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Grief Capital, Grief Activism: The Brief Life of Mamie Till Bradley's NAACP Tour Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Rhaisa Kameela Williams
Abstract: In 1955, Mamie Till Bradley spoke throughout the country on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to bring justice to her recently murdered son, Emmett Till. While most scholarship focuses on Bradley's choice to publicize her son's mutilated body, I analyze her understudied NAACP-sponsored grief tour and her ensuing public fallout with the organization
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Remapping Relations: Contract Riders, Care, and Indigenous Performance Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Bethany Hughes
Abstract: Drawing on Indigenous feminist theories of futurity and care, interviews with Indigenous theatre artists, and a case study on decolonial acts of relational care refused, this article explores how carework in theatre production contracts reveals the labor of Indigenous artists to sustain and expand their communities. It explores the informal challenges Larissa FastHorse issues to producing
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Performing Radical Care: The Muslim Grandmothers of Shaheen Bagh Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Alisha Ibkar
Abstract: On December 15, 2019, a group of elderly women from a Muslim ghetto on the outskirts of New Delhi came out in protest of the police brutalities against minority students who were resisting the recently passed Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Despite the widespread attention it received, the protest eluded attempts to understand it fully within both popular and academic discursive frameworks
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Si|embrando Life and Sowing Care: Refusing Gentrification on West Jefferson Boulevard Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Irvin Manuel Gonzalez
Abstract: This essay theorizes Latine maneras de ser (ways of being) as care through an analysis of si|embra, a 2021 collaborative performance and dance event cultivated between various Latine artists and the residents who live and own businesses on West Jefferson Boulevard in Los Angeles. I examine the gossip, partying, and dancing of folx on the block during the planning and presentation of si|embra
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Leaning into the Sky: Gestures of Grief and Futurity in Operation Babylift Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Sung-Min Kim
Abstract: This essay tends to the continued lives and potential futures of Operation Babylift refugees as subjects born from "militarized care,' a framework that resists the binary between violence and care to instead denote the affective and sensorial manifestation of both violence and care. By pairing Heidi Bub's story of reunion in the documentary Daughter from Danang with a reparative reading of
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"Stitching Korea Back Together": Jogakbo Aesthetics of Care in Peace Advocacy Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Elizabeth W. Son
Abstract: This article examines the peace advocacy of Women Cross DMZ, a Korean diasporicled collective of feminist activists who are calling for a formal end to the Korean War and the centering of women in peacebuilding processes. During peace symposia in North Korea and South Korea and walks in 2015, Women Cross DMZ utilized objects—scarves, banners, and quilts—inspired by jogakbo, a Korean patchwork-style
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How To Defend Yourself by Liliana Padilla (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Dan Venning
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: How To Defend Yourselfby Liliana Padilla Dan Venning HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF. By Liliana Padilla. Codirected by Rachel Chavkin, Liliana Padilla, and Steph Paul. New York Theatre Workshop, New York. 03 21, 2023. Sexual assault continues to plague college campuses despite the #MeToo movement, consent workshops, and protective
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Ibsen's Ghost: An Irresponsible Biographical Fantasy by Charles Busch (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Benjamin Gillespie
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Ibsen's Ghost: An Irresponsible Biographical Fantasyby Charles Busch Benjamin Gillespie IBSEN'S GHOST: AN IRRESPONSIBLE BIO-GRAPHICAL FANTASY. By Charles Busch. Directed by Carl Andress. Primary Stages, 59E59 Theaters, New York. 03 3, 2024. Not to be confused with Ibsen's Ghosts, Ibsen's Ghost—sardonically advertised as "the
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Making Broadway Dance by Liza Gennaro, and: Embodied Nostalgia: Early Twentieth Century Social Dance and The Choreographing of Broadway Musical Theatre by Phoebe Rumsey (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Ray Miller
