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The sixties, center stage : mainstream and popular performances in a turbulent decade / edited by James M. Harding and Cindy Rosenthal.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--History--20th century.
- Theater.
- History.
- Popular culture--History--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- Nineteen sixties.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 400 pages)
- Other Title:
- The 60s, center stage
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "The Sixties, Center Stage offers rich insights into the innovative and provocative political underpinnings of mainstream and popular performances in the 1960s. While much critical attention has been focused on experimental and radical theater of the period, the essays confirm that mainstream performances not only merit more scholarly attention than they have received, but through serious examination provide an important key to understanding the 1960s as a period. The introduction provides a broad overview of the social, political, and cultural contexts of artistic practices in mainstream theater from the mid-fifties to mid-seventies. Readers will find detailed examinations of the mainstream's surprising attention to craft and innovation; to the rich exchange between European and American theatres; to the rise of regional theaters; and finally, to popular cultural performances that pushed the conceptual boundaries of mainstream institutions. The book looks afresh at productions of Hair, Cabaret, Raisin in the Sun, and Fiddler on the Roof, as well as German theater, and performances outside the Democratic National Convention of 1968"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- I Re-visioning Broadway
- The Feminine Mystique Goes to Broadway: Housewives in 1960s Musical Theater / Stacy Wolf Wolf, Stacy 27
- The Long Shadow of A Raisin in the Sun / Harvey Young Young, Harvey 52
- Selling the Ensemble: Hair, Oh! Calcutta!, and Commercial Theater in the Late 1960s / Stephen Bottoms Bottoms, Stephen 71
- II Theater Artists' Transformations and Innovations: Stagecraft, Playwriting, and Acting in the 1960s
- Boris Aronson, the Jewish Avant-Garde, and the Transition to Broadway / Alisa Solomon Solomon, Alisa 97
- Paradigm for New Play Development: The Albee-Barr-Wilder Playwrights Unit / David A. Crespy Crespy, David A. 117
- From Stanislavski to Grotowski: Rethinking 1960s Acting Training and Practice / Cindy Rosenthal Rosenthal, Cindy 138
- III The European Effect: Cultural Gravitas in Popular Theater
- Theater of the Sixties: The German Connection / Marvin Carlson Carlson, Marvin 165
- "The Best Contemporary Theatre Is International": Plays in Translation on and off Broadway in the 1960s / Neil Blackadder Blackadder, Neil 180
- How France Canonized the American Avant-Garde / Kate Bredeson Bredeson, Kate 200
- IV The Rise of Regional Theaters
- Alphabet Soup: The Acronymization of the American Theater / Dorothy Chansky Chansky, Dorothy 231
- Twin Cities Theater in the 1960s: Negotiating the Commercial/Experimental Divide / Susannah Engstrom Engstrom, Susannah 251
- Making Art and Making Money: Arena Stage in the 1960s / Donatella Galella Galella, Donatella 273
- V Popular Demonstrations and Innovative Performances
- The High Road, the Low Road, and the "Many Roads to Truth": Richard Scheduler, Peter Brook, and the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1966 Production of US / James M. Harding Harding, James M. 295
- Sixties Secrets: The Beatles, Yoko Ono, and the Borders of Experiment in 1960s Rock Music Performance / Graham White White, Graham 315
- Mass Performance, outside and inside the Democratic National Convention, August 1968 / Kimherly Jannarone Jannarone, Kimherly 343.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472053360
- 0472053361
- 9780472073368
- 0472073362
- 9780472122608
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.9286618
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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