Admissions
Sherri Rosen-Mason is head of the admissions department at a New England prep school fighting to diversify the student body. Alongside her husband the school's headmaster they've largely succeeded in bringing a stodgy institution into the twenty-first century. But when their only son sets his sights on an Ivy League university personal ambition collides with progressive values with convulsive results. A no-holds-barred look at privilege power and the perils of hypocrisy.
The Hemingway Monologues
Brian Gordon Sinclair is considered to be "the foremost dramatic interpreter of Ernest Hemingway in the world today." -Stratford-upon-Avon Herald, UK The Hemingway Monologues: An Epic Drama of Love, Genius and Eternity reads like an intimate memoir. A fascinating blend of fact and fiction, the monologues reveal a tender, compassionate side of Hemingway that most people have never encountered. They can be enjoyed readily in performance or as a good, absorbing read. Sunrise is the first in this seven-play series that traces Hemingway's chronology from birth to death.. The Hemingway Monologues give an intimate insight into the circumstances which shaped the famed author's life and inspired him in his writing.
The Hemingway Monologues
With The Hemingway Monologues Brian Gordon Sinclair gives us an intimate insight into the circumstances that shaped the famed author's life and inspired him in his writing. Death in the Afternoon is the third in this seven-play series that traces Hemingway's chronology from birth to death. Brian Gordon Sinclair is considered to be "the foremost dramatic interpreter of Ernest Hemingway in the world today." (Stratford-upon-Avon Herald, UK)
The Hemingway Monologues
This one-man two-act play premiered, after several delays, in Key West, Florida, in 2009. It examines another phase in the life of Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway. From the joys of absinthe to the appeal of Ava Gardner, Ernest Hemingway turns to the exotic temptations of China and his third wife, Martha Gellhorn. Back in Cuba, he chases U-boats and tracks Nazi spies as a prelude to the European war and flying missions with the Royal Air Force. Whether commanding French freedom fighters or liberating the Ritz Hotel in Paris, Ernest manages to encounter Sylvia Beach, Marlene Dietrich, Pablo Picasso and Mary Welsh (later to become his fourth wife). While serving in "the death factory" that is World War Two, his emotional resources are strained when his first born son is taken prisoner by the Nazis.
Easter Rising
Easter Rising (also known as the Easter Rebellion) was an armed insurrection that took place in Ireland during Easter Week in 1916. Mounted by Irish republicans, it ended British rule and establish an independent Irish Republic. Organized by seven members of the Military Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the rising was led by schoolmaster and activist Patrick Pearse.
The Hemingway Monologues
With The Hemingway Monologues Brian Gordon Sinclair gives us an intimate insight into the circumstances that shaped the famed author's life and inspired him in his writing. The Man-Eaters is the fourth in this seven-play series that traces Hemingway's chronology from birth to death. This two-act play provides the basis for a dramatic one-man performance. Brian Gordon Sinclair is considered to be "the foremost dramatic interpreter of Ernest Hemingway in the world today." (Stratford-upon-Avon Herald, UK)
Pump it up Magazine - Smiley J. The Queen of The Best Podcast For Independent Music Artists
Greetings, It's warming up here in Southern California and we haven't had much rain, But I love the warm weather, I'm hoping to hit the beaches soon.I'm hoping that this months edition of Pump it Up Magazine will warm your hearts and spirits in these challenging times.On the cover we have podcast queen, Smiley J. Who has interviewed tons of guests on her popular show, The Smiley J. Artist Zone . I'm personally grateful to have Smiley J. on the cover of or May edition. Her love and support for indie music creators mirrors my mission here at Pump It Up.Keep up the good work Smiley J. I feel ya girl! Send your music now to be interviewed on Smiley J' podcast TheSmileyJArtistZone@gmail.comWe need your spotlight to continue to shine on the indie music creator. Keep reading and final put more about how being on podcasts can boost your music career.Can you all feel the mental signs of the times. There is so much info to take in. The good, the bad, and the ugly.One therapist said, "I've had to work with more anxiety patients than I ever had to. " We've got some fun games in this issue and some little gems to take a load off.If you're bored and want to tune out the negative, then tune in to KPIU-DB radio for some great music . From hip hop to Jazz, we've got something for you.By the way, my good friend Bernie Capodici, has a great and informative book out. It's called Modern Recording Artist Handbook. Got questions about the industry? Order a copy today.Hope you've been exercising and eating healthy. I'm love my veggies and my vegan croissants! My hubby Michael B. Sutton loves my Sweet Potato pies. He doesn't have to wait till the holidays but is the humble recipient of two every few weeks .Well that's all for now! May God bless you! Remember, the answer to a linear life is to become creative!Anissa SuttonSubscribe now to our newsletter, CLICK HERE and get a free digital copy
The Hemingway Monologues
The Hemingway Monologues: Part 6 - Sunset 5 Stars***** "The most exciting Hemingway I have ever seen!" Steven Pratt, former columnist, Chicago Tribune Why did Ernest Hemingway kill himself? The answer is here in Sunset, a must-read story for all lovers of Hemingway's books, for anyone intrigued by his life and death. A convincing and evocative portrayal of Ernest Hemingway. I dare you not to cry as Hemingway faces death on his own terms. Brian Gordon Sinclair continues the art of storytelling at its finest as he uncovers a compassionate Hemingway whose humanity will astound you. Excerpt: ...They strapped me to a table, electrodes were attached to my head, on both sides, and a gag was placed in my mouth. It was a special cloth, hand rolled by the nurse, so I wouldn't bite my tongue off. And then the needle, an anesthetic, so I would not feel. Slowly, the doctor turned the black dial on the black machine. Once...twice...again! When I came to, I remembered nothing, absolutely nothing. But that wasn't good enough so he did it ten more times. Act Two: Sunset The title, Part Six - Sunset concludes and balances the chronological volumes of The Hemingway Monologues which began with Part One - Sunrise. Don't just read Sunset. Hear the author read this exciting adventure tale on Audible.com.