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Making Broadway Dance by Liza Gennaro, and: Embodied Nostalgia: Early Twentieth Century Social Dance and The Choreographing of Broadway Musical Theatre by Phoebe Rumsey Ray Miller MAKING BROADWAY DANCE. By Liza Gennaro. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022; pp. 239. EMBODIED NOSTALGIA: EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY SOCIAL DANCE
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The Spectacular Theatre of Frank Joseph Galati: Reshaping American Theatre in Chicago, Illinois by Julie Jackson (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Stuart J. Hecht
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Spectacular Theatre of Frank Joseph Galati: Reshaping American Theatre in Chicago, Illinois by Julie Jackson Stuart J. Hecht THE SPECTACULAR THEATRE OF FRANK JOSEPH GALATI: RESHAPING AMERICAN THEATRE IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. By Julie Jackson. London: Methuen Drama, 2024; pp. 215. Frank Galati died in early 2023 at age 79
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Active Analysis by Maria Knebel, and: Analysis Through Action For Actors And Directors: From Stan-Islavsky To Contemporary Performance by David Chambers (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 David Krasner
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Active Analysis by Maria Knebel, and: Analysis Through Action For Actors And Directors: From Stan-Islavsky To Contemporary Performance by David Chambers David Krasner ACTIVE ANALYSIS. By Maria Knebel. Compiled and edited by Anatoli Vassiliev. Translated by Irina Brown. London: Routledge, 2021; pp. 260. ANALYSIS THROUGH ACTION
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Starring Women: Celebrity, Patriarchy, And American Theater, 1790-1850 by Sara E. Lampert (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 J. K. Curry
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Starring Women: Celebrity, Patriarchy, And American Theater, 1790-1850 by Sara E. Lampert J. K. Curry STARRING WOMEN: CELEBRITY, PATRIARCHY, AND AMERICAN THEATER, 1790-1850. By Sara E. Lampert. Women, Gender and Sexuality in American History Series. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2020; pp. 276. The development of the
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Broadway Goes To War: American Theater During World War II by Robert L. McLaughlin and Sally E. Parry (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Fonzie D. Geary II
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Broadway Goes To War: American Theater During World War II by Robert L. McLaughlin and Sally E. Parry Fonzie D. Geary II BROADWAY GOES TO WAR: AMERICAN THEATER DURING WORLD WAR II. By Robert L. McLaughlin and Sally E. Parry. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2021; pp. x, 290. In Broadway Goes to War, Robert L. McLaughlin
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Fixing The Musical: How Technologies Shaped The Broadway Repertory by Douglas L. Reside (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Bradley Rogers
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Fixing The Musical: How Technologies Shaped The Broadway Repertory by Douglas L. Reside Bradley Rogers FIXING THE MUSICAL: HOW TECHNOLOGIES SHAPED THE BROADWAY REPERTORY. By Douglas L. Reside. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023; pp. 165. Douglas L. Reside's Fixing the Musical: How Technologies Shaped the Broadway Repertory
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Hamlet's Hereditary Queen: Performing Shakespeare's Silent Female Power by Kerrie Roberts, and: Performing Restoration Shakespeare ed. by Amanda Eubanks Winkler (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Hugh K. Long
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Hamlet's Hereditary Queen: Performing Shakespeare's Silent Female Power by Kerrie Roberts, and: Performing Restoration Shakespeare ed. by Amanda Eubanks Winkler Hugh K. Long HAMLET'S HEREDITARY QUEEN: PERFORMING SHAKESPEARE'S SILENT FEMALE POWER. By Kerrie Roberts. Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies Series
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Ron Vawter's Life In Performance by Theresa Smalec (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Sean F. Edgecomb
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Ron Vawter's Life In Performance by Theresa Smalec Sean F. Edgecomb RON VAWTER'S LIFE IN PERFORMANCE. By Theresa Smalec. London: Seagull Books, 2020; pp. 222. Relying on impressive archival research and original interviews to present "a social history—and ensemble biography" (3), author Theresa Smalec provides a dynamic new
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Choreographing Dirt: Movement, Performance, And Ecology In The Anthropocene by Angenette Spalink (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Diana Looser
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Choreographing Dirt: Movement, Performance, And Ecology In The Anthropocene by Angenette Spalink Diana Looser CHOREOGRAPHING DIRT: MOVEMENT, PERFORMANCE, AND ECOLOGY IN THE ANTHROPOCENE. By Angenette Spalink. Studies in Theatre, Ecology, and Performance, no. 3. London: Routledge, 2024; pp. 104. In her original and engaging
