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A Book Celebration of Marc Robinson's American Performance in 1976
The McCarter Theatre Center and Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts presented The Ground on Which We Stand: Diversity and Opportunity in American Theatre, Twenty Years after August Wilson’s Foundational Speech livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 18 April at 10:30 a.m. PDT-3 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 12:30 p.m. CDT-5 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 1:30 p.m. EDT-6 p.m. EDT (New York).
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented Spalding Gray: A Celebration of his Life and Work livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 11 April at 3:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 22:30 GMT / 23:30 BST (London). On Twitter, use #howlround to join the conversation.
Have jokey depictions of elections on stage and screen helped cause a joke of a real-life presidential campaign? Jonathan Mandell visits two experimental theatre projects that are tackling this year’s presidential election in serious and intriguing ways.
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented a discussion with theatre historian Erika Fischer-Lichte on theatre, sacrifice, and ritual livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 31 March at 3:30 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 5:30 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6:30 p.m. EDT (New York) / 22:30 GMT / 23:30 BST (London). On Twitter, use #howlround to join the conversation.
Boston University presented Theatre Nohgaku's Performance and Discussion of Noh Music and a Lecture and Demonstration of Noh and Kyogen Performance Styles livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday 25 March and Saturday 26 March. On Twitter, use #howlround and follow @HowlRoundTV.
Billy McEntee traces the social history connected to Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, which premiered on Broadway in 1953 during the height of McCarthyism.
Alexis Greene shares her experience entering the theatre for Young Vic’s production of Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge. She reflects on Miller’s life and work in relation to today’s social climate.
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented Richard Schechner Day livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 30 November. In Twitter, use #howlround to join the conversation.
The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presented Fassbinder and the Stage livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 16 November at 3:30 p.m. PST (Los Angeles) / 5:30 p.m. CST (Chicago) / 6:30 p.m. EST (New York) / 23:30 GMT (London).
On Albert Camus’s birthday, scholar Amy Brady reviews an article that was published in Theatre Arts Magazine in 1960 reflecting Camus’s reasons why he worked in theatre.
La MaMa presented a performance of Teatro Patologico’sMedeadirected by Dario D’Ambrosi livestreamed from New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday 18 October at 1 p.m. PDT (San Francisco) / 3 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 4 p.m. EDT (New York) / 20:00 GMT / 21:00 BST (London) / 22:00 CEST (Rome).
Bob Fosse is the only theatre artist who has won eight Tony Awards for choreography and one for direction, an Academy Award, and an Emmy. Dan Friedman considers Fosse’s impressive although spare film legacy.
