The Darfsteller: History and Key Facts
"The Darfsteller" is a 1955 science fiction novelette by American writer Walter M.
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Musicals, plays, playwrights, dance and the history of live performance.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (musical): History and Key Facts
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a musical comedy based on the 1876 novel by Mark Twain conceived and written by Ken Ludwig, with music and lyrics by Don Schlitz.
Afgar: History and Key Facts
Afgar, or the Andalusian Leisure is a musical with lyrics by Douglas Furber, music by Charles Cuvillier and a book by Fred Thompson and Worton David.
Cuban musical theatre: History and Key Facts
Cuban musical theatre has its own distinctive style and history.
Adonis (musical): History and Key Facts
Adonis is a musical burlesque in two acts with both book and lyrics by William Gill that is a spoof of the Pygmalion myth.
Adele (musical): History and Key Facts
Adele is a musical in three acts with book, music and lyrics by Adolf Philipp.
History of theatre in Cologne: History and Key Facts
The history of the theatre in Cologne, Germany, has its roots in the Middle Ages.
The Addams Family (musical): History and Key Facts
The Addams Family is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice.
Jesus Christ Superstar: Museum Object and Cultural History
Jesus Christ Superstar: release date: 1970. manufacturer: Decca. Object Name: sound recording.
Ring for Ain't Misbehavin' costume worn by André De Shields: Museum Object and Cultural History
Ring for Ain't Misbehavin' costume worn by André De Shields: Date: 1982. Created by: Unidentified. Worn by: André De Shields, American, born 1946.
Costume design drawing by Judy Dearing for Bobo in A Raisin in the Sun: Museum Object and Cultural History
Costume design drawing by Judy Dearing for Bobo in A Raisin in the Sun: Date: 1983-1986. Created by: Judy Dearing, American, 1940 - 1995. Subject of: Lorraine Hansberry, American, 1930 - 1965.
Catholic Church and theatre: History and Key Facts
Many bishops, priests and monks strongly condemned theatrical amusements or even declared the actors to be "instruments of Satan", "a curse to the Church", and "beguiling unstable souls".
Abyssinia (1906 musical): History and Key Facts
Abyssinia is a musical in one act with music by Will Marion Cook and Bert Williams, and both book and lyrics by Jesse A.
British-Jewish theatre: History and Key Facts
Jews have long been involved in British theatre and have massively influenced it as a result.
Burlesque: History and Key Facts
A burlesque (English pronunciation: /bɜːrˈlɛsk/ ; French pronunciation: [byʁlɛsk] ) is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of seri
1776 (musical): History and Key Facts
1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone.
Desi Hoppers: History and Key Facts
Desi Hoppers (also known as Desi Hoppers Dance Crew) is a hip-hop dance crew from Mumbai, India.
Breeches role: History and Key Facts
In theater, a breeches role or breeches part (also pants role, pants part, trouser role, trouser part, and Hosenrolle) is a role in which a female actor performs in male clothing.
Bruce Bonafede: Biography and Background
Bruce Bonafede is an American playwright.
Bad quarto: History and Key Facts
A bad quarto, in Shakespearean scholarship, is a quarto-sized printed edition of one of Shakespeare's plays that is considered to be unauthorised, and is theorised to have been pirated from a the
Jeff Biggers: Biography and Background
Jeff Biggers (born in 1963) is an American Book Award-winning historian, journalist, playwright, novelist and monologist.
Antitheatricality: History and Key Facts
Antitheatricality is any form of opposition or hostility to theater.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee: History and Key Facts
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by William Finn, with a book written by Rachel Sheinkin, created by Rebecca Feldman with additional material b
42nd Street (musical): History and Key Facts
42nd Street is a 1980 stage musical with a book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin and Johnny Mercer and music by Harry Warren.
Azerbaijan State Song and Dance Ensemble: History and Key Facts
The Azerbaijan State Song and Dance Ensemble was created in 1938 by Uzeyir Hajibeyov, the founder of classic Azerbaijani music.
Mitts from Bombalurina costume used in the musical Cats: Museum Object and Cultural History
Mitts from Bombalurina costume used in the musical Cats: Date made: 1982 - 2000. designer: Napier, John. Object Name: mitts, pair of.
Poster for the 1994 off-Broadway production of Three Tall Women: Museum Object and Cultural History
Poster for the 1994 off-Broadway production of Three Tall Women: date made: around 1994. Object Name: poster. Physical Description: paper (overall material).
Connor Project button used in Dear Evan Hansen: Museum Object and Cultural History
Connor Project button used in Dear Evan Hansen: date made: 2010s. Object Name: button. Physical Description: plastic (face material).
Photograph of Aurora Greeley: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Aurora Greeley: Date: 1936. Photograph by: Cloud’s Studio, American. Subject of: Aurora Greeley, American, 1905 - 1983.
Photograph of five female performers and one male performer: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of five female performers and one male performer: Date: 1933-1950. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Laura Cathrell, 1914 - 1999.
Angura: History and Key Facts
Angura (アングラ), also known as the "Little Theater" (小劇場, shōgekijō) movement, was a Japanese avant-garde theater movement in the 1960s and 1970s that reacted against the Brechtian modernism and fo
13 (musical): History and Key Facts
13 is a musical with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown and book by Dan Elish and Robert Horn.
Dance troupe: History and Key Facts
A dance troupe or dance company is a group of dancers and associated personnel who work together to perform dances as a sport, spectacle or entertainment.
Academic drama: History and Key Facts
Academic drama refers to a theatrical movement that emerged in the mid 16th century during the Renaissance.
Intercultural theatre: History and Key Facts
Intercultural theater, also known as cross-cultural theatre, may transcend time, while mixing and matching cultures or subcultures.
Cabaret (musical): History and Key Facts
Cabaret is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff.
Mikhail Baryshnikov: History and Key Facts
Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov (born January 27, 1948) is a Latvian and American dancer, choreographer, and actor.
Peking opera: History and Key Facts
Peking opera, or Beijing opera (simplified Chinese: 京剧; traditional Chinese: 京劇; pinyin: Jīngjù), is the dominant form of Chinese opera, which combines instrumental music, vocal performance, mime