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Editorial Comment: Abolition and Performance Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-11-15 Ariel Nereson
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Editorial Comment:Abolition and Performance Ariel Nereson [A]bolition has to be the way to relate to one another. So, not a tool to implement, but a posture and a way of life. —Ashon Crawley1 Theatre, dance, and performance studies offer many methodological tools for understanding practice and interpreting theories embedded in and arising
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The Unbearable Whiteness of John Brown: Theatrical Legacies and Performing Abolition Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-11-15 Ben Spatz, SAJ, Eero Laine, Michelle Liu Carriger, Henry Bial
Abstract: John Brown is a figure so intensely contested as to embody diametrically opposed meanings according to the varied contexts in which his image has been activated. At times hailed as the man who started the US Civil War, Brown has been variously described as a righteous abolitionist, a religious zealot, a gifted orator, a formidable military strategist, a self-appointed white savior, and a
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Confessional Performance: Remorse and the Affective Economy of Parole Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-11-15 Jisha Menon
Abstract: Taking the popular podcast series Violation as its point of departure, this article examines the dramaturgy within the parole system, its affective politics, and its performative speech acts to consider its role in the perpetuation of mass incarceration in the United States. By training an eye on the affective economy of parole hearings, this article explores the retributive turn in the criminal
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Abolitionist Laughter: The Joint Movement to #StopCopCity Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-11-15 Nicholas Fesette
Abstract: In Atlanta, South River (Weelaunee) Forest is the proposed home of the $90 million Public Safety Training Center, also known as "Cop City." On June 5, 2023, when the Atlanta City Council opened the floor for public comment on Cop City, hundreds of people voiced their opposition for nearly fifteen hours, frequently using humor as a tactic of resistance. What are the radical political potentials
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The Threat Is Now: Choreography, Temporality, and the Active Shooter Drill Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-11-15 Shannon Woods
Abstract: This article explores how the police state choreographs active shooter drills as "performances of protection," or embodied actions framed around an anticipatory threat. During these scenarios, choreographic imperatives—or movement directives in response to specific cues—become tools for directing bodies through public space to preempt crisis. While these measures protect students, teachers
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"It Feels Like Being in Jail All Over Again": Staging the Criminalized Liminality of Sex Offenders Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-11-15 Ryan Donovan
Abstract: Two plays focusing on the postincarceration experiences of sex offenders opened in 2018: Life Jacket Theatre Company's America Is Hard to See and Bruce Norris's Downstate. Both plays ask spectators to recognize the humanity of sex offenders while also keeping in mind the harm they caused. The questions at the heart of these plays are ultimately about ethics and space: how close do we as a
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A Grammar of Abolition: Black Theatrical Geographies Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-11-15 Leticia L. Ridley
Abstract: Black theatremakers have utilized performance to imagine and stage an alternative place where policing is abolished. They usurp the normative theatrical apparatuses to enact countergeographies that become meaningful ways to resist social control. In so doing, they inhabit (and push other artists and audiences to inhabit) theatre differently through transforming the geography of the theatre
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Vanessa in Bed by Diana Grisanti (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-11-15 Gina M. Di Salvo
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Vanessa in Bedby Diana Grisanti Gina M. Di Salvo VANESSA IN BED. By Diana Grisanti. Directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh. Audible Theater. Digital audio production released 09 23, 2023. Downloaded 02 10, 2024. Finally, a comedy about dead mothers, millennial flailing, and the legacy of colonial wealth that spans from an abortion
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The Jungle Book Reimagined by Tariq Jordan (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-11-15 Alexandra A. Rego
