Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Project 1- Genres

Philadelphia

Professional Theatre : The Arden Theatre

1. A Moon For The Misbegotten by Eugene O'Neill
Romantic Fiction- http://www.eoneill.com/library/contour/mirror/misbegotten.htm
Drama- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073404/

2. Superior Donuts by Tracy Letts
New Comedy- http://broadwaysbestshows.com/shows/superiordonuts/index.php
Comedic Drama-   http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/9105

3. The History Boys by Alan Bennett
Comic Drama-http://theater.nytimes.com/2006/04/24/theater/reviews/24boys.html 
Drama- http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/bennetta/history.htm

4.Rabbit Hole by David Lindseay-Abaire
Full Length Drama- http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3757 
Bittersweet Drama- http://www.curtainup.com/rabbithole.html

5. An Empty Plate in the Cafe du Grand Boeuf by Michael Hollinger
"Comic Tragedy in Seven Courses"- http://barebones.org/index.cfm?template=emptyplate.cfm 
"A Navy Blue Comedy" - http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9801E0D61138F93AA35750C0A9669C8B63&fta=y

6. Assassins by Stephen Sondheim
"Controversial Musical" -http://www.theatreinchicago.com/playdetail.php?playID=1253 
"Surreal Tragic Comedy" -http://tech.mit.edu/V118/N63/assassins.63a.html

7. Dancing At Lughnasa by Brian Friel
"Memory Play" - http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9F0CE2DD1F3BF930A35752C0A965958260 
"Haunting Drama"- http://offoffbroadway.broadwayworld.com/article/Gallery_Players_Presents_DANCING_AT_LUGHNASA_12419_20101109


8. Fences by August Wilson
Human Drama- http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/reviews/09-2006/fences_8955.html 
African American experience in the 20th Century- http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/45355


9. Lookingglass Alice by Lewis Carroll
Off-the-wall Edgy- http://www.atlantaintownpaper.com/2010/04/theatre-review-lookingglass-alice/ 
Circus-styled Storytelling- http://chicagocritic.com/lookingglass-alice-2010/



10. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Romantic Comedy- http://theater.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/theater/reviews/26night.html 
Convoluted Comedy-
 http://theater.nytimes.com/2009/08/29/theater/reviews/29twelfth.html

University Theatre: Temple University

1. Big Love by Charles Mee
 Vaudvillian Tragic Comedy- http://www.curtainup.com/biglove.html

2. A Flea In Her Ear by Georges Feydeau
 
3. A View From The Bridge by Arthur Miller

4. Our Lady of 121st Street by Stephen Adly Guirgis

5. A Lesson Before Dying by Romulus Linney

6. Arcadia by Tom Stoppard

7. Divine Words by Ingmar Bergman
 
8. Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
 
 9. The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht

10. The Darker Face of the Earth by Rita Dove