By Michael Lueger. As a part of the New Deal, the Federal Theatre Project of the 1930s funded theatre in the United States at an unprecedented level, providing paid work for trained theatre…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:27PMBy Michael Lueger. Shakespeare looms large over both the American and British theatre scenes.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:03AMBy Michael Lueger. The ancient Roman comedies of Plautus have inspired playwrights from Shakespeare to Sondheim.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:03AMBy Michael Lueger. In the nineteenth century, Charlotte Cushman became United States’ first celebrity actress.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:23PMBy Michael Lueger. As the University of Pittsburgh prepares to make August Wilson’s archive publicly accessible, Dr. Sandra G. Shannon and William Daw join Mike Leuger to discuss Wilson�…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:30PMBy Michael Lueger. Dongshin Chan introduces us to the world of kunqu, the traditional Chinese theatrical form that gave rise to masterpieces of world theatre in the 16th and 17th centuries.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:35AMBy Michael Lueger. In this week’s Theatre History Podcast, Dr. Megan Sanborn Jones discusses the history of Mormons in theatre and the pageant tradition in the Church of Jesus Christ of L…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:02AMBy Michael Lueger. Dr.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:11AMBy Michael Lueger. Michael Lueger is joined by director, performer, and educator Dr.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:08AMBy Michael Lueger. We welcome back Stories from the Eastern West for Part 2 of their exploration of the life and work of Polish theatre director Jerzy Grotowski.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:16PMBy Michael Lueger. The Theatre History Podcast is proud to partner with Stories from the Eastern West to present the first of a two-part episode on the life and work of revolutionary theatr…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:15PMBy Michael Lueger. The Restoration was an era of theatrical innovation and rebirth in England. It also saw a number of strikingly radical revisions of William Shakespeare's original plays. …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PMBy Michael Lueger. In this week's Theatre History Podcast, Matt DiCintio on the origins of the freak show and its lasting influence on our perceptions of disability, race, and physical diff…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:08PMBy Michael Lueger. Why is Mary Ann Yates the greatest actress you've never heard of? Dr. Elaine McGirr introduces us to this eighteenth-century star and recounts her fascinating career.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:50AMBy Michael Lueger. In this week's Theatre History Podcast, Dr. Derek Miller joins us to talk about the origins and development of theatrical copyright.
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