A practical application of Viola Spolin's famous method that guides directors and their companies step-by-step through all phases of the rehearsal period.
Helps actors, dancers, playwrights, and directors to understand every aspect of a traditional and digitally supported backstage environment-from scenery, lighting, and sound to props, costumes, and stage management.
African-American Performance and Theatre History is an anthology of critical writings that explores the intersections of race, theater, and performance in America.
Providing the definitive performance record on over 3000 musicals from the 1860s to 1997, the entries contain every piece of information from the 'playbills' of Broadway and off-Broadway musicals, operettas, and revues.
Interviews, illustrated with photographs and working sketches, reveal the vision behind designs, and personal anecdotes reveal lessons learnt, providing a practical insight into how designers approach their work, and achieve the effects they want.