Tacoma's Theater District
Tacoma's Theater District

Author: Kimberly M. Davenport

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2015-09-07

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1439653135

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The history of Tacoma's Theater District is nearly as long as that of the city of Tacoma itself, spanning from the opening of the Tacoma Theater in 1890 to the present day, with restored historical facilities anchoring a renewed cultural district. This telling of the district's history reflects a range of engaging topics, including the boundless enthusiasm of the initial residents of Tacoma (the "City of Destiny"), the changing ways in which culture was shared and experienced over the decades of the 20th century, and a community working together through difficult times to save and restore historical buildings as gathering spaces for the benefit of future generations. The story is told through historical photographs of the theater venues themselves, as well as images capturing a myriad of cultural and community events taking place in those facilities and in the surrounding district.

Notes on the Writing of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
Notes on the Writing of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

Author: Robert L. Freedman

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-05-15

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 1493055992

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The most frequently asked question about writing musicals is, "Which comes first, the music or the lyrics?" As anyone on Broadway will tell you, the answer is, "The book." Tony-winning book writer Robert L. Freedman takes you through the process of writing a new musical, including story structure, song placement, dialogue, character development, and more that led to the creation of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, the 2014 Best Musical Tony winner. With candor and insight, Freedman describes the challenging and rewarding growing pains of what the critics called "Hilarious!" and "Ingenious!" and said "Ranks among the most inspired and entertaining new musical comedies I've seen in years."

Showtime in Tacoma
Showtime in Tacoma

Author: Blaine Johnson

Publisher:

Published: 2017-09-07

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780984623471

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Showtime in Tacoma, by Blaine Johnson and Tacoma Public Library¿s Brian Kamens, covers the theaters, venues, performances and events that have attracted audiences to more than a century¿s worth of memorable experiences in the city of Tacoma, Washington. ¿This is the story of what and where we watched, what we lost and, most significantly, how these deep-seated roots anchor a dynamic new era in Tacoma¿s colorful cultural history.¿ Over 150 theater names have graced the marquees of Tacoma, bringing a wide variety of performers and entertainment through an array of changing technology, while serving as gathering places for Tacoma¿s growing sense of community and place.Showtime in Tacoma is loaded with historic details and lively tales, including a dozen essays by the late historian Murray Morgan. Showtime in Tacoma represents the history of Tacoma¿s theaters, the Theater District as Tacoma¿s historic gathering place, prominent performance organizations such as the Tacoma Little Theater, Tacoma¿s H.C. Weaver Studios, and highlighted performers. Content includes nearly a dozen major articles by historian Murray Morgan, and extensive coverage by Steph Farber and Phyllis Harrison of the restoration of Tacoma's Pantages Theater in the early eighties.

The Happiest Song Plays Last
The Happiest Song Plays Last

Author: Quiara Alegría Hudes

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 2015-01-01

Total Pages: 61

ISBN-13: 0822231794

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THE STORY: In a barrio living room in North Philly, an activist-turned-music-professor moonlights as the local soup kitchen queen, cooking free rice and beans for any hungry neighbor. Halfway around the world, her cousin relives his military trauma on the set of a docudrama that's filming in Jordan. With the Egyptian revolution booming in the distance, these two young adults try to sing a defiant song of legacy and love in the face of local and global unrest.

God Said This
God Said This

Author: Leah Nanako Winkler

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 71

ISBN-13: 082223954X

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When Masako is diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of uterine cancer, her dispersed family is brought back to their Kentucky hometown to care for her. Hiro, the older daughter and a New York City transplant, struggles to make peace with the demons she inherited; the younger daughter, Sophie, negotiates her faith in the face of her mother’s illness and her own broken dreams; their father, James, is a recovering alcoholic seeking forgiveness and redemption; and a friend, John, worries about the legacy he’ll be able to leave his only son. Forced together in a time of need, five estranged people come face to face with their own mortality.