The Hemingway Monologues
With The Hemingway Monologues Brian Gordon Sinclair gives us an intimate insight into the circumstances that shaped the famed author's life and inspired him in his writing. The Lost Generation is the second in this seven-play series that traces Hemingway's chronology from birth to death. This play debuted at the Hemingway Days Festival in Key West, Florida, in July of 2004. Brian Gordon Sinclair is considered to be "the foremost dramatic interpreter of Ernest Hemingway in the world today." (Stratford-upon-Avon Herald, UK)
Plays, Volume I
A collection of eight prized plays. "Sassing the Sphinx" commissioned for the first Robert Frost Symposium 'Celebrating Robert Frost: An International Conference' Winthrop University, 1997. "Women of the Condor" honorable mention as a short story, Twelfth Consecutive New Millennium Writing Awards, 2001. "Lillie Langtry's 'Lash La Rue Sweet Potatoes'" quarter-finalist as a screen play, Lone Star Screenplay Competition, 1997. "Boo Radley and the Village People" honorable mention as a poem, Long Poem Contest, Rhyme Time, 2002. "Ms. Spam Maps of Vegas" winner Florida First Coast Writers' Festival Playwriting Contest, 2006. "Death Nell" winnerTampa Writers Alliance Play/Screenplay Competition, 2005. "Gnat" award Paul Green Multi-Media Award, North Carolina Society of Historians, 1996. "Second-Time-Around" winner Judith Siegel Pearson Award, Wayne State University, 2008.
On Stage with Bette Davis
A reflection on one of Broadway's most iconic flops, this memoir follows a musical that featured one of the silver screen's most powerful personalities. Bette Davis was nominated for twelve Academy Awards and twice won the Best Actress award, starring in classics like Jezebel, The Letter, The Little Foxes, All About Eve and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, among many more. In 1974, the living legend agreed to star in Miss Moffat, a musical adaptation of Emlyn Williams' The Corn in Green. Expectations were high, but Miss Moffat opened and then abruptly closed, leading theatre gossips to speculate on what went wrong. Early in his career, Kevin Lane Dearinger, a young actor who had recently relocated to New York, landed a minor role in Miss Moffat. Inexperienced and unsure of himself, he kept a journal of his observations and experiences throughout production. He observed the older and more seasoned Miss Davis, who seemed determined to remain clear-headed despite the unfolding calamity. In this book, Dearinger revisits his journal to reflect on his own life, a fated stage production, his experience with an entertainment legend and a bygone era of Broadway.
Making Radio and Podcasts
Making Radio and Podcasts is a practical guide for anyone who wants to learn how to make successful programmes in the digital era. It examines the key roles in audio and podcasting: announcing, presenting, research, copywriting, producing, marketing and promotions. It also outlines what is involved in creating different types of programmes: news and current affairs, music, talkback, comedy and features, podcasts, as well as legal and regulatory constraints.With contributions from industry experts, the fully updated fourth edition is global in focus and reflects the impact of podcasts and digital radio, including multi-platform delivery, listener databases, social media and online marketing. It also examines how radio stations have reinvented their business models to accommodate the rapid changes in communications and listener expectations. This is the ideal text for undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses on radio, audio and podcasting, media production and digital media, with broader appeal to professionals and practitioners in the audio industries.
