Realism (theatre): History and Key Facts
Realism was a general movement that began in 19th-century theatre, around the 1870s, and remained present through much of the 20th century.
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Gregory Evans (dramatist): Biography and Background
Gregory Evans is a British television scriptwriter, playwright and radio dramatist.
Lisa Evans (playwright): Biography and Background
Lisa Evans is a British playwright and has been a Royal Literary Fund fellow at several universities.
Chess (musical): History and Key Facts
Chess is a 1986 musical with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of the pop group ABBA, lyrics by Ulvaeus and Tim Rice, and book by Rice.
The Cher Show (musical): History and Key Facts
The Cher Show is a jukebox musical with a book by Rick Elice that tells the story of the life and career of Cher, using songs that she performed throughout her career.
Revenge tragedy: History and Key Facts
Revenge tragedy (sometimes referred to as revenge drama, revenge play, or tragedy of blood) is a theatrical genre in which the principal theme is revenge and revenge's fatal consequences.
Chicago (musical): History and Key Facts
Chicago is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse.
China Rose (operetta): History and Key Facts
China Rose is an operetta in two acts with music by A.
![Vista de un "cuadro" de una revista porteña de los años 1920. La fuente (La Nación) no brinda datos de la imagen, aunque en un apartado de la página oficial del Teatro Maipo dedicado a la temporada de 1925 se reproduce una fotografía en la que las bailarinas figuran con un vestuario muy similar.[1]
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Revue: History and Key Facts
A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches.
Revista porteña: History and Key Facts
The revista porteña (meaning "porteña revue" or "Buenos Aires revue" in Spanish) is a theatrical genre native to Argentina, derived from European revue, which originated in the city of Buenos Air
Kevin Fegan: Biography and Background
Kevin Fegan (born 1957 in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, UK) is a British-Irish playwright and poet, known for his work in theatre, radio, and poetry.
Royal Command Performance: History and Key Facts
A Royal Command Performance is any performance by actors or musicians that occurs at the direction or request of a reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
Sceneggiata: History and Key Facts
The sceneggiata (pronounced [ʃenedˈdʒaːta], pl.
Photograph of Bill Bailey: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Bill Bailey: Date: ca. 1937. Photograph by: Marvin Smith, American, 1910 - 2003. Photograph by: Morgan Smith, American, born 1910.
Photograph of two men and eleven women posing in stage costumes: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of two men and eleven women posing in stage costumes: Date: ca. 1925. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.
"Memphis Underground": Museum Object and Cultural History
"Memphis Underground": publising date: 1969. publisher: Herbie Mann Music Corp.. Object Name: sheet music.
Shadow play: History and Key Facts
Shadow play, also known as shadow puppetry, is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment which uses flat articulated cut-out figures (shadow puppets) which are held between a source of li
Cinderella (Lloyd Webber musical): History and Key Facts
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella, produced on Broadway as Bad Cinderella, is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by David Zippel, and a book by Emerald Fennell.
Site-specific theatre: History and Key Facts
Site-specific theatre is a theatrical production that is performed at a unique location other than a theatre.
Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein musical): History and Key Facts
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella is a musical written for television, but later played on stage, with music by Richard Rodgers and a book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.
Cinders (musical): History and Key Facts
Cinders is a musical in two acts with music by Rudolf Friml and both book and lyrics by Edward Clark.
Jonathan Gems: Biography and Background
Jonathan Gems (born 1952, in London) is a British playwright and screenwriter mostly known for his work on Mars Attacks!
Jig (theatre): History and Key Facts
In theatres, beginning in Elizabethan London, a jig was a short comic drama that immediately followed a full-length play.
Philip Glassborow: Biography and Background
Philip Glassborow is a playwright, lyricist and composer who writes for theatre, radio and television.
A Class Act: History and Key Facts
A Class Act is a quasi-autobiographical musical loosely based on the life of composer-lyricist Edward Kleban, who died at the age of 48 in 1987.
Ta'ziyeh: History and Key Facts
Ta'ziyeh, also spelled as ta'zieh (Iranian Persian: تعزیه, romanized: taʿziye [tæʔziˈje], from Arabic تعزية taʿziya, 'condolence'), is a dramatic art form of Iran, performed by Shia Muslims, an
Tableau vivant: History and Key Facts
A tableau vivant (French: [tablo vivɑ̃]; often shortened to tableau; pl.
Come from Away: History and Key Facts
Come from Away is a musical, with book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein.
Atiha Sen Gupta: Biography and Background
Atiha Sen-Gupta (born 1988) is a British playwright and screenwriter.
Come Summer: History and Key Facts
Come Summer is a Broadway musical with a book and lyrics by Will Holt and music by David Baker, based on Rainbow on the Road by Esther Forbes and vocal arrangements by Trude Rittmann.
Theatre of the Grotesque: History and Key Facts
The Theatre of the Grotesque was a twentieth-century dramatic movement.
A Connecticut Yankee (musical): History and Key Facts
A Connecticut Yankee is a musical based on the 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by American writer Mark Twain.
Christopher Hampton: Biography and Background
Sir Christopher James Hampton (born 26 January 1946) is a British playwright, screenwriter, and translator.
Hannah Doran: Biography and Background
Hannah Doran is a playwright, whose work The Meat Kings!
Tom show: History and Key Facts
Tom show is a general term for any play or musical based (often only loosely) on the 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Tonadilla: History and Key Facts
Tonadilla, also known as tonadilla escénica, was a Spanish musical song form of theatrical origin; not danced.
Photograph of The Henry LeTang Dancers at Club 845: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of The Henry LeTang Dancers at Club 845: Date: 1950-1951. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Laura Cathrell, 1914 - 1999.
Toe pads used in the ballet shoes worn by Heather Whitestone McCallum during the 1995 Miss America competition: Museum Object and Cultural History
Toe pads used in the ballet shoes worn by Heather Whitestone McCallum during the 1995 Miss America competition: user: McCallum, Heather Whitestone. Object Name: toe pads. Physical Description: plastic (overall material).
Stockings from a costume worn in the play The Corn is Green: Museum Object and Cultural History
Stockings from a costume worn in the play The Corn is Green: date made: 1906. Object Name: Stockings. Object Type: stockings.
Playbill: Cats: Museum Object and Cultural History
Playbill: Cats: date made: 2000. Object Name: playbill. Physical Description: paper (overall material).