February 2012
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the quick guide (to the net for theater history... →
Fabulous Towson U prof Robyn Quick offers this marvelous guide to selected online resources for dramaturgy and theater history.
Feb 29th
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Feb 25th
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The Great Collectors: A Brief History of the... →
Kim Furano’s deft digest of the Grimm’s process, history, and agenda—program dramaturgy for Into the Woods at CENTERSTAGE and Westport Country Playhouse.
Feb 25th
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“The wolf, now piously old and good, When again he met Red Riding Hood Spoke:...”
– “The Old Wolf” by Rudolf Otto Wiemer (1976)
Feb 25th
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Original "Little Red" goes back Into the Woods →
Rehearsal video and interview with Danielle Ferland, who appeared in the original Broadway production of Into the Woods as Little Red—now returning as the Baker’s Wife in Mark Lamos’ co-production between CENTERSTAGE and Westport Country Playhouse.
Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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“Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can.”
– ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Can’t decide whether i want this as a t-shirt, or a disclaimer in any printed & online materials, or both. Thanks to @DanRodricks for the initial citation.
Feb 23rd
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Cyber Narrative Launch: digital media in theater →
Article about the Cyber Narrative Launch, happening tomorrow at Woolly Mammoth Theater in DC. The question being explored: how to incorporate digital media into theatrical experiences? Very important for anyone working in theater today.
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“Mention black soldiers in the Civil War today, and most people will immediately...”
– Beyond ‘Glory’ - NYTimes.com
Feb 18th
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“Rabbi Dr. Arnold Fischel arrived at the White House on the morning of Dec. 11,...”
– Rabbi-Chaplains of the Civil War - NYTimes.com
Feb 18th
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'Unconditional Surrender' →
With this look at the origins of U.S. Grant’s fearsome nickname, from the NY Times’ “Disunion” series, we take another little peek ahead at the world The Whipping Man will delve into this spring — set against the backdrop of several threads of American history, including the Civil War (currently, of course, amidst its 150th anniversary commemorations).
Feb 18th
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The Sand-man (1817, 1885 ed.) by E.T.W. Hoffman →
e-text of The classic — and widely anthologized — tale of a boy and his automaton — and, according to Freud, who discusses this work in his essay “The Uncanny,” castration anxiety. Automata, by the way, were a happening phenomenon in the C19 — check out Edgar Allan Poe’s “Maelzel’s Chess Player” and Hoffmann’s own “Automata” for other...
Feb 17th
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Feb 17th
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E.T.A. Hoffmann →
The work, style, and tone of Hoffmann are proving influential starting points for the production of Into the Woods now rehearsing—both for Mark Lamos and the company in staging the piece, and for the design and production team as they construct the world of the show.
Feb 17th
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Annotated Index of Appalachian Folktales with... →
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Feb 17th
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GLEAM dramaturgy, or rather digiturgy →
Feb 17th
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Feb 15th
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"Riveting" Skull In Connemara at CENTERSTAGE →
City Paper critic Geoffrey Himes considers the “laughter and rumination” afforded by Skull in Connemara, and gives a nice wee holler for the Pub Readings too.
Feb 14th
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Skull Dramaturgy Online →
Check it out, then come see the show, running until March 4th :)
Feb 14th
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"Their Eyes Were Watching God" set for radio play →
Live performances of the radio play will be presented on Feb. 29 and March 1 at WNYC and WQXR Radio’s Greene Space in downtown Manhattan, and produced as part of a longer festival honoring the novel’s anniversary…. The performance will be narrated by Phylicia Rashad; Roslyn Ruff (of “The Help”) will play the protagonist, Janie Crawford; Leslie Uggams will play her grandmother Nanny; and...
Feb 10th
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Baltimore: Number Three "Metroversity" in the U.S. →
Published January 27, 2012  by Rachel Monroe Pittsburgh and steel; Los Angeles and the movies — many American cities are defined by the industries that shape them. And while in Baltimore that may have once meant shipping and port activities, these days we’re a university city. And that’s not a bad thing at all. In a recent survey, education expert Dr. Evan Dobelle ...
Feb 10th
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Feb 9th
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New Lincoln Center opens at Ford's Theatre →
The theater where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated is preparing to open a new museum and education center in downtown Washington to explore the 16th president’s life and lasting legacy. The Ford’s Theatre Center for Education and Leadership has been constructed in a building across from the famous theater and next door to the rowhouse where Lincoln died. The new museum is part of a $60...
Feb 8th
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"Mythology and Folklore" →
Feb 8th
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7 of Grimm's Fairy Tales That Would Make Great... →
Do we shape stories, or do stories shape us? After going through much of my mammoth collection of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, I think it’s more often the latter. Fairy Tales, in their original non-Disneyesque glory, are dark and disturbing morality tales that have as much relevance today as they did when the Grimm brothers first started collecting them. Many of our ideas about horror, super...
Feb 4th
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Feb 4th
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“EVIDENCE By Vivian Vande Velde If the coach turned back into a pumpkin And...”
– From Tales From The Brothers Grimm And The Sisters Weird.
Feb 4th
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What is a fairy tale, anyway?
MAGIC KINGDOMSby ADAM GOPNIK New Yorker Issue of 2002-12-09 At the sand-logged, mildewy tail end of a beach vacation, four exhausted parents take two seven-year-olds to a rainy-day play, “The Fairy Tale Detective”: the tales of the Three Bears and Hansel and Gretel and Red Riding Hood, retold as though in a film noir, complete with raincoated detectives and lynx-eyed blondes. Puzzled...
Feb 4th
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This Time It's Crosswords (Not Cross Words) That... →
This Time It’s Crosswords (Not Cross Words) That Surface From Sondheim By PATRICK HEALY - NY Times
Feb 4th
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Illuminating Childhood →
Illuminating Childhood: Portraits in Fiction, Film, and Drama by (Professor) Ellen Handler Spitz Experiencing the phases of childhood through art
Feb 4th
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Sondheim: "A Playwright in Song" →
Stephen Sondheim ponders his accomplishments, his way of working, and the form and future of the American musical. An interview by Rob Weinert-Kendt
Feb 4th
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YA Cover Trends and the Fairy Tale Archetype →
There were so many fascinating comments on my post about the dead-girl trend in YA book cover design that I hardly know where to begin addressing them. But as I ambled over to the coffee shop where I write these posts, something about the sight of winter branches and the feel of warm air that lies of springtime turned my thoughts to fairy tales, and from fairy tales back to this...
Feb 4th
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YA Cover Trends and the Fairy Tale Archetype
There were so many fascinating comments on my post about the dead-girl trend in YA book cover design that I hardly know where to begin addressing them. But as I ambled over to the coffee shop where I write these posts, something about the sight of winter branches and the feel of warm air that lies of springtime turned my thoughts to fairy tales, and from fairy tales back to this discussion.
Feb 4th
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Their Eyes Were Watching God « The Big Read Blog →
Photographs, interviews, media, essays, reflections, history, and more at the NEA Big Read blog about Their Eyes Were Watching God. Give a look and a listen.
Feb 4th
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Farm Labor in the 1930s →
Feb 4th
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“Southern Blues Song: Hurston-Style”
– Zora Neale Hurston & Polk County » Southern Blues Song: Hurston-Style
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“In the heart of the black community,and among some of the oldest neighborhoods...”
– Lord, Somebody Got Drowned on Vimeo
Feb 4th
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The Zora Neale Hurston Plays at the Library of... →
Feb 4th