Dawn of the Dead
George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1978) is celebrated both as a 'splatter' movie and as a satire of 1970s consumerism. One of the most financially successful independent films ever produced, Dawn of the Dead presented a strong vision to audiences of the time in terms of its excessive, often shocking violence. It challenged censorship internationally and caused controversy in the United States and the UK. The film created problems with distributors because of its length and its graphic content; with the MPAA who awarded it an 'X' in America (a rating usually reserved for pornography); with the BBFC in the UK who completely recut it; and in various European territories where it was released in several versions. Arguably, excess is at the heart of Dawn of the Dead, integral to its meaning: not only in its scenes of gore, its in-your-face social satire and its gaudy pop-kitsch style but in the production history of the film itself. This Devil's Advocate explores the various ways in which Romero took Dawn of the Dead into areas of extremity during its scripting, production and distribution; and the responses of industry, censorship bodies, reviewers and audiences of the time to the film's excesses. Taking the approach of a micro-historical study, Jon Towlson offers a close analysis of the film's production context to explore the cultural significance of Dawn of the Dead as a 'rebel text' and an example of oppositional cinema.
Common
Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE is a multi-award-winning black gay working class theatre- and film-maker. A tireless mentor of minority and socially-outsider writers and performers, he's been struck by the lack of working class pieces suitable for performing at auditions by increasingly defiant and determined generations of bold young actors. Common is his - and their - response. Designed to supply the increasing demand for working class audition pieces, Common is a collection of short monologues by fresh and exciting new voices in theatre. Contributors include: Alfie Neill Sam Purkis Hosanna Johnson Georgia Daniels Katie Hitchcock Marika Mckennell Si繫n Rhys Reuben Massiah Mali O'Donnell Saffia Kavaz Eloise Kay Sam Butters Sam Harry MacGregor Ellen Lilley Paul Culshaw Amber Sinclair-Case Jordan John Winnie Imara Vanessa Schofield Jane Ryan Nieve Hearity Karen Whyte Gail Egbeson Dominic Holmes Connor Allen Adil Hassan Rachelle Grubb Nicole Joseph Amin Ali Hannah Tarrington Warren Mendy Alistair Wilkinson Tom Colgan Benjamin Salmon Aimee Pollock Lauren Greer Josie White Christie Reynolds Charis McRoberts Aoife Smyth Sarah Ord Lekhani Chirwa James G. Nunn Rachelle Coffie Alexander Da Fonseca Tom Wright Becky Lennon Vicky Wild Tricia Wey Sam Butters Sam Liu Daniel Reid-Walters Aaron Douglas Stephen Hoo Kadiesha Belgrave Paul Bradshaw Barbara Williams Lynne Jefferies Shakira Newton Timotei Cobeanu Deanna Arthur.
Lit
Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE is a multi-award-winning black gay theatre- and film-maker. A tireless mentor of minority/global majority and socially-outsider writers and performers, he's been struck by the lack of pieces reflecting different backgrounds suitable for performing at auditions by increasingly defiant generations of bold young actors. Lit is his - and their - response, designed to supply the increasing demand for audition pieces representing different racial/cultural backgrounds and experiences, and is a collection of short monologues by fresh and exciting new voices. Contributors include: Tahys Rodr穩guez Kiren Kebaili-Dwyer Nina Cassells Stephanie Josephs Li Sa Choo Sachal Khan Lekhani Chirwa Stephanie Tykeya Kami Gakuru Jessikah Wilson Lucia Deyi Kadiesha Belgrave Lantian Chen Isabelle Kabban Samuel Lago Stephanie Stevens Yazmin Belo Melissa Saint Adrian Tang Danielle Kassaraté Natasha Kathi-Chandra Melissa Dewi Julie Cheung-Inhin Connor Allen Ibraheem Toure Dannielle Sadiq Naomi Denny Aaron Douglas Charlie S. Smith Nicole Abraham Stephanie Stevens Eric Mok Dee-Dee Samuels Mical Nelken Jonathan Luwagga Sabrena Osei Tutu S癡verine Howell-Meri Adil Hassan Ashling O'Shea Aaliyah Mckay Timotei Cobeanu Joshua Griffin Grace Xie Amber Sinclair-Case Jason Lee Winnie Arhin Isaac Ouro-Gnao Jada Wallace-Mitchell Omar Bynon Romayn Rose Tricia Wey Hosanna Johnson Naomi Soneye-Thomas Stephanie Stevens Myles Devont矇 Karis Crimson Daniel Reid-Walters Amina Koroma Warren Mendy Tol繳 Fagbayi Shakira Newton Gail Egbeson Max Percy Mauricia Lewis Jon Gutierrez Saida Ahmed Elander Moore Vy-Liam Ng Humaira Khan Romayn Rose Tahys Rodr穩guez Asa Haynes Talitha Wing Heidi Carmichael Sumāh Ebel矇 Julia Hien Sanjay Lago Antonia Kleopa Sarel-Rose Madziya Yuyu Wang Chantelle Alle Alice Straker Dior Clarke
The Hamlet Inn
Bovey Tracey is in Torquay staying at "The Hamlet Inn" where he hopes to enjoy a peaceful weekend. Also enjoying their stay, are a group of senior singers from Streatham, an Elvis impersonator, his deluded wife, a part time photographer and a couple of "misunderstood" men; just the usual crowd at "The Hamlet Inn". Whilst pouring himself a pomegranate juice in the breakfast room Bovey overhears two guests conjuring up a plan to steal what they think is a valuable music box from the hotel. Bovey puts down his trusted author's fountain pen and steps into action to catch these two reprobates. That evening after complimentary drinks the guests experience a power cut, and the hotel is thrown into mayhem. Will Bovey Tracey divert this act of sabotage and stop the robbery?
