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The long revolution : sixty years on the frontlines of a new American theater

Title
The long revolution : sixty years on the frontlines of a new American theater / Zelda Fichandler ; edited by Todd London.
Author
Fichandler, Zelda, 1924-2016
Publication
  • New York, NY : Theatre Communications Group, Inc., 2024.
  • ©2024

Details

Additional Authors
London, Todd
Description
xxxii, 329 pages; 22 cm
Summary
"Zelda Fichandler is one of the founding visionaries of the theatre movement in America. From the creation of Washington D.C.'s Arena Stage in 1950 with her husband Thomas, through her later stewardship of the acting training programs at both at NYU and Julliard, Zelda spent over sixty years speaking, writing and observing the rise and impact of the art of theatre in the U.S. She has relentlessly questioned the very field that she, as much as anyone, created. Her essays and speeches capture both the play of her own dazzling mind, and the aspirations and contradictions of the theater she pioneered. This first-ever collection of Zelda Fichandler's writings is edited by Todd London, who was personally chosen by Zelda to complete this book before she died"--
Uniform Title
Works. Selections
Alternative Title
Works.
Subject
  • Fichandler, Zelda, 1924-2016
  • Fichandler, Zelda, 1924-2016
  • Women theatrical producers and directors > United States > Biography
  • Theater > United States > History
  • Theater > Production and direction > United States
  • Theater and society > United States
  • Productrices et metteures en scène de théâtre > États-Unis > Biographies
  • Théâtre > États-Unis > Histoire
  • Théâtre > Production et mise en scène > États-Unis
  • Théâtre et société > États-Unis
  • Theater
  • Theater and society
  • Theater > Production and direction
  • Women theatrical producers and directors
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Foreword / by Nikkole Salter -- Introduction / by Todd London -- Dedication, an introduction / by Zelda Fichandler -- Institution as artwork -- The open stage -- Groundbreaking ceremony -- Theater and human identity -- Artists set the stage -- The lying game -- To the actors and faculty -- To the faculty and students -- To the actors -- Playing -- The three sisters by Anton Chekhov -- A doll house by Henrik Ibsen -- The true word : The crucible by Arthur Miller -- One hand away : Awake and sing! by Clifford Odets -- The future of the resident professional theater in America -- Theaters or institutions? -- Arena at twenty-five -- The long revolution -- Towards a deepening aesthetic -- Casting for a different truth -- Remarks at the Ford Foundation -- Our town in our times -- On creativity -- Creativity and the public mind -- On risk and money -- Oral statement on the FY 1991 appropriation for the NEA for the Subcommittee on Interior Appropriations -- A hard time for the high arts -- The profit in nonprofit -- Whither (or wither) art? -- Robert Prosky : at twenty -- A tribute to Alan Schneider -- Jane Alexander -- Robert Alexander -- Liviu Ciulei -- Peter Zeisler -- The Zelda Fichandler Award -- A permanent classical repertory theater in the nation's capital.
ISBN
  • 9781559369756
  • 1559369752
  • 9781559369336 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2022052436
OCLC
YBP 2022052436
Author
Fichandler, Zelda, 1924-2016, author.
Title
The long revolution : sixty years on the frontlines of a new American theater / Zelda Fichandler ; edited by Todd London.
Publisher
New York, NY : Theatre Communications Group, Inc., 2024.
Copyright Date
©2024
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
London, Todd, editor.
Other Form:
Online version: Fichandler, Zelda, 1924-2016. Works. Selections Long revolution. First edition New York : Theatre Communications Group, 2022 9781559369336 (DLC) 2022052437
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