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Appassionanti monologhi nei quali Franca Rame interpreta di volta in volta una vistosa casalinga frustrata e alienata, un'operaia in corsa affannosa contro il tempo mentre si prepara a portare il bambino all'asilo e andare al lavoro, una madre cattocomunista che diventa fricchettona per seguire il figlio contestatore fuggito di casa. Va in scena per la prima volta nel 1977.

La commedia racconta la storia di un attore condannato a morte per aver recitato un'opera proibita. Dal patibolo il protagonista narra le avventure di Cristoforo Colombo che tenta con l’inganno di convincere la regina a finanziare la sua spedizione alla scoperta dell’America. Va in scena per la prima volta nel 1963, è frutto di ricerche documentate. La registrazione dalla quale è stato estratto l’audio è del 1977.

Dario Fo tiene una straordinaria lezione per rendere omaggio al genio di Vinci e alla sua opera più complessa e misteriosa, dipinta tra il 1495 e il 1498. Ripercorre con un ritmo che trascina e incanta le tappe salienti della vita di Leonardo, comprese quelle che non si raccontano sui banchi di scuola. Va in scena per la prima volta nel 1999. Di e con Dario Fo e Franca Rame, con collaborazione di Silvia Varale.

Uno spettacolo scritto a tre mani da Franca, Dario e il figio Jacopo che, partendo dal racconto delle proprie esperienze personali, parla di amore e di sesso, del vuoto della conoscenza del proprio corpo, di tabù, paure e inibizioni. Uno straordinario monologo di Franca Rame che affronta temi delicati e intimi con un irresistibile contrappunto di commenti comici e grotteschi ma anche con grande delicatezza e pudore.

Tre atti unici che puntano l'obiettivo sulla condizione della donna nella società contemporanea. In L'Eroina il tema è quello della droga, Grasso è bello! è dedicato invece alla rivalità fra donne nella carriera come nei sentimenti, in Una Giornata qualunque una donna tutta sola è alle prese con la telecamera cui tenta di affidare il suo ultimo messaggio per il marito fedifrago prima di suicidarsi. Va in scena per la prima volta nel 1991. Le registrazioni dalle quali è stato estratto l’audio sono del 1991 e del 1986.

Improve your performance on stage with this insightful collection of essays by world renowned actors, directors, and theater practitioners, including Michael Chekhov, Sofya Giatsintova, and Constantin Stainislavski himself.

"Mistero Buffo" è il testo più celebre e significativo della ricerca di Dario Fo sulle radici del teatro popolare. Dario Fo, moderno giullare, ricorre a un linguaggio reinventato – il grammelot, gioco verbale e mimico con cui recitavano i giullari di un tempo per raccontare con ironia e sarcasmo la tacita, millenaria storia delle classi subalterne. anche a fini di protesta e di contestazione sociale. Va in scena per la prima volta nel 1969. La registrazione dalla quale è stato estratto l'audio è del 1977.

Tre esilaranti monologhi scritti e interpretati da Dario Fo ispirandosi ai fabliaux francesi del XI-XII secolo: giullarate scurrili che, per indurre il pubblico all’ilarità più sfrenata, ricorrevano a situazioni grottesche o scabrose. Il tutto è impreziosito dalla mimica insuperabile di Fo e dall’uso del suo colorato ed espressivo dialetto padano. Va in scena per la prima volta nel 1982. Le registrazioni dalle quali è stato estratto l’audio sono del 1991 e del 2002.

La storia di un matrimonio "democratico" e "progressista" vissuto sulla scia di un Sessantotto interpretato in maniera discutibile, dove le spinte alla liberazione sessuale e al rifiuto dei tabù e delle convenzioni "borghesi" si scontrano con gli equivoci di una morale ipocrita. Va in scena per la prima volta nel 1983. La registrazione dalla quale è stato estratto l’audio è del 1991.

"Mistero Buffo" è il testo più celebre e significativo della ricerca di Dario Fo sulle radici del teatro popolare. Dario Fo, moderno giullare, ricorre a un linguaggio reinventato – il grammelot, gioco verbale e mimico con cui recitavano i giullari di un tempo per raccontare con ironia e sarcasmo la tacita, millenaria storia delle classi subalterne. anche a fini di protesta e di contestazione sociale. Va in scena per la prima volta nel 1969. La registrazione dalla quale è stato estratto l'audio è del 1977.

A Broadway understudy faces his worst fears when he has to go on at the last minute for the star of one of the biggest hits in musical theatre history, Mel Brooks’ The Producers. If he fails, he knows it’s curtains for his career.

This book charts the personal and professional journey of Greg Doran, Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, from 2012 until 2022. My Shakespeare uniquely captures the excitement, energy, surprises, joys and agonies of working on the greatest of plays; sheds new light on these plays through Doran’s own research and discoveries made in the rehearsal room; and gives unprecedented access into the craft, life and loves of this exceptional director.