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Jungle Book Reimaginedby Tariq Jordan Alexandra A. Rego THE JUNGLE BOOK REIMAGINED. By Tariq Jordan. Directed and choreographed by Akram Khan. Music by Jocelyn Pook. Animation by YeastCulture ( Adam Smith and Nick Hillel). Akram Khan Company, Rose Theater, Lincoln Center. 11 18, 2023. The Jungle Book Reimaginedpremiered
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The Theatre of Christopher Durang by Miriam M. Chirico (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-11-15 Amy S. Osatinski
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Theatre of Christopher Durang by Miriam M. Chirico Amy S. Osatinski THE THEATRE OF CHRISTOPHER DURANG. By Miriam M. Chirico. Methuen Drama Critical Companions. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2020; pp. 234. Christopher Durang's works have opened on Broadway, and he's won the Tony Award for Best Play and been nominated
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Latinx Shakespeares: Staging U.S. Intracultural Theater by Carla Della Gatta (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-11-15 Guillermo Avilés-Rodríguez
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Latinx Shakespeares: Staging U.S. Intracultural Theater by Carla Della Gatta Guillermo Avilés-Rodríguez LATINX SHAKESPEARES: STAGING U.S. INTRACULTURAL THEATER. By Carla Della Gatta. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2023; pp. 265. For too long, a decidedly multicultural Shakespearean analysis that foregrounds European
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Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship by Luke McDonagh, and: Owning Performance | Performing Ownership: Literary Property and The Eighteenth-Century British Stage by Jane Wessel, and: Copyright and the Value of Performance, 1770–1911 by Derek Miller, and: Negotiating Copyright in the American Theatre: 1856–1951 by Brent Salter (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-11-15 Elena Cooper
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Performing Copyright: Law, Theatre and Authorship by Luke McDonagh, and: Owning Performance | Performing Ownership: Literary Property and The Eighteenth-Century British Stage by Jane Wessel, and: Copyright and the Value of Performance, 1770–1911 by Derek Miller, and: Negotiating Copyright in the American Theatre: 1856–1951
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Staging Haiti in Nineteenth-Century America: Revolution, Race and Popular Performance by Peter P. Reed (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-11-15 Guo Shuyu
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Staging Haiti in Nineteenth-Century America: Revolution, Race and Popular Performance by Peter P. Reed Guo Shuyu STAGING HAITI IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA: REVOLUTION, RACE AND POPULAR PERFORMANCE. By Peter P. Reed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022; pp. 231. Peter P. Reed's new and prodigious volume, Staging Haiti
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Theatre Blogging: The Emergence of a Critical Culture by Megan Vaughan (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-11-15 Kevin J. Wetmore Jr.
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Theatre Blogging: The Emergence of a Critical Culture by Megan Vaughan Kevin J. Wetmore Jr. THEATRE BLOGGING: THE EMERGENCE OF A CRITICAL CULTURE. By Megan Vaughan. London: Methuen Drama, 2020; pp. 280. Hiya. I'm Kevin. Thanks for reading this review. I figured if I was gonna review a book on theatre blogging that reproduced
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Decarcerating the University: A Roundtable Discussion Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-11-15 Courtney Erin Colligan, Aaron Moore Ellis, Nicholas Fesette, Donatella Galella, Megan E. Geigner, Lindsay Livingston, Ariel Nereson, Leticia L. Ridley, Misty Saribal
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Decarcerating the University:A Roundtable Discussion Courtney Erin Colligan (bio), Aaron Moore Ellis (bio), Nicholas Fesette (bio), Donatella Galella (bio), Megan E. Geigner (bio), Lindsay Livingston (bio), Ariel Nereson, Leticia L. Ridley (bio), and Misty Saribal (bio) This roundtable discussion took place on Zoom on June 6, 2024, and
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8 to abolition to infinity (8 => abolition => ∞) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-11-15 Aaron Moore Ellis
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: 8 to abolition to infinity (8 => abolition => ∞) Aaron Moore Ellis (bio) How do I hold a systemic analysis and approach when each system I am critical of is peopled, in part, by the same flawed and complex individuals that I love? This question always leads me to self-reflection. If I can see the ways I am perpetuating systemic oppressions
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Consent Pedagogies: Classroom Lessons from Intimacy Practice Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-11-15 Lindsay Brandon Hunter