Hurt Song
HURT SONG. A play by Caridad Svich. Synopsis: You pick through trash, you are trash, says someone. How do you find your worth in a land that tells you otherwise? This is the ballad of the hurting kind - those displaced from their homes, looking for work and sent to places in the middle of the country to make their way. Call this a story about climate refugees. Or we can just call this a fable for dark times. This publication is a Santa Catalina Editions and NoPassport Press endeavor.
20 Ground-Breaking Directors of Eastern Europe
Directors have long been the main figures on Eastern European stages. During the last three decades some of the most outstanding among them have risen to international stardom thanks to their ground-breaking productions that speak to audiences far beyond local borders. Not by chance, a considerable number of these directors have won the second-biggest theatre award on the continent - the European Prize for (New) Theatrical Realities. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the top directors of the region have been pushing contemporary theatre as a whole ahead into new territories. This book offers informative and in-depth portraits of twenty of these directors, written by leading critics, scholars, and researchers, who shed light on the directors' signature styles with examples of their emblematic productions and outline the reasons for their impact. In addition, in two chapters the selected directors themselves discuss their artistic family trees as well as the main stakestheatre faces today. The book will be of interest to theatre scholars, students, and anybody engaged with theatre on a global scale.
Minneapolis Rehearsals
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1970.
Minneapolis Rehearsals
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1970.
Harry Potter: Floral Fantasy Weekly Planner Notepad
Celebrate your love of the Harry Potter(TM) films with this weekly planner notepad all year long! This undated weekly planner notepad features iconic anime style imagery of beloved Harry Potter and is a perfect gift for Harry Potter fans. A YEAR OF HARRY POTTER: Spend an entire year planning your schedule, events, and memories with Harry Potter. ANIME-INSPIRED ART: Beautiful and unique illustrations of Harry Potter and favorite icons from the Wizarding World inspired by anime. START PLANNING NOW: Fill in the days on this undated weekly planner to start a year of planning any time. 52 PAGES: Plenty of room for all your events, plans, and projects for every week of the year. CONVENIENT SIZE: This undated planner is 8.5 x 11 inches, perfect for your desktop to keep track of important dates, deadlines, or weekly goals. PERFECT FOR STUDENTS AND ADULTS: Achieve Hermione Granger(TM)-levels of organization! This undated planner is perfect for keeping both students and adult professionals organized.
Grounds for Play
The nautanki performances of northern India entertain their audiences with often ribald and profane stories. Rooted in the peasant society of pre-modern India, this theater vibrates with lively dancing, pulsating drumbeats, and full-throated singing. In Grounds for Play, Kathryn Hansen draws on field research to describe the different elements of nautanki performance: music, dance, poetry, popular story lines, and written texts. She traces the social history of the form and explores the play of meanings within nautanki narratives, focusing on the ways important social issues such as political authority, community identity, and gender differences are represented in these narratives.Unlike other styles of Indian theater, the nautanki does not draw on the pan-Indian religious epics such as the Ramayana or the Mahabharata for its subjects. Indeed, their storylines tend to center on the vicissitudes of stranded heroines in the throes of melodramatic romance. Whereas nautanki performers were once much in demand, live performances now are rare and nautanki increasingly reaches its audiences through electronic media--records, cassettes, films, television. In spite of this change, the theater form still functions as an effective conduit in the cultural flow that connects urban centers and the hinterland in an ongoing process of exchange.
Melodrama Unveiled
David Grimsted's Melodrama Unveiled explores early American drama to try to understand why such severely limited plays were so popular for so long. Concerned with both the plays and the dramatic settings that gave them life, Grimsted offers us rich descriptions of the interaction of performers, audiences, critics, managers, and stage mechanics. Because these plays had to appeal immediately and directly to diverse audiences, they provide dramatic clues to the least common denominator of social values and concerns. In considering both the context and content of popular culture, Grimsted's book suggests how theater reflected the rapidly changing society of antebellum America.
