Friday, April 24, 2009

Project #4: Unconventional Theatre















1. D.D.D.
by Kawaguchi Takao

http://www.kawaguchitakao.com/works/ddd.html

This piece has a minimal set consisting of a table with strings of lights hung above and around. All of the communication in the show is conveyed through the extemely agressive movement of the male human body and is enhanced with the agressive sounds of electric guitars. At one point in the show, the audience uses plastic transparent sheets to cover themselves in order to shield themselves from projectile mess (oil). Time is sped up and slowed down at any given moment; years go by in seconds.

2. Aftermath
by Uninvited Guests

http://www.uninvited-guests.net/aftermath/aftermath.htm

This show lasts about 6 hours long. The audience is invited to be close and intimate with the cast and performers as they cut clothing from each other and create injuries using make-up. With adding blood to the wounds, the bodies become surfaces maked by real and unreal violence. Acts of gentileness produce visual and emotional mayhem.

3. Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (TMLMTBGB)
by Neo-Futurists

http://www.neofuturists.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=45

This show is only an hour long, but attempts to squish 30 mini plays in 60 minutes. The actors always appear as themselves and address the audience as so. Each of these 30 plays is written by actors in the show. As new material is added at random to the sequence, the menu of shows changes constantly week by week. This show is completely organic and no single performance can ever be reproduced.

4. Pay Up
by Pig Iron Theatre Company

http://www.pigiron.org/productions/pay-up
Audience members enter a warehouse where a loud voice from speakers invites them to choose "opportunities" or performances they can see by paying money. Eight different pieces are performed in cubicles throughout. The audience's interaction is essential to the experience about to take place. They must pick quickly, where they want to go in the labyrinth for time does not allow for all performances to be seen by one audience member. Viewers become close as well as removed from performances (i.e.: they view a one of the performances through peep holes).

5. Water Fools
by Ilotopie

Water Fools is performed in outside water environments that lay next to urban city environments. The performances utilize illogical machinery which, along with great lighting, music, and lots of fireworks, create brand new myths for the audience to see. Luminous aspects of the show create a whole new world within our natural surroundings.
























Project #5: Teaching


Secondary Level

1. Requirements:

You must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. Texas institutions do not offer a degree in education. Every teacher must have an academic major, as well as teacher training courses. The only exemption from the degree requirement is for individuals seeking Career and Technology certification to teach certain courses, such as welding or computer-aided drafting.

-You must complete teacher training through an approved program. These programs are offered through colleges and universities, school districts, regional service centers, community colleges, and other entities.


-You must successfully complete the appropriate teacher certification tests for the subject and grade level you wish to teach.

2. Teaching Program: Sam Houston State University
Major: Theatre Arts
Minor: Art
http://www.shsu.edu/~cai_www/secondary.htm

Community Colleges

Adjunct - Drama Professor

Institution:
San Jacinto College
Location: Pasadena, TX
Category: Faculty - Fine and Applied Arts - Theatre and Dance
Type: Part-Time/Adjunct

Requirements: Master's Degree with at least eighteen (18) graduate hours in Drama.
Responsibilities: Teaching Drama.
Salary: Current approved adjunct rate.

http://www.higheredjobs.com/community/details.cfm?JobCode=175347158

Senior Colleges and Universities

Lectureship in Drama

Institution:
The University of Auckland
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Category: Faculty - Fine and Applied Arts - Theatre and Dance
Application Due: 05/31/2009
Type: Full Time

An applicant should hold a PhD or equivalent, have a plan for active research, and be able to teach both academically and practically at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. Since some courses involve practical work, an ability to provide production assistance will be very useful. Specific areas of teaching expertise needed include a third year undergraduate course in contemporary drama and a second year course in the history of drama. There will be an opportunity to teach at least one postgraduate course in an applicant's specialist area. Applicants should supply the following: a full CV; a list of publications (including creative works, productions and performances); a complete teaching history; a statement of research interests; and an outline of a course in their specialist area for a postgraduate class.

