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"You have the luck of Croesus on stilts (as my Auntie Vi would have said) if you’ve had the sort of career, ups and downs, warts and all that I have in that wondrous little corner of show business called musical theatre."

One of the most successful and distinguished artists of our time, Andrew Lloyd Webber has reigned over the musical theatre world for nearly five decades. The winner of numerous awards, including multiple

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El objetivo del presente volumen ha sido reunir una selección de obras de teatro que trajeran a escena la experiencia vital y el imaginario de los afrodescendientes en América Latina. Los dramaturgos escogidos elaboraron sus textos con elementos poéticos, rituales, míticos, cómicos y trágicos para recrear historias que develaran no solo una rica herencia cultural, sino también las circunstancias de vida en un mundo hostil que todavía ve en...

Renowned editor Larwrence Harbison brings together approximately one hundred never-before-published men's monologues for actors to use for auditions and in class, all from recently produced plays. The selections include monologues from plays by both well-known playwrights and future stars, including Jonathan Yukitch, Don Nigro, Lloyd Su, Daniel Damiano, Molly Goforth, Carlyle Brown, Seth Svi Rosenfeld, Brian Dykstra, Steven Hayet, David MacGregor,...

Contents: “The Back of Beyond” and “The Battle of the Crows”

A remote 18th-century Hungarian castle is the setting for a dramatic meeting. Forty-one years after a tragic event two former friends must confront each other in a devastating bid to lay the past to rest. Betrayal, love, truth and friendship all come to the fore in this unforgettable play based on Sándor Márai's bestselling novel. Embers premiered at the Duke of York's Theatre in London's West End in February 2006.

Este libro de coleccin que tiene usted en sus manos, es un tesoro. En sus pginas se hallan impresas las vivencias y experiencias de personas que de una manera u otra, estuvieron relacionadas con el Teatro Million Dollar. Este recinto, que fue fundado por el seor Sid Grauman en 1918, naci como una sala cinematogrfica y eventos teatrales en idioma ingls. Con motivo del estallamiento de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, este teatro se mantuvo cerrado entre...

Michelle Hensley, founder of Ten Thousand Things Theater in Minneapolis, shares more than twenty years of her company's nationally unique work bringing professional theater to those in prisons, homeless shelters, adult education centers, and rural areas, as well as the general public. More than a chronological history, All the Lights On is also about the radiant power of theater. In this articulate and compelling book, Hensley distills what nontraditional...