*The Millions Most Anticipated List of 2023* *A Vogue Best LGBTQ+ Book of 2023* "Deeply researched and featuring a cast of characters who can truly be described as fabulous, Glitter and Concrete is urban history on fire." —Thomas Dyja, author of New York, New York, New York An intimate...

Lively, sophisticated, and filled with first-person tributes and glorious images, Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His Legacy lifts the curtain on a Broadway legend. "Aside from Sondheim's own exceptional books...this may be the best coffee-table volume devoted to his work."(Shelf Awareness)...

Wanting to be a dancer while growing up in a large military family made Christine Barker somewhat of a black sheep, but she followed her dreams to New York City, where—in a moment of almost unbelievable good fortune—she was chosen for the London cast of A Chorus Line. London, and then New York, in the '70s and '80s opened up Christine’s world. The creativity, culture, and nightlife were intoxicating, enough so to compel her older brother Laughlin to join her. Once there, the divorced father, veteran, and corporate lawyer met rising fashion star Perry Ellis.

No one was sure if America was ready for a show featuring nuanced, thoughtful portrayals of Black characters―and the potential fallout was terrifying. But from the first jazzy, syncopated beats of composers Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, New York audiences fell head over heels. This is the story of how Sissle and Blake, along with comedians Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles, overcame poverty, racism, and violence to harness the energy of the Harlem Renaissance and produce a runaway Broadway hit that launched the careers of many of the twentieth century’s most beloved Black performers.

A daughter longs to guide her mother through the hardest of journeys of memory loss, paving a way with her own remembrance; for memory is an actor’s most powerful tool. Before the settling and subsidence of life, Hayley prepares to perform a show to honour her mother, Joan.

Não há última deixa: mesmo com todos os preconceitos e mortes anunciadas, o teatro existe desde que existe o mundo. E, durante a pandemia CoVid-19, continuou a existir. O que se lê neste livro comprova isso mesmo e, mais ainda, que um espetáculo teatral é um ser vivo que nasce e morre todos os dias e cuja existência depende de uma grande equipa. Este é o álbum de família da peça Só Eu Escapei, levada à cena no Teatro Aberto, em Lisboa, entre o Outono de 2020 e a Primavera de 2021.

Take It Easy™ isn't about a new way of doing improv, nor is it meant to replace your own style or approach. Instead it's a mindset that can inform your performance and your approach to improvisation. The exercises and ideas in here will give you more freedom onstage, help you be less attached to the outcome and more in the moment, and generally see you having more fun.

Listen as stage and screen performer Jason Gotay (Gossip Girl, Evita) brings his breathtaking vocals and gift of storytelling to a musical narrative about his journey to self-acceptance. With soulful interpretations of musical theater selections and pop favorites, the Bring It On: The Musical actor walks us through transformational moments of his past while paying homage to the fierce women who have inspired him.

A soul-stirring new musical conceived by New York Times best-selling novelist Jodi Picoult and playwright Timothy Allen McDonald, Breathe places listeners inside the walls of five homes during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Filled with songs and vignettes that examine new relationships, rekindling flames, parenting, racial reckoning, and grief during a pandemic, this incredibly timely world premiere—written and produced online in 2020 in real-time as events unfolded—reflects the very topics that weighed on the hearts and minds of Americans.

It’s the artist’s age-old dilemma: follow your conscience or follow the cash. So when a canceled movie star reaches out to up-and-coming writer Ivey Viola to discuss a mysterious project, she uses the opportunity to escape mid-pandemic New York for his private island with her roommate in tow. However, once on the island, she realizes that the cost of working with the toxic, closeted actor might be more than she’s willing to accept...or can refuse.

Dangerous Theatre records the activities of the various organizations of the Federal Theatre Project involved with fostering the writing and production of new plays during the FTP's existence (1935-39). It presents a comprehensive and thorough picture of how playwrights actually worked and how their work was received by general audiences and critics.

Good Morning, Olive (named for one of the most beautiful and temperamental of Broadway's ghosts) is about the ghosts that haunt theatres in New York and around the world. Broadway is the playground of stars, so it's probably not surprising to learn that even its ghosts are stars. Meet some of Broadway's best known—and most active—celebrity ghosts. Don't worry: like Casper, they tend to be friendly. For the most part.

The great poet Ghalib, part of a long tradition of eclectic liberalism, found Benaras so compelling that he wrote his longest poem on the holy city. If we take Ghalib and his myriads of followers out of the equation, will Hindustan be left with a gaping hole or become something quite new? The...

The Music Man stands as one of the greatest achievements in American musical theatre, but few know about its rocky beginnings and the against-all-odds success story of its creator, Meredith Willson. Mark Cabaniss steps back into the Golden Age of Broadway and brings to life the origins of this classic show, the music behind it, and the unlikely story of its creator. Interweaving behind-the-scenes accounts of people who worked with Willson, Cabaniss looks at his long and unusual career as a composer, conductor, radio personality, and flutist.

