Play by Play - Theater Essays & Reviews, 1993-2002 (Hardcover, 1st Limelight ed)

For more than 15 years Jonathan Kalb has been a singularly perceptive commentator on American and European theatre. These essays and reviews, by the 1991 winner of the George Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, set a new standard for theatre writing today. This collection begins with a brave and piercing appraisal of the state of current theatre criticism, in a section Kalb characteristically calls 'Critical Mess'. He goes on to revisit the work of Samuel Beckett, as performed in well-meaning efforts to bring it to a new, wider (TV) audience; to consider today's political theatre, particularly in the flourishing form of one-person shows; to explore the theatrical landscape of a reunited Germany, where the Berliner Ensemble is no longer a showcase for the East, and finally to cover what's going on back home in New York -- everything from 'The Lion King' and 'Dame Edna' to plays of David Mamet and Arthur Miller (new and old) and to the latest trends in the Broadway musical.

General

Imprint:	Limelight Editions
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Limelight
Release date:	June 2003
First published:	August 2004
Authors:	Jonathan Kalb
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
Edition:	1st Limelight ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-87910-989-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General
LSN:	0-87910-989-0
Barcode:	9780879109899

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