The Operas of Alban Berg, Volume I
"Of the greatest significance . . . . The first volume of George Perle's two volume study on the two operas of Alban Berg ... is one of those few works of scholarship and analysis you can label 'definitive'; it may in time be supplemented, but not superseded."--Richard Dyer, Boston Sunday Globe "It is difficult to see how Professor Perle's exhaustive study can ever be superseded. . . or how such future work as may appear can do anything but add new details to his exposition of the basic clements of the work's musical language. . . . After twenty years' work on the composer he brings to this study of Wozzeck not only a penetrating analytical mind, great scholarship and a comprehensive knowledge of the music but an almost uncanny insight into what seem to be the inner workings of Berg's mind."--Douglas Jarman, Music and Letters "If you have ever had any questions about Berg's opera Wozzeck, Mr. Perle probably answers them for you in The Operas of Alban Berg: Volume One/Wozzeck. . . An indispensable work on Berg's life as reflected in his work."--Donal Hcnahan, The New York Times "As with Perle's previous books, one notes with pleasure how well written is this one, how simultaneously economical and comfortable the prose, even when the subject is as complex and manifold as Wozzeck."--Mark DeVoto, Music Library Association Notes "A great and unique contribution .... [Perle] is a leading authority on Berg, and his analysis of Berg's compositional methods in the two operas is likely to be definitive."--George Martin, The Opera Quarterly "George Perle has contributed more than anyone of any nationality to a true understanding of Berg's music."--Douglass Green, Journal of Music Theory "George Perle ... possesses the kind of complete credential required for this study. [Volume I: Wozzeck] is a model of scholarly writing. Every paragraph, each quoted music example, each analysis moves the argument forward in a clear incisive manner .... Essential reading for the serious student of the music of Alban Berg."--Choice
Raised on Radio
In the late 1920s radio exploded almost overnight into being America's dominant entertainment, just as television would do twenty-five years later. Gerald Nachman, himself a product of the radio years, takes us back to the heyday of radio, bringing to life the great performers and shows, as well as the not-so-great and not-great-at-all. Nachman analyzes the many genres that radio exploited or invented, from the soap opera to the sitcom to the quiz show, zooming in to study closely key performers like Jack Benny, Bob Hope, and Fred Allen. Raised on Radio is a generous, instructive, and sinfully readable salute to an extraordinary American phenomenon.
The Many Lives of Scary Clowns
The frightening yet comic clown is one of the best and most enduring characters in literature, theater, television, and film. Across the centuries, from Shakespeare's Porter in Macbeth to Edgar Allan Poe's "Hop-Frog," or Stephen King's Pennywise, horror and comedy have blended to create the perfect recipe for entertainment. This volume gives an in-depth analysis of the clown horror genre, including essays by revered horror scholars such as Kevin Wetmore, Dale Bailey, Kim Hester Williams, Jennifer K. Cox, and Joanna Parypinski. Their essays cover topics such as nostalgia, race, class, and new portrayals of the scary clown as zombies or phantoms. It also offers interviews with actors and directors working in the clown horror genre: Eoghan McQuinn (Stitches), Kevin Kangas (Fear of Clowns), and Jaysen Buterin (Kill Giggles). Some of fiction's most terrifying creations--like the Killer Klowns, Captain Spaulding, Art the Clown, Krusty, Frowny, the Joker, and Twisty--jig through these pages of analysis and deconstruction, asking what these many iterations of scary clowns have to say about our society and its fears.
The Operas of Alban Berg, Volume II
"The first volume of Perle's magnificent study focused on Wozuck ... .Its successor, equally painstaking and perceptive, is if anything more invaluable, for the clouds of mystery around Berg's second opera are only now beginning to disperse, and the work is coming to be regarded properly as the climax of the composer's achievement."--Andrew Clements, Opera "Perle's books have laid the groundwork for a thorough exploration of the remarkably successful ways in which Berg was able to marry a powerful intellectual grasp of a richly developing language to an instinctive feel for dramatic shape, a process that marks him out as one of the few genuine opera composers this century."--Michael Taylor, Music and Letters "The first volume, Wozzeck .... was universally recognized as being a work of outstanding scholarship. The Lulu volume is an even more impressive achievement. In its analytical sophistication, its critical insights and in the implications which it has for our understanding not only of Berg but of a whole body of post-diatonic music, Perle's Lulu is one of the most exciting and important books on music to appear for many years."--Douglas Jarman, Times Literary Supplement "With the second of his books on The Operas of Alban Berg, this American musicologist and composer has now taken advantage of all this new material to consolidate his own research and present us with the most sophisticated musical analysis yet made of the composer .... As Perle shows, Lulu represents the highest point of development in Berg's music from the point of view of ambiguity of fabrication."--Stephen Reeve, Classical Music "Nothing I've read in the past year makes as important a contribution to this literature as The Operas of Alban Berg: Volume Two: Lulu ..... Per!e's saga of the opera's release from partial captivity reads like one of the great intellectual detective stories of our era .... What emerges most flavorfully is Perle's portrait of a haunted artist who imbued his later works with concealed autobiographical gestures, including his longtime love affair with a Prague matron."--Ailan Ulrich, San Francisco Focus "The goal of the two-volume work is not merely to dwell in detail on the operas themselves, but to give some account of Berg's other music, in order to set the operas in the context of his complete output. With a composer like Berg, whose music is intimately bound up with his own personal life, such an approach is particularly appropriate .... George Perle has given the world two volumes which will remain at the top of their field for many years to come."--Douglass M. Green, Journal of the American Musicological Society
Off The Telly
Between 1999 and 2009, Off The Telly was a place where the enthusiastically well-viewed could go to read, or even contribute to, an ever growing number of intelligently written and painstakingly researched articles, reviews, interviews and features relating to all matters televisual, past and present. From programmes universally regarded as TV classics, to little-known gems unlikely ever to find their way into a Blu-ray boxset, to offerings that even the creators might prefer everyone had long forgotten about, if it had flickered to life in the living rooms of Britain over the last fifty years, it was likely to be examined by OTT's hardy team of contributors. This book makes no claim to change how you view television. But if you love the medium, you should enjoy OTT's (well-viewed) views of it. All profits from the sale of this book are to be donated to UK Alzheimer's charities.