From the master of Story, Dialogue, and Character, ACTION offers writers the keys to propulsive storytelling. ACTION explores the ways that a modern-day writer can successfully tell an action story that not only stands apart, but wins the war on clichés. Teaming up with the former co-host of...

Amber Iman’s powerful concert melds her onstage work in shows such as Shuffle Along and Soul Doctor with her work offstage as a founding member of the Broadway Advocacy Coalition and Black Women on Broadway. Using personal stories and songs, she takes the audience on a journey through love, rejection, race, artistry, and heartbreak in a performance that challenges, encourages, and uplifts, reminding us that we have the capacity to move forward from any setback.

When Mexican-born novelist Lucia lands her first TV writing job, she immediately feels out of place in the White, male-dominated writers' room. Before long, she’s drawn to the only other Latino around, a janitor named Abel, and the two begin an unlikely friendship—one that’s tested when Abel’s confidences start showing up in Lucia’s scripts.

Read by the author The long-awaited and wildly entertaining memoir of the star of stage and screen, the legendary Chita Rivera—three-time Tony Award–winner, Kennedy Centers honoree, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She was born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero—until...

From the MTV trailblazer, stand-up comedian, and actor, a hilariously candid memoir that is an intimate, entertaining, and heartfelt tour through the exclusive, elusive, and eternally iconic world of ’90s pop culture. Imagine 50 Cent’s Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter written by a nerdy Black...

Sondheim in Our Time and His offers a wide-ranging historical investigation of the landmark works and extraordinary career of Stephen Sondheim, a career which has spanned much of the history of American musical theater. Each author uncovers those aspects of biography, collaborative process, and contemporary context that impacted the creation and reception of Sondheim's musicals. In addition, several authors explore in detail how Sondheim's shows have been dramatically revised and adapted over time, bringing together his past with the present, thriving existence of his musicals.

The revealing and candid memoir of Australia's legendary playwright and screenwriter The definitive memoir of David Williamson, author of iconic dramas such as The Removalists, The Club, Don's Party, Emerald City and Travelling North, as well as more than fifty other plays, explores the life of...

Immerse yourself in more than 400 years of the world's most celebrated operas and discover the fascinating stories behind them. Explore the lives of singers such as Maria Callas, Luciano Pavarotti, and Jonas Kaufmann. Meet composers like Mozart, Wagner, and Britten, and the librettists with whom they collaborated to create the magical blend of words and music that make up opera.

Distinguished theater critic John Lahr brings unique perspective to the life of Arthur Miller, the playwright who almost single-handedly propelled twentieth-century American theater into a new level of cultural sophistication. Organized around the fault lines of Miller’s life—his family, the Great Depression, the rise of fascism, Elia Kazan and the House Committee on Un-American Activities, Marilyn Monroe, Vietnam, and the rise and fall of Miller’s role as a public intellectual—this book demonstrates the synergy between Arthur Miller’s psychology and his plays.

The First 60 Years: The History of Afro-American Musical Theater and Entertainment chronicles the contributions made by Black Americans to the entertainment industry in America from 1871 through 1930. This book describes, among other subjects, the types of traveling circuses performers worked on and the types of material performed there. This book also chronicles the history and the beginnings of Black Vaudeville in America, the creation of the blues, and the beginnings of Black theatrical entrepreneurship that took place in America during its most racist times.

Few people in recent memory have dedicated themselves as devotedly to the story of twentieth-century American music as Rob Kapilow, the composer, conductor, and host of the hit NPR music radio program, What Makes It Great? Now, in Listening for America, he turns his keen ear to the Great American Songbook, bringing many of our favorite classics to life.

Inarguably one of the greatest dramas in the history of the American theater” (Chicago Tribune), Eugene O'Neill’s LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT receives a vibrant and timely update….

The fiercely talented and versatile stage and screen performer Solea Pfeiffer (Hamilton, Almost Famous, The Light in the Piazza, and Evita) brings her powerhouse vocals and gift of storytelling to create a deeply personal musical narrative. Armed with her immense versatility as a vocalist, the Zimbabwe-born performer explores what it means to be a mixed-race person in America today and takes us on her journey toward self-discovery, self-love, and ultimately self-celebration.

There’s been a murder in studio one, and everyone’s a suspect. Recorded live at the Minetta Lane Theatre, a dozen Today and NBC News anchors take center stage in this hilarious radio play. First released in 1941, Murder in Studio One is a whodunit following a female private eye and her fast-talking sidekick as they reluctantly take the case of a murder in a New York radio station. Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb lead an all-star NBC News cast in the comedic mystery produced in partnership with Audible.