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…
By Michael Lueger. Shakespeare looms large over both the American and British theatre scenes.
By Michael Lueger. The ancient Roman comedies of Plautus have inspired playwrights from Shakespeare to Sondheim.
By Michael Lueger. In the nineteenth century, Charlotte Cushman became United States' first celebrity actress.
By 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's f…
By 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.
By 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 Lat…
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By Michael Lueger. Michael Lueger is joined by director, performer, and educator Dr.
By 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.
By 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…
By 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. …
By 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…
By 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.
By Michael Lueger. In this week's Theatre History Podcast, Dr. Derek Miller joins us to talk about the origins and development of theatrical copyright.