Mucho Coraz籀n; Stages in the Life of a Pioneer Female Mariachi
In 1960s East Los Angeles, La Estrella de la Canci籀n Rom獺ntica interpreted boleros and other music from the collective memory of Mexico. Though an untrained, local artist, her musical performance was as trans-racial, trans-class, trans-generational, and trans-national as the most celebrated artists of the music of latinidad. That stage of her artistic career would be key when she later helped deconstruct the machismo that framed the mariachi tradition, as a founding member of the first all-female mariachi group, Las Generalas. Mucho Coraz籀n, a biography/autoethnography written by the protagonist's daughter, relates the life- and performing stages of Aurora Prado Pastrano, who against overwhelming odds, followed her heart to become a bolerista, songwriter, and the first professional woman guitarr籀n player in United States history. Seamless storytelling advances the long-neglected history of Chicana grassroots artists. Framed by allusions to the music popular during her Texas-Mexican American childhood, her young adult life in Mexico, to her artistic rise in East Los Angeles, the story vividly exemplifies how gendered subjectivity infuses public performance of what the author coins "cultural music." This is a resource on regional history and its music of the 1940s-1970s. Written for anyone interested in women's participation in the production and performance of mariachi music in the United States, Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano, and Latino music, and the cultural history of the Southwest, it is especially valuable to ethnomusicology, cultural studies, women's history, women's and gender studies, Latinx studies, Chicanx studies, cultural anthropology, ethnology, and sociology, and accessible to levels from high school to higher education professionals.
For the Love of Leotards
"For this gang of two (both Oscars, both, as previously mentioned, deserving of Oscars), have taken the Surreal to Florida, melting Dali's mustache (much like his watches), and turning R. Mutt's urinal into a vase of tropical lushness, creating a book that is a swift kick in the hammock, lifting you straight out of your complacency and asking -- no, demanding! - that your eyeballs join the dance of Play, Invention, and especially, the Florreality of life itself." - Bob Holman, March 8, 2022, The Bowery, New York
Jamaican Diaspora
Throughout the Diaspora, Jamaicans are in the air. From fighting Jet planes during WW2 to breaking world records for flying solo, there is a Jamaican connection. In this edition, we will see Jamaicans in places that are soaring high.
Jamaican Diaspora
Good leaders are able to asses a situation and foreshadow its future. They take what is in front of them and create a blueprint that will enable them to stay relevant. All organizations and institutions have a leader; whether it is home, school, work one person has to set the dominant agenda for the group's survival. Are you up to the task?
How to Succeed in Hollywood Without Losing Your Soul
HOW TO SUCCEED IN HOLLYWOOD (WITHOUT LOSING YOUR SOUL)For everything you wanted to know about making or understanding faithful, blockbuster, mass media entertainment, a great place to start is to learn from those who are making it in Hollywood and are making a difference. HOW TO SUCCEED IN HOLLYWOOD (WITHOUT LOSING YOUR SOUL) will show you how to use your God-given and God-ordained gifts and talents to make significant creative contributions to the entertainment world.Learn from industry professionals - the brightest and best people of faith in the entertainment industry - how they developed their screenwriting, acting, directing, producing, and behind-the-scenes interests to make Hollywood and the world a better place.The contributors you will read exclusively include: ? Richard Cook, former chairman of Walt Disney Pictures; ? Bill Fay, executive producer of many movies including INDEPENDENCE DAY and THE PATRIOT;? Al Kasha, Academy Award winning songwriter and composer for many movies and television programs, including THE POSEIDEN ADVENTURE, THE TOWERING INFERNO, and THE RUGRATS GO WILD!;? Andrew Stanton, the scriptwriter for TOY STORY, TOY STORY II, BUGS LIFE, MONSTER'S INC., and FINDING NEMO (which he also directed and produced);
Performing Against Annihilation
This book outlines how the protagonists in The Nibelung's Ring, The Lord of the Rings, and Game of Thrones attempt to construct identities and expand their consciousness manifestations. As the characters in the three works face the ends of their respective worlds, they must find answers to their mortality, and to the threat it implies: the loss of identity and consciousness. Moreover, it details how this process is depicted performatively. In a hands-on and interdisciplinary approach, this book seeks to unveil the underlying philosophical concepts of identity and consciousness in the three works as they are represented audio-visually on stage and screen. Through the use of many practical examples, this book offers both academic scholars and any interested readers a completely new perspective on three enduringly popular and interrelated works.
