-13: 1438129661
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFeatures a comprehensive guide to American dramatic literature, from its origins in the early days of the nation to the groundbreaking works of today's best writers.
Author: Claude J. Summers
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-02-25
Total Pages: 1742
ISBN-13: 1135303991
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe revised edition of The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage is a reader's companion to this impressive body of work. It provides overviews of gay and lesbian presence in a variety of literatures and historical periods; in-depth critical essays on major gay and lesbian authors in world literature; and briefer treatments of other topics and figures important in appreciating the rich and varied gay and lesbian literary traditions. Included are nearly 400 alphabetically arranged articles by more than 175 scholars from around the world. New articles in this volume feature authors such as Michael Cunningham, Tony Kushner, Anne Lister, Kate Millet, Jan Morris, Terrence McNally, and Sarah Waters; essays on topics such as Comedy of Manners and Autobiography; and overviews of Danish, Norwegian, Philippines, and Swedish literatures; as well as updated and revised articles and bibliographies.
Author: Wendell C. Stone
Publisher: SIU Press
Published: 2005-06-08
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 0809326450
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“It’s Magic Time!” That colorful promise began each performance at the Caffe Cino, the storied Greenwich Village coffeehouse that fostered the gay and alternative theatre movements of the 1960s and launched the careers of such stage mainstays as Sam Shepard, Lanford Wilson, Robert Heide, Harry Koutoukas, Robert Patrick, Robert Dahdah, Helen Hanft, Al Pacino, and Bernadette Peters. As Off-Off-Broadway productions enjoy a deserved resurgence, theatre historian and actor Wendell C. Stone reopens the Cino’s doors in this vibrant look at the earliest days of OOB. Rife with insider interviews and rich with evocative photographs, Caffe Cino: The Birthplace of Off-Off-Broadway provides the first detailed account of Joe Cino’s iconic café theatre and its influence on American theatre. A hub of artistic innovation and haven for bohemians, beats, hippies, and gays, the café gave a much-sought outlet to voices otherwise shunned by mainstream entertainment. The Cino’s square stage measured only eight feet, but the dynamic ideas that emerged there spawned the numerous alternative theatre spaces that owe their origins to the risky enterprise on Cornelia Street.
Author: Doric Wilson
Publisher: TnT Classic Books
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9780935672015
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Two handsome young men in identical flannel shirts and denims celebrating their first anniversary together languish before the fireplace and review their romance; or, rather, two actors rehearse a play about this gay romance on Robert deMora's witty set -- a two-piece, fake-perspective model of a tasteful downtown apartment. But when a happy ending threatens, two drag queens representing Comedy and Tragedy -- who have been perched inside the proscenium arch making periodic rude remarks -- descend to redirect the actors in their own versions of the story." -- Review by Don Shewey, posted on his website.
Author: Drewey Wayne Gunn
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2017-06-02
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 1476670196
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPrevious surveys of the gay theatrical repertoire have concentrated on plays produced on Broadway or in London's West End. This comprehensive guide goes well beyond these earlier studies by introducing productions from Off Broadway, from regional theaters in the U.S. and U.K., and from Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Also included are Puerto Rican, Indian and Filipino plays written in English, as well as translations from other languages. Well over half of the works discussed here appear for the first time in such a study.
Author: DeRon S. Williams
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2023-04-06
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 135025293X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow are Black artists, activists, and pedagogues wielding acts of rebellion, activism, and solidarity to precipitate change? How have contemporary performances impacted Black cultural, social, and political struggles? What are the ways in which these acts and artists engage varied Black identities and explore shared histories? Contemporary Black Theatre and Performance investigates these questions to illuminate the relationship between performance, identity, intersectionality, and activism in North America and beyond. It features contributions from scholars, artists, and activists from across disciplines who explore the nuances and varied forms of Black performance in the 21st century while incorporating performance-based methodologies and queer and black feminist theories. Among the many topics addressed by contributors are antiracist pedagogy, Black queer identity formation in Black playwriting, digital blackface, and Black women's subversive practices within contemporary popular culture. It encompasses dramatic analysis of Lynn Nottage's Sweat, Tarell Alvin McCraney's Choir Boy, and acts of resistance during the Black Lives Matter summer 2020 highway protests. A series of conversations with artists and scholars are woven throughout the book's three sections, including with playwrights Christina Anderson and Donja R. Love, and Willa Taylor, Director of Education and Community Engagement at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago.