http://www.higheredjobs.com/search/details.cfm?JobCode=175370229

Project #5: Graduate School

1. University of Connecticut / Connecticut Repertory Theatre

MFA Program

Actor-Training Philosophy: Although we do not rigidly conform to one method of actor training, our program is based on the core aspects of Konstantin Stanislavski’s theories, combined with useful applications of his work by practitioners such as Stella Adler, Uta Hagen, Robert Lewis, Peter Kass, Sanford Meisner and Michael Chekhov. Our head of performance training, Dale AJ Rose, studied with Hagen, Adler and Kass, and taught acting in New York City. In addition, Professor Rose’s approach to actor training is heavily influenced by dance and the theatrical movement styles of Le Coq and the Dell ‘Arte International School of Physical Theatre. He fosters techniques of mask and clowning that strengthen the actor to go beyond being an interpreter to being a creator of theatre. Suzuki technique continues to be part of the training and stimulates the actor’s dynamic connection to center. Our belief is that these theatrical movement techniques are a response to the psychologically driven techniques of Stanislavski, and will take the actor into the most exciting theatre of the 21st century.


2. University of Washington

MFA Program

Program of Study:
The primary focus of PATP training is to provide our actors with the practical tools and sensibilities to become effective, outstanding performers. Every student appears in at least five productions, a self written solo show and an original, small, ensemble production. Recognizing the challenges and opportunities of acting in film, television and digital media, we provide our students with screen acting, voice over and audition technique to prepare our graduates for work in all venues. We provide the means, equipment and professional expertise to make professional quality videos to showcase our students' talents. During the third year, classes and projects focusing on career and business are part of the curriculum. At the end of the third year we prepare a professional showcase for Seattle, Los Angeles and New York. Also, each actor in the program leaves with a professional quality audition “reel”.

Fun Fact: Seattle is #1 for the most arts-related businesses per capita in the U.S., and 21,025 residents work in arts-related businesses, ranking Seattle #3 in the nation.

3. University of Iowa / Iowa Summer Repertory

MFA Program

The MFA in acting at The University of Iowa is unique because of our emphasis on new work. Our mission is to train the actor of the future: an artist who understands and promotes the development of new theatre, and actively seeks opportunities to collaborate with other artists. Iowa is also recognized as a developing center for creative collaboration and is home to the premiere playwriting program in the United States. As such, our actors actively and consistently participate in the creation of original works. In addition to a rigorous training program in voice, movement, acting, and theatrical analysis; a wealth of performance opportunities; an outstanding faculty; and world class guest artists, our students are trained in methods of theatrical collaboration. The aim is to nurture the visionary actor-not a prop or a pawn, but a participant in the creation of a living event. In pursuit of this aim, we seek individuals who are socially conscious, personally disciplined, and hungry for new experience.

Friday, April 17, 2009

Project #5: The Profession

NON-UNION

1. DOG SEES GOD — OPEN Auditions
Red Door Theatre Company
New York, NY
http://www.actorsequity.org/CastingCall/browse_notice.asp?NoticeID=18699&NoticeType=1

Description:
Actors (m/f). See Breakdown for details. Set in a contemporary high school.
Actors should be 18+ playing late teens.

Matt:The jock. Handsome (hahaha jk), cocky, popular, a germophobe.

2. THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR — OPEN Auditions
Players Shakespeare / Gallery Players
Brooklyn, NY
http://www.actorsequity.org/CastingCall/browse_notice.asp?NoticeID=18674&NoticeType=1

Description:
SeekingActors (m/f). All roles open except Lear.
All minorities, types and ages encouraged to attend.
Shakespeare training and experience required.

UNION

1. Great Lakes Theatre Festival/Cleveland Play House
For the 2009-2010 Season
LORT Non-Rep
http://www.actorsequity.org/CastingCall/browse_notice.asp?NoticeID=18605&NoticeType=1

Description:
TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare. Roles available: Curio, Antonio, Valentine, Ensemble. All other roles are cast.