Harry Potter: Floral Fantasy 12-Month Undated Planner
Celebrate your love of the Harry Potter(TM) films for an entire year. This 12-month undated planner features beautiful floral anime imagery from the Harry Potter(TM) films and is a perfect gift for Harry Potter fans. START PLANNING NOW: Fill in the months and dates in this undated planner to start a year of planning at any time. 148 PAGES AND OVER 225 PLANNER STICKERS: This planner provides plenty of room to plan your goals, priorities, and activities, and to reflect on your own magical moments. Included are 12 unique dividers, monthly spreads, 5 weekly spreads per month, a storage pocket, and over 225 planner stickers. CONVENIENT SIZE: This undated 7 x 9.25-inch planner is perfect for a desk or easy to throw in a bag on the go. PERFECT FOR STUDENTS AND ADULTS: Achieve Hermione Granger(TM)-levels of organization! This undated planner is perfect for keeping both students and professionals organized. COMPLETE YOUR COLLECTION: Shop the entire Insight Editions Wizarding World gifts stationery collection including the Harry Potter: Hermione Granger Anime Softcover Journal and Harry Potter Anime Weekly Planner Notepad.
Circus Training Journal
What's measured is managed! The Circus Training Journal is the result of a year of collaboration between Thom Wall and Rebecca Starr, head aerial coach at Circadium: School of Contemporary Circus. This undated journal, spans three months of daily training, tracks workouts, nutrition, goal-setting, and more. Heavyweight groundwood paper optimized for ballpoint and pencil.
Dame Wang and Other Chinese Folk Songs
In 1872 George Carter Stent published five Chinese folk tunes with the melody and lyrics in an article called " Chinese Lyrics" . I think they are quite significant examples of a genre of Chinese folk song that is now less popular. With the help of Wang lingli 王玲利 we have translated the traditional Chinese into Simplified Chinese and provided fresh English translations. I have created new original piano accompaniments for each song. My aim is to try and make the melodies more accessible to western audiences and singers. The songs are published in Chinese with the pinyin above. In addition there is a complete version of the Chinese lyrics with tones and pinyin and an English translation to explain what each song is about. My dream is that one day I will go to a song recital and hear Chinese songs sung in Chinese, just as we listen to Schubert's lieder sung in German, or Faure songs sung in French, and it will seem completely normal.
The Storyteller's Way
This journal is designed for parents. Our stories are the most precious gift we can leave behind. The Storyteller's Way Project is to inspire thought and document your story. By using the prompting questions each week you will begin to craft the chapters of your life that can be told as lessons to future generations.
Hamlet Exposed!
This spoof of Hamlet turns the play on its head. Everyone is familiar with the Melancholy Dane. But is he actually hiding something? Is Ophelia as "mad" about Hamlet as the critics would have us think? Take your audience on a mad romp through Shakespearean twist after twist. Is Hamlet all that he pretends to be? Did he really see his father's ghost? Is Claudius really the villain? Critics for years have argued about how to interpret Shakespeare's HAMLET. This one-act comedy suggests some rather unusual answers. Neat Shakespeare twist Hamlet What Easily performed either in the classroom or on stage. Production licensing and downloadable production PDF's available for purchase at Blue Moon Plays (www.havescripts.com)
Royal Tea
In this one-act mixed up fairy tale comedy musical by Cindy Rock Dlugolecki, the Fairy Godmother is announcing her retirement! What are they ever to do? At first, Goldilocks, Aurora, Cinderella and other fairy tale heroines from different fairy tales go into a tizzy. But then, they begin to question the shallowness of their lives. Are they what heroines should be? Why do they always need to be rescued by handsome princes? What kind of life is that? It's time for change!!! A fairy-tale for our times with a new message for young girls and women. The heroines of fairy-tale-land at first spar with the godmother who has been guiding them over the years; Do they find a solution to this announcement? How do these very different personalities find a way to overcome the conflict? How will they survive the void left by their leader? Will they be able to elect a new leader? OR Will they re-think what being a fairy tale heroine should really stand for? Is that handsome prince necessary? Music lead sheets and downloadable PDF available.
