Kevin Landis

One Public (eBook, PDF)

New York's Public Theater in the Era of Oskar Eustis

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Since its founding by Joseph Papp in the 1950s, The Public Theater has been an American artistic leader defined by its breadth of programming, from Hair and A Chorus Line, to Free Shakespeare in the Park. With the recent critical and financial success of Fun Home and Hamilton, and its emphasis on new play development, The Public's contemporary history has been equally remarkable, even as world crises and social changes have tested the mettle of its foundation of accessible and "radically inclusive" theatre for all.

One Public: New York's Public Theater in the Era of Oskar Eustis presents the broader organization, its creative methodology, and its enormous growth over the past 20 years. Framed by the tenure and leadership of its current artistic director, the book tells the contemporary story, recorded over many interviews with iconic practitioners and performers ranging from Diane Paulus, Tony Kushner and Lynn Nottage to Kevin Kline, Chelsea Clinton and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Case-study driven, One Public uses oral history accounts and authorial experience to illuminate The Public Theater, Eustis and their cultural influence on the city of New York and the greater United States. The story highlights the successes and challenges of an institution at once espousing a mission of inclusivity and community-based arts creation, while also developing Broadway hits and international fame.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350283480
• Artikelnr.: 66346127

Autorenporträt

Kevin Landis is Professor of Theatre at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: One Public The Park Chapter Two:
Up to the Delacorte Chapter Three: Under the Lights Interlude: Beowulf
Boritt and Kenny Leon on Much Ado About Nothing Lafayette Chapter Four:
Four Twenty-Five Chapter Five: Coming Home Interlude: Justin Vivian Bond
and Bridget Everett on Joe's Pub Broadway 'Bound' Chapter Six: A Night at
the Disco Chapter Seven: Listen to Me Interlude: Lin-Manuel Miranda on
Hamilton To the People Chapter Eight: Courting Controversy Chapter Nine:
The American Neighborhood Interlude: Kwame Kwei-Armah on Public Works Hope
Chapter Ten: Rebirth Epilogue: Oskar Eustis Notes and Sources Index