Theatre Design & Technology - Spring 1993 - 9

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The Simple Stage

Staging the Impossible

Its Origins in the Modern American Theater

The Fantastic Mode in Modern Drama

By Arthur Feinsod
Feinsod examines the theories and practices of the pioneering simplifiers of the American stage. Design reproductions and performance photographs visually
demonstrate the simple stage.
1992.268 pages. 0-313-25715-9. $45.00

Edited by Patrick D. Murphy
This book explores the most recent critical thinking on the
relationship between the literary mode of the fantastic
and the literary genre of drama with respect to modern
theatre. Wide-ranging in time and space, the 14 essays
assess 20th century dramatic works from the United
States, Ireland, England, Western Europe, and the Caribbean.
1992.256 pages. 0-313-27270-0. 549.95

Stage It with Music
An Encyclopedic Guide to the American
Musical Theatre

Lighting Design on Broadway
Designers and Their Credits, 1915-1990

By Thomas S. Hischak
A one-stop source for information on the American musical theatre, this useful volume packs an astonishing quantity of facts as well as insights and anecdotes into a
convenient A-Z dictionary format. Covering the genre's
19th century beginnings to the present, this book will lure
the student or researcher into delightful and rewarding
browsing.
1993.328 pages. 0-313-28708-2. $45.00

By Bobbi Owen
This comprehensive volume profiles over 400 individuals
who designed lighting on Broadway. Each career sketch
is accompanied by a chronological listing of Broadway
credits for lighting and also for scenic and costume design
when relevant.
1991.176 pages. 0-313-26533-X. $39.95

Scenic Design on Broadway
Designers and Their Credits, 1915-1990

By Martha Schmoyer LoMonaco
Peppered with anecdotes from oral histories and interviews of the "graduates of Tamiment" and archival materials, LoMonaco documents and illuminates the history of
this unique American stage.
1992.208 pages. 0-313-27996-9. $42.95

By BObbi Owen
This book presents over 900 biographical sketches of
these scenic designers active on Broadway between the
1915-16 and 1989-90 seasons, each sketch ending with
Broadway credits. Winners of the major awards for scenic
design are listed in appendixes, a selective bibliography is
included, and an index provides access to the designers
from the play titles.
1991.320 pages. 0-313-26534-8. $59.50

Theatrical Designers

Challenging the Hierarchy
Collective Theatre in the United States

Every Week, A Broadway Revue
The Tamiment Playhouse, 1921-1960

An International Biographical Dictionary

Edited by Thomas J. Mikotowicz
Beginning with a survey of the evolution of theatrical
design, the volume features biographical and analytical
entries on some 270 set, costume, lighting, and theatre
building designers dating from the 15th century to the
present.
1992.408 pages. 0-313-26270-5. $65.00

By Mark S. Weinberg
This book examines collectivization as a way of challenging the hierarchy and ideology of traditional theatre. The
collective process is a vibrant and accessible method of
creating theatre, of representing a variety of cultures in
the United States, and of providing a supportive environment for the creative artist.
1992.288 pages. 0-313-27219-0. $49.95

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