Holler River
HOLLER RIVER is a play by Caridad Svich. A soldier waits for another to come home. They were teacher and student once. A town waits, too, deep in the heart of coal country, while the one who roams wrestles with what home even means. A story about the stories we tell ourselves to survive, the songs we sing to get by, and the maps we make of our warring lives. This play is part of a seven-play cycle entitled American Psalm. This is a Santa Catalina Editions and NoPassport Press publication.
First Acts
Playwright and television writer Kermit Frazier began life as a precocious Negro boy growing up in southeast Washington, D.C., during the Civil Rights era of the 1950s and 1960s. As a student at an all-Black elementary school, Kermit was selected for a newly formed honors track at a predominantly white secondary school. Traveling a complex path, Kermit tore down segregation barriers, balanced on an academic pedestal, and battled an internal war of denial against his same-sex attractions. This memoir is not a story about a young man rising from "the hood" but rather a young Black man struggling with stereotypes, identity, and mild dyslexia while straddling two middle-class worlds, Black and white, and striving not to be everyone's "other."
Miyazaki and the Hero’s Journey
This book explores anime auteur Hayao Miyazaki's films through the lens of the monomyth of the Heroic Quest Cycle. According to Joseph Campbell and other mythology researchers, the Quest is for boys and men, with women acting as either the Hero's mother or the Prize at the end of the journey. Miyazaki nearly exclusively portrays girls and young women as heroes, arguing that we must reassess Campbell's archetype. The text begins with a brief history of animation and anime, followed by Miyazaki's background and rise to prominence. The following chapters look at each of Miyazaki's films from the perspective of the Heroic Quest Cycle, with the last section outlining where Miyazaki and other animators can lead the archetype of the Hero in the future.
Blood, Body and Soul
The ever-popular "Whedonverse" television shows--Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly and Dollhouse--have inspired hundreds of articles and dozens of books. Curiously, the focus of much of the scholarship invokes philosophical, ethical, metaphysical and other cerebral perspectives. Yet, these shows are action-adventure shows, telling stories through physical bodies of many varied and unique forms. Characters fight and die, suffer grave injuries and traumas, and are physically transformed. Their bodies bear the brunt of their battles against evil, corruption and injustice. Through 17 insightful and captivating essays, this collection centers the physical spectacle of these televisual series. Chapters examine how both disabled and super-powered individuals navigate their differing levels of ability; how the practice of medicine and medical practitioners are represented; and how wellness is understood and depicted, both physically and mentally. Other essays focus on storylines involving specific body parts, the intersection of literal and metaphorical trauma and the processes of recovery from injury, illness and impairment. Each author offers a unique and thought-provoking analysis in an area previously under-explored or altogether missing from existing scholarship on the Whedonverse.
Innovating the Design Process
Innovating the Design Process: A Theatre Design Journey explores the process of designing for theatre and details how each part of a designer's own process, no matter what their design specialization, can be innovated and adapted for a more confident journey and for better outcomes.
From Playtext to Performance on the Early Modern Stage
This book reconsiders the evidence for what we know (or think we know) about early modern performance condition.This exploration will be of great interest to theatre and performance researchers, graduate students, teachers of early modern drama at the undergraduate and graduate levels, performers, directors, editors.
The Schaub羹hne Berlin Under Thomas Ostermeier
On the 20th anniversary of artistic director Thomas Ostermeier's time at Berlin's Schaub羹hne Theatre, this important study reflects on the contribution the theatre has made to contemporary theatre, not just in Germany, but around the world. Ostermeier has kept extending and refining the important notion of German Regietheater (directors' theatre) with the Schaub羹hne Theatre being its internationally famous birthplace under the previous artistic direction of Peter Stein. Through doing so, the work produced at the Schaub羹hne has transgressed established divides of text-based and devised theatre, and blurred the borders between theatre and dance. Combining scholarly reflection with interview material, this essential collection investigates how theatre has been reinvented by the Schaub羹hne under Ostermeier's tenure, bringing together international theatre scholars such as Erika Fischer-Lichte, Marvin Carlson, Jitka Goriaux Pelechova, Benjamin Fowler, Ramona Mosse and Sabine Huschka. This study also considers productions by some of Ostermeier's past and present collaborators, such as Katie Mitchell, Falk Richter and Sasha Waltz. This edition also includes the first English translation of Schaub羹hne's original manifesto "The Mission" (1999); a contribution from Ostermeier's long-term co-director Jens Hillje; a contribution from Hans-Thies Lehmann on Falk Richter; and an interview with Thomas Ostermeier by Clare Finburgh Delijani.