2. Actors' Shakespeare Project 2009-2010 — EPAs
Actors' Shakespeare Project
Cambridge, MA
http://www.actorsequity.org/CastingCall/browse_notice.asp?NoticeID=18705&NoticeType=1

Description:
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Director: Benjamin Evett1st rehearsal: December 1, 2009. Runs: January 2 – 31, 2010.
Available roles:
Lysander:a young man in love with Hermia, daughter of Egeus
Snug:a worker from Athens, part of the mechanicals
Starveling:a worker from Athens, part of the mechanicals
Theseus:The Duke of Athens
Hippolyta:Queen of the amazons, recently captured by and betrothed to Theseus

Friday, February 20, 2009

Project #3: Too Hot to Handle



1. NYC Today
-Zombie
-Theatre Row Studio
-Razors Edge Productions
-February 21, 2009 - March 29, 2009

This play is about a serial killer, archetypal in nature, looking to create a zombie to use for his own personal sexual pleasure. He stalks and kid-naps his victims and then lobotomizes them to create a "zombie-like" sexual being for his own purposes. While the audience exammines Quinten P.'s life, they are not to sympathize with or feel sorry for him. This play showcases the life of the main character for a kind of clinical purpose for understanding.

Bill Conington


2. Naked Broadway
-Oh! Calcutta! by: Kenneth Tynan
-Edison Theatre
-Off-Broadway in 1969/ Revival in 1976 (5,959 performances)

Oh Calcutta is famous for its full-frontal nude revue, which appeared to be taken lightly in London, at first. However, the obscene publications squad is documented to have attended several performances of this play undercover in order to study it for ridicule. It was called to be banned, but was challenged by a panel of experts that found the production neither shocking or embarrassing. In fact, one panelist suggested that teenagers not be taken and that the show was not all that impressive.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2000/dec/23/alantravis

Nude dancers in Kenneth
Tynan's avant-garde revue 'Oh!
Calcutta!' at the Roundhouse,
29th July 1970.

3. Gay Broadway
-Corpus Christi by: Terrence McNally
-Manhattan Theatre Club
-Directed by Joe Mantello
-Opened: 13 October 1998

"--pissed off the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights and inspired telephone threats to burn down the theater, kill its staff, and exterminate the playwright."
http://www.donshewey.com/theater_reviews/corpus_christi.htm

This play stirred much controversy from the depiction of Jesus Christ and the diciples as homosexuals. While the story is some-what auto-biographical, Jesus co-exists with the world contained within present day Corpus Christi, Texas (the playwright's birthplace). For obvious reasons, the Catholic League and christian protestors alike rallied at many of the performances. Even death threats were made to the theater and playwright.

4. Racist Broadway
-Miss Saigon by: Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil
-lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr
-Broadway Theatre NYC
-April 11, 1991 - January 28, 2001

NexisLexis Article:
"...claiming the show was racist and sexist, and that Asian actors were being discriminated against as the leading role was given to a European." (April 14, 1991)
http://www.lexisnexis.com.unx1.shsu.edu:2048/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5976360266&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T5976360273&cisb=22_T5976360272&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=314237&docNo=4

Miss Saigon is a modern adaptation of the opera Madame Butterfly, following the same basic plot line of romance between an asian woman and her american lover. In an attempt to modernize, the play is set during the Vietnam War and revolves around events of war and despair. Many asian americans were outraged at the idea of the lead roles being played by europeans. The New York Actors' union had banned the production at first, for these casting reasons, but the production was allowed after a threat to cancel the travel of the show from London to Broadway was made by the producer.

5. Raided or Closed
-Hair by James Rado and Gerome Ragni
-music by Galt MacDermot
-Boston, Massachusetts in 1970
-set to open at