THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED, PERMANENT FLOATING MONOLOGUE NIGHT IN NEW YORK IS BACK!!!--AT THE DRAMA BOOK SHOP FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, THURSDAY, JUNE 13 (6-7 PM)--NOW CELEBRATING KIDS AND CHILDREN’S THEATRE!!!! and more... THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED, PERMANENT FLOATING MONOLOGUE NIGHT IN NEW YORK IS BACK!!!--AT THE DRAMA BOOK SHOP FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, THURSDAY, JUNE 13 (6-7 PM)--NOW CELEBRATING KIDS AND CHILDREN’S THEATRE!!!!
ABSOLUTELY ONE NIGHT ONLY—CANNOT EXTEND—THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 6:00-7:00 PM, FINAL PERFORMANCE. The Oldest Established, Permanent Floating Monologue Night in New York is returning to the place where it all began—the Arthur Seelen Theatre at the Drama Bookshop--AND YOU'RE INVITED FOR FREE!! The Tony-winning theatrical mecca for actors, writers, and stage aficionados, established in 1917, will sponsor an evening of monologues for actors, aged 7-15, taken from Applause Theatre & Cinema Books’ new release:
One On One: Playing with a Purpose, Monologues for Kids Ages 7-15 (view on Amazon at: http://tinyurl.com/oc7vbhq). The participatory event--for all ages--will bring together young thespians, stage veterans, college world literature students studying Don Quixote, exciting playwriting and directorial talents like Bara Swain, Crystal Skillman, Maria Aladren and actors from MCVTS Theatre School, Dylan Dawson, Steve Fife, Marit Shuman, and Bob Shuman, among others, plus a surprise mystery guest. They will be celebrating the burgeoning world of youth theatre, so bring a young thespian—or anyone interested in theatre—and join us for a participatory evening of new and classic work. Meet new friends and reconnect with old ones, network, brainstorm, and help get kids INVOLVED WITH THE THEATRE WE LOVE AND THE KIND OF WORLD WE WANT TO LEAVE THEM. Watch new actors, hear amazing writers, celebrate the new book, and join us for goodies and festivities upstairs in the bookstore at 7:00!!! CRYSTAL SKILLMAN * BARA SWAIN * MARIA ALADREN AND ACTORS FROM MCVTS THEATRE SCHOOL * STEVE FIFE * MARIT SHUMAN * DYLAN DAWSON * ELOISE ROLLINS-FIFE in Association with JOYCE E. HENRY * REBECCA DUNN JAROFF * BOB SHUMAN * APPLAUSE BOOKS * STAGE VOICES * PLUS MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM THE LOS ANGELES PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, WORKING WITH THEATRE ARTISTS FROM CENTER THEATRE GROUP Proudly Present Works from the Applause Theatre & Cinema
ONE ON ONE: PLAYING WITH A PURPOSE, MONOLOGUES FOR KIDS 7-15: Including selections by Eloise Rollins-Fife and Stephen Fife * Sophocles * Tom Stoppard * Marit E. Shuman * Bara Swain * Connie Schindewolf * Oyamo * Christina Linhardt * Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett * Kayla Cagan * Paul Zindel * Jennifer Kirkeby * Andy Bragen
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     BOOK: APPLAUSE TO RELEASE 'PLAYING WITH A PURPOSE: MONOLOGUES FOR KIDS AGES 7-15', JUNE 2013(From Broadway World, 4/30.) Kids today face a different world-and a different set of challenges-than did the children of even 15 years ago. Young actors need a highly diversified selection of monologues to choose from when studying, practicing, or auditioning for theatre. Playing with a Purpose: Monologues for Kids Ages 7-15 (June 2013, $16.99), from Applause Books' well-known One on One monologue series, fills a pressing need for a new volume of monologues that convey a worldview that kids can more easily relate to. In the introduction, the editors state: "Ingenious directors, teachers, and parents have put youth theatre together in their communities, passing strong speeches along and compiling notebooks, but core work is scattered everywhere.Monologues, those delicate objects of passion, anger, heartbreak, or whimsy, are like the theatre itself; they exist in the present moment and can become unobtainable because of rights issues or mere neglect. Beautiful pieces from the past can be lost as new work, new plays, new artists take their places. Reclaiming this material was part of our task, much like locating a forgotten folk- or fairytale or finding a melody heard long ago." Playing with a Purpose includes monologues from the ancient Greeks and Shakespeare; other classics like Lewis Carroll, James Joyce, and Mark Twain; contemporary dramatists including realist Carson McCullers and magical realist José Rivera; plays based on literature like Treasure Island and Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World; and even monologues written by middle school students who worked with theatre artists from the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles. Playing with a Purpose will be released on June 18, 2013.
View book on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/One-Playing-Purpose-Monologues-Applause/dp/1557838410 Read more about Applause to Release PLAYING WITH A PURPOSE: MONOLOGUES FOR KIDS AGES 7-15, June 2013 by broadwayworld.com Visit Stage Voices Publishing for archived posts and sign up for free e-mail updates: http://www.stagevoices.com/ WAGNER CONTROVERSY: OPERA CANCELS HOLOCAUST STAGING OF 'TANNHÄUSER'
(from Der Spiegel, 5/9.) A staging of Richard Wagner's "Tannhäuser" -- set during the Holocaust and including a gas chamber and a shooting scene -- shocked audience members so badly that some had to be given medical attention. The theater has now cancelled the production out of fear it will damage its artistic reputation. Düsseldorf's Deutsche Oper am Rhein opera house announced late Wednesday it was cancelling a highly controversial staging of Richard Wagner's "Tannhäuser" after outraging audiences at its premier on Saturday. Director Burkhard Kosminski set the production in the time of the Nazi regime in an effort to address the controversial but popular composer's anti-Semitism and the later influence he would have on Nazi ideology. The staging depicted the character Tannhäuser as a Nazi war criminal and it even included a gas chamber on stage. In a statement released on Thursday, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein said its managers had been conscious ahead of the premier that the production would be controversial. "We are reacting with the utmost concern to the fact that a few scenes, particularly one involving a very realistic depiction of a shooting scene, appears to have created such a strong stress for numerous visitors, both psychological and physical, that they had to receive medical attention afterwards." (Read more) Visit Stage Voices Publishing for archived posts and sign up for free e-mail updates: http://www.stagevoices.com/  FOREMAN: ‘OLD-FASHIONED PROSTITUTES (A TRUE ROMANCE)’/NADLER: ‘I’M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF’ (REVIEW PICKS, NY)
(Michael Feingold’s article appeared in the Village Voice, 5/8.) Samuel (Rocco Sisto), the central figure of Richard Foreman's new work, Old-Fashioned Prostitutes (A True Romance) (Public Theater), has a problem. Not a major problem—those were dealt with in Foreman's 1993 creation, Samuel's Major Problems. But as usual with Foreman heroes, Samuel's problems, major or minor, come from over-introspection. Like those very early Foreman protagonists
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 NEIL BARTLETT: ‘THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME’ (REVIEW PICK, NY)(Charles Isherwood’s article appeared in the New York Time, 5/5/13.) Strange as it may seem in these days of increasingly blurred gender norms, watching a woman dressed as a man singing songs of love for women may actually be a more exotic entertainment today than it was a century ago. In “The Girl I Left Behind Me,” a lovely show that opened on Sunday night at the 59E59 Theaters, the gorgeously gifted singer Jessica Walker and the writer Neil Bartlett conjure a vanished novelty of the theater, the cross-dressing female performers who once fascinated large audiences in England and America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (Read more) Visit Stage Voices Publishing for archived posts and sign up for free e-mail updates:
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