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Consent Pedagogies:Classroom Lessons from Intimacy Practice Lindsay Brandon Hunter (bio) In 2023, I took part in a conversation gathered under the title "Decarcerating the Field: Building Abolitionist Networks of Care at ATHE" at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education conference in Austin, Texas. Where others entered that conversation
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Looking at/for Disappearing John Brown Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-11-15 Ben Spatz, SAJ, Eero Laine, Michelle Liu Carriger, Henry Bial
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Looking at/for Disappearing John Brown Ben Spatz (bio), SAJ (bio), Eero Laine (bio), Michelle Liu Carriger (bio), and Henry Bial (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 1. John Brown BBQ in Queens, New York City, https://www.johnbrownbbq.net. (Photo: Eero Laine.) In the mid-nineteenth century, John Brown (1800-59) riveted
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Macbeth by William Shakespeare (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Paul Innes
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Macbeth by William Shakespeare Paul Innes MACBETH. By William Shakespeare. Directed by Richard Twyman. Dubai Opera House, Dubai. November 4, 2023. Major theatrical productions were understandably on hiatus in the United Arab Emirates during the COVID-19 emergency. Large-scale events are beginning to resume, however, and the
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Pageant By Joan FitzPatrick Dean (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 David J. Eshelman
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Pageant By Joan FitzPatrick Dean David J. Eshelman PAGEANT. By Joan FitzPatrick Dean. Forms of Drama Series. London: Methuen, 2021; pp. 177. Pageants are large-scale scripted events designed to appeal to, include, and build communities. Joan FitzPatrick Dean’s book serves as an introduction to the pageant form, with three
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Marginality Beyond Return: Us Cuban Performances in the 1980s and 1990s by Lillian Manzor (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Eric Mayer-García
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Marginality Beyond Return: Us Cuban Performances in the 1980s and 1990s by Lillian Manzor Eric Mayer-García MARGINALITY BEYOND RETURN: US CUBAN PERFORMANCES IN THE 1980s AND 1990s. By Lillian Manzor. Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies. London: Routledge, 2023; pp. 321. Lillian Manzor’s Marginality beyond Return:
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Professional Wrestling: Politics and Populism ed. by Sharon Mazer, Heather Levi, Eero Laine, and Nell Haynes (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Scott Magelssen
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Professional Wrestling: Politics and Populism ed. by Sharon Mazer, Heather Levi, Eero Laine, and Nell Haynes Scott Magelssen PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING: POLITICS AND POPULISM. Edited by Sharon Mazer, Heather Levi, Eero Laine, and Nell Haynes. Enactment Series. London: Seagull Books, 2020; pp. 241. Professional wrestling might
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Editorial Comment: More Life Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Laura Edmondson
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Editorial Comment: More Life Laura Edmondson I write this comment in the midst of rage. Earlier this month, on May 1, students at my home institution of Dartmouth College erected five tents in the college’s central green space as part of a pro-Palestine protest. In the context of widespread police action on US campuses, Dartmouth’s administration
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The Many Voices of Sissieretta Jones: Opera and the Sonic Necromancy of the Black Phonographic Archive Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Westley Montgomery
Abstract: Sissieretta Jones (1868-1933) is perhaps best remembered as one of the first Black opera singers, despite having never performed on the operatic stage. Exploring race and phonography as interlinking technologies of perception underlying and structuring the ability of audiences to perceive black performers, this essay analyzes the multiple Joneses produced through her archive—in reviews, promotional
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To the Life: Resurrection and Presence in The Second Maiden's Tragedy, Hamlet, and Fat Ham Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Lauren Robertson
Abstract: Occupying a central place in Jacques Derrida’s formulation of hauntology, Hamlet’s Ghost is familiar to contemporary performance theory, standing in for the secondariness and self-division that define dramatic representation. But there was another figure more emblematic of performance in the early modern English playhouse: the revenant. Examining the convention of resurrection as it was frequently
