The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin
The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin

Author: Kirsten Childs

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780822218791

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What's a black girl from sunny Southern California to do? White people are blowing up black girls in Birmingham churches. Black people are shouting "Black is beautiful" while straightening their hair and coveting light skin. Viveca Stanton's answer: Slap on a bubbly smile and be as white as you can be! In a humorous and pointed coming-of-age story spanning the sixties through the nineties, Viveca blithely sails through the confusing worlds of racism, sexism and Broadway showbiz until she's forced to face the devastating effect self-denial has had on her life.

Bella: An American Tall Tale
Bella: An American Tall Tale

Author: Kirsten Childs

Publisher: Concord Theatricals

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 0573707375

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When Bella boards a train west to reunite with her Buffalo soldier sweetheart, she encounters the most colorful and lively characters ever to roam the Western plains. Bullets and fists will fly, heads and hearts will break, but—blessed with a big heart, and a voluptuous figure—Bella will breeze on through it all.

The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington
The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington

Author: James Ijames

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 2018-06-18

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 0822238179

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The recently widowed “Mother of America” lies helpless in her Mount Vernon bed, ravaged by illness and cared for by the very slaves that will be free the moment she dies. As she begins to slip away, she falls deep into a fever dream of terrifying theatricality that investigates everything from her family to her historical legacy.

Dangerous Lady
Dangerous Lady

Author: Martina Cole

Publisher: Headline

Published: 2008-09-04

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0755350707

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* Pre-order LOYALTY, the brand new novel from Martina Cole. Coming October 2023. * In gangland London, Maura Ryan is queen... Martina Cole's extraordinary first novel DANGEROUS LADY introduced a totally original genre of thriller, paving the way for her multiple No. 1 bestsellers, including BETRAYAL and GET EVEN. 'Right from the start [Cole] has enjoyed unqualified approval for her distinctive and powerfully written fiction' [The Times] No one thinks a seventeen-year-old girl can take on the hard men of London's gangland, but it's a mistake to underestimate Maura Ryan: she's tough, clever and beautiful - which makes her one very dangerous lady. Together, she and her brother Michael are unbeatable but notoriety has its price. The police are determined to put Maura away once and for all - and not everyone in the family think that's such a bad idea. When it comes to the crunch, Maura has to face the pain of lost love in her past - and the dangerous lady discovers her heart is not made entirely of stone. Once you're hooked on Maura Ryan, be sure to read MAURA'S GAME, the second book from 'the undisputed queen of crime writing' (Guardian).

A Problem Like Maria
A Problem Like Maria

Author: Stacy Ellen Wolf

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780472067725

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The Broadway tomboys, rebel nuns, and funny girls, who upset the 1950s gender norms: Mary Martin, Ethel Merman, Julie Andrews, and Barbra Streisand

The Cambridge Companion to the Musical
The Cambridge Companion to the Musical

Author: William A. Everett

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-09-21

Total Pages: 503

ISBN-13: 1107114748

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An expanded and updated edition of this acclaimed, wide-ranging survey of musical theatre in New York, London, and elsewhere.

Grimly Handsome
Grimly Handsome

Author: Julia Jarcho

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-02-14

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 1350066389

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Last night I woke up and found that I was not at home. And I was not wearing my own clothes. And then I wasn't sure. Maybe they were my clothes, and I was someone else. In an unnamed American city, two strangers sell Christmas trees on the sidewalk; two cops work to solve a killing spree; and a young woman finds herself transforming in ways she could never have imagined. A darkly comic thriller exploring the margins of a city and the violent fantasies they inspire. Julia Jarcho's Obie Award-winning American play has its UK premiere at The Site, a new space at the Royal Court in December 2017.