theater

Provides brief descriptions of plays and musicals that have appeared on Broadway between 1919 and 2007, arranged alphabetically, and covers the plots, actors, critical reactions, and reasons for notoriety of more than 14,000 productions.

Performing in the English town of Stratford-on-Avon in 1576, a young actress, who is disguised as a boy, uncovers a murder mystery with help from a local lad named Will Shakespeare.

Contains over five thousand alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about the theater, covering actors, playwrights, directors, and other significant people; theatrical styles and genres; technical terms and jargon; major plays; and famous buildings and companies.

Recounts the history of the Federal Theatre Project of the 1930s which was initiated by the government to help get unemployed people back to work. Describes the productions that were created by many notable figures including Orson Welles, John Houseman, and Sinclair Lewis. Also discusses the demise of the Federal Theatre Project at the hands of Martin Dies and his House Un-American Activities Committee.

Take an in-depth look at what happens backstage at a play.

A thirty-minute adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," telling the story of the play while keeping Shakespeare's language intact. Includes stage directions and character suggestions.

Presents Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors" in which two sets of twins, separated at birth, eventually meet their doubles in Ephesus, creating a series of incidents, quarrels, arrests, and courtroom drama; abridged to be performed in thirty minutes while maintaining the original language, with stage directions and character suggestions.