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Augmented Reality and Theatre Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 E. B. Hunter
Abstract: The technology industry’s recent spatial turn presents new opportunities for theatre and performance in the twenty-first century. One such opportunity is augmented reality (AR), a technology that overlays digitally rendered assets onto the user’s physical space, giving the appearance that those assets populate the physical world. Through an analysis of The Builders Association’s Elements
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A Visceral and Temporal Remix: Performing Reza Abdoh's Archives Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Nazli Akhtari
Abstract: This essay takes as its central concern the historical transmission of Reza Abdoh’s performance works via their circulation in the artist’s retrospective exhibit at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art in 2019. I analyze two interlaced defining features in the KW exhibition—archival remixing and viscerality—that the curators used to honor Abdoh’s artistic legacy. Focusing on the exhibit
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Stereophonic by David Adjmi (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Elizabeth L. Wollman
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Stereophonic by David Adjmi Elizabeth L. Wollman STEREOPHONIC. By David Adjmi, with music by Will Butler. Directed by Daniel Aukin. Playwrights Horizons, New York. October 15 and November 26, 2023. When Stereophonic began previews in October 2023, David Adjmi argued that despite its setting in a 1970s recording studio and
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Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Adam Day Howard
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy Adam Day Howard NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812. Book, music, and lyrics by Dave Malloy. Directed by Victoria Bussert. Great Lakes Theater, Cleveland. September 24, 2023. The Great Lakes Theater needs no introduction. It has been at the forefront of the regional
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Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Joseph A. Heissan Jr.
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Joseph A. Heissan Jr. DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE. By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. Directed and choreographed by Simon McBurney. Metropolitan Opera House, New York. May 25, 2023. In Mozart’s singspiel Die Zauberflöte, the characters struggle to distinguish truth from
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Byggmeister Solness by Henrik Ibsen (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Andrew Friedman
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Byggmeister Solness by Henrik Ibsen Andrew Friedman BYGGMEISTER SOLNESS. By Henrik Ibsen. Created by Vegard Vinge and Ida Müller, with music by Trond Reinholdtsen. Det Norske Teatret, Oslo. September 12 and 14, 2023. The words “Byggmeister Angst” flashed in neon above the stage throughout Vegard Vinge and Ida Müller’s eight-and-a-half-hour
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Oregon Shakespeare Festival (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Lindsey Mantoan
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Oregon Shakespeare Festival Lindsey Mantoan OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL. Ashland, OR. September 21-23, 2023. In the wake of tremendous upheaval at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), from leadership turnover to the COVID-19 pandemic to wildfires to audiences balking at a reduction in plays by Shakespeare in favor of new
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National Arts Festival (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 April Sizemore-Barber
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: National Arts Festival April Sizemore-Barber NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL. Makhanda, South Africa. June 22-July 2, 2023. For nearly half a century, South Africa’s National Arts Festival (NAF) has been the premier platform for the artistic state of the nation. Its most recent outing in 2023 marked a hearty post-pandemic rebound,
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Root Beer Lady the Musical by Barbara Cary Hall (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Eero Laine
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Root Beer Lady the Musical by Barbara Cary Hall Eero Laine ROOT BEER LADY THE MUSICAL. Book, music, and lyrics by Barbara Cary Hall. Directed by Laurie Kess. Ely’s Historic State Theater, Ely, MN. September 8, 2023. If you drive far enough, you eventually run out of road. And if you’re driving north through Minnesota, you
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Watch Night by Marc Bamuthi Joseph (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Sonja Arsham Kuftinec
