In this book Arvid F. Sponberg provides a view of what some of the most important people in the commercial theater think about the state of their business. With one exception, none of those interviewed has ever before had an extended opportunity to discuss, for the record, the nature of their work. The volume treats the reader to a comprehensive view of American commercial theater and how it operates. It documents the thoughts of twenty people who are currently making their living in the commercial theater, exploring aspects of their work usually ignored by the media. Those interviewed made comments on four broad topics: their personal background and key experiences in the theater; their views on the present state of financing, production, writing, casting, directing and designing; their insights into day-to-day theatrical management; and their opinions on proposed changes in theatrical practices. Their words show that it has taken enormous amounts of talent and work to preserve commercial theater from destruction by internal and external economic forces and political neglect. This book will surely receive wide acclaim from all scholars of drama and theater, all members of the theatrical professions, and especially playgoers and lovers of theater.
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ARVID F. SPONBERG is Professor of English at Valparaiso University where he has written and lectured on modern drama for 18 years.
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In this interview, Richard Horner shows how the domains of the producer and playwright have been defined by custom and careful negotiations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
associate general manager, institutional theater, commercial theater, regional theaters, straight play Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Chorus Line, Shubert Organization, Michael Bennett, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Strouse, Harriet Slaughter, Los Angeles, Bob Fosse, Frank Rich, Master Harold, David Jenkins, David Merrick, Enter Laughing, John Glasel, Joseph Stein, Neil Simon, Quartermaine's Terms, Rich Relations, The Real Thing, Arthur Miller, Brighton Beach, Gerald Schoenfeld, Hal Prince, Joe Papp New!
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In this interview, Richard Horner shows how the domains of the producer and playwright have been defined by custom and careful negotiations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
associate general manager, institutional theater, commercial theater, regional theaters, straight play Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Chorus Line, Shubert Organization, Michael Bennett, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Strouse, Harriet Slaughter, Los Angeles, Bob Fosse, Frank Rich, Master Harold, David Jenkins, David Merrick, Enter Laughing, John Glasel, Joseph Stein, Neil Simon, Quartermaine's Terms, Rich Relations, The Real Thing, Arthur Miller, Brighton Beach, Gerald Schoenfeld, Hal Prince, Joe Papp New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Real Thing: A Play by Tom Stoppard on page 46, page 47, and page 49
- The Making of Modern Drama by Richard Gilman in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Diary of a Mad Playwright: Perilous Adventures on the Road with Mary Martin and Carol Channing (Applause Books) by James Kirkwood in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Sunday in the Park with George (Applause Musical Library) by Stephen Sondheim on page 46, and page 161
- On Acting by Laurence Olivier in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- On Playing Shakespeare: Advice and Commentary from Actors and Actresses of the Past (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies) by Leigh Woods in Front Matter
- Eugene O'Neill's Century: Centennial Views on America's Foremost Tragic Dramatist (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies) by Richard Moorton in Front Matter
- From Stanislavsky to Barrault: Representative Directors of the European Stage (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies) by Samuel L. Leiter in Front Matter
- Strategies of Drama: The Experience of Form (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies) by Oscar Lee Brownstein in Front Matter
- Every Week, A Broadway Revue: The Tamiment Playhouse, 1921-1960 (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies) by Martha Schmoyer LoMonaco in Front Matter
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