MRS. LOMAN IS LEAVING
ACT presents MRS. LOMAN IS LEAVING from October 12 to 27, 2024. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this list of books and films to enhance your experience of the show. Annotations provided by publisher unless otherwise noted.
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Blacklips
From June 1992 to March 1995, in the midst of the AIDS crisis in NYC, an extraordinary theatrical collective emerged from the queer underground. Blacklips Performance Cult, initiated by ANOHNI and joined by a cabal of fellow artists, drag queens, punks, nightlife veterans and students, performed a new play every Monday night at 1:00 a.m. at the Pyramid Club on 101 Avenue A. The group left a sustaining impression within New York's late night subculture by melding hysterical drag, surreal horror, and disconcerting tenderness.
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Performance
Since its original publication [this book] has remained the definitive guide to understanding performance as a theatrical activity. In this comprehensively revised and updated third edition, Carlson tackles the pressing themes and theories of our age, with expanded coverage of the growth and importance of racial and ethnic performance ; the emergence of performance concerned with age and disability ; the popularity and significance of participatory and immersive theatre ; [and] the crucial relevance of identity politics and cultural performance in the twenty-first century.
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Death of A Salesman
Attention must be paid to this abbreviated but superb 1966 television adaptation by Arthur Miller of his Pulitzer Prize - winning modern tragedy - starring the incomparable Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock, re-creating their original Broadway roles as the Lomans. Shattering and unforgettable, this landmark television production has been digitally remastered and will endure for all generations to come.
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Theatre Kids
James Beard Award winner DeVore debuts with a wry and boisterous account of his life in the theater. Painting a buzzy portrait of the late 1990s and aughts New York City theater scene, DeVore blends barbed wit, painful honesty (including about his worsening alcohol struggles), and a genuine love for the "warm, awkward closeness" of the acting world. Electric prose elevates this homage to an enduring art form. --Publishers Weekly
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Discovering The Arts
Discovering is a documentary series that explores the 20th century’s most interesting characters, musicians, playwrights, artists, actors, and times. With never before seen footage and exclusive interviews we discover what makes them these some of the most compelling stories of our times.
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Footnotes
Footnotes is the story of New York in the roaring twenties and the first Broadway show with an all-Black cast and creative team to achieve success--and its impact on our popular culture. Amidst a culture actively whitewashing, controlling, or trying to prevent their stories from being told, these artists changed the course of American entertainment.
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Respect for Acting
This is the classic book on acting, now republished with a new foreword by actor David Hyde Pierce. Legendary actress and teacher Uta Hagen knew that an actor's finest work was often achieved for love rather than for money. This work is Hagen's blueprint for the actor, her design for "enlightened stage acting." It has helped generations of actors hone their craft, and its advice is as useful now as it was in 1973, when it was first published.
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The Kilroys List
Not your typical book of monologues, this new collection embodies the mission of the Kilroys, an advocacy group founded in 2013 to raise awareness for the underutilized work of female and trans playwrights.
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The Kilroys List
The Kilroys are back with a new collection of 67 monologues and scenes by women and nonbinary playwrights.
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Death of A Salesman
This 50th-anniversary edition of Miller's masterpiece, which certainly is a contender for the finest American drama of the 20th century, includes the full text of the play and a chronology of its productions,
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