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Watch Night by Marc Bamuthi Joseph Sonja Arsham Kuftinec WATCH NIGHT. Co-conceived and libretto by Marc Bamuthi Joseph. Co-conceived and directed by Bill T. Jones. Music by Tamar-kali. Perelman Performing Arts Center, New York. November 12, 2023. Where are we? A marbled cube of cultural life in lower Manhattan, Perelman Performing
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The Second Wave: Reflections on The Pandemic Through Photography, Performance and Public Culture by Rustom Bharucha (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Amanda Culp
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Second Wave: Reflections on The Pandemic Through Photography, Performance and Public Culture by Rustom Bharucha Amanda Culp THE SECOND WAVE: REFLECTIONS ON THE PANDEMIC THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY, PERFORMANCE AND PUBLIC CULTURE. By Rustom Bharucha. Kolkata: Seagull Books, 2022; pp. 230. Rustom Bharucha begins The Second Wave
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Shakespeare and Latinidad ed. by Trevor Boffone and Carla Della Gatta (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Dennis Sloan
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Shakespeare and Latinidad ed. by Trevor Boffone and Carla Della Gatta Dennis Sloan SHAKESPEARE AND LATINIDAD. Edited by Trevor Boffone and Carla Della Gatta. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021; pp. 236. In Shakespeare and Latinidad, editors Trevor Boffone and Carla Della Gatta join twenty-three additional contributors
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Tom Stoppard In Context ed. by David Kornhaber and James N. Loehlin (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Katherine Weiss
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Tom Stoppard In Context ed. by David Kornhaber and James N. Loehlin Katherine Weiss TOM STOPPARD IN CONTEXT. Edited by David Kornhaber and James N. Loehlin. Literature in Context Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021; pp. 269. Tom Stoppard in Context, a collection of thirty-one short essays, is part of Cambridge
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Cultures of Witnessing: Law and The York Plays by Emma Lipton (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Gillian Redfern
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Cultures of Witnessing: Law and The York Plays by Emma Lipton Gillian Redfern CULTURES OF WITNESSING: LAW AND THE YORK PLAYS. By Emma Lipton. The Middle Ages Series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022; pp. 200. Written in lively, engaging prose that is equally authoritative and accessible, the central argument
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The Taylor Mac Book: Ritual, Realness and Radical Performance ed by David Román and Sean F. Edgecomb (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Benjamin Gillespie
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Taylor Mac Book: Ritual, Realness and Radical Performance ed by David Román and Sean F. Edgecomb Benjamin Gillespie THE TAYLOR MAC BOOK: RITUAL, REALNESS AND RADICAL PERFORMANCE. Edited by David Román and Sean F. Edgecomb. Triangulations Series. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2023; pp. 307. Written and compiled
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Eco-Performance, Art, and Spatial Justice in The Us by Courtney B. Ryan (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Jonah Winn-Lenetsky
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Eco-Performance, Art, and Spatial Justice in The Us by Courtney B. Ryan Jonah Winn-Lenetsky ECO-PERFORMANCE, ART, AND SPATIAL JUSTICE IN THE US. By Courtney B. Ryan. Routledge Environmental Humanities Series. New York: Routledge, 2023; pp. 182. How can we use small instances of material performance to address the global crises
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Monumental Cares: Sites of History and Contemporary Art by Mechtild Widrich (review) Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Rebecca Jackson
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Monumental Cares: Sites of History and Contemporary Art by Mechtild Widrich Rebecca Jackson MONUMENTAL CARES: SITES OF HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY ART. By Mechtild Widrich. Rethinking Art’s Histories Series. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2023; pp. 228. Mechtild Widrich, professor of art history, theory, and criticism
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Theatre and Translation, Again Theatre Journal (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-07-23 Avishek Ganguly
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Theatre and Translation, Again Avishek Ganguly In 2007, Jean Graham-Jones coordinated a special issue of Theatre Journal dedicated to the topic of translation vis-à-vis theatre and performance. To my knowledge, it still remains the only occasion when a substantial discussion of that topic has taken place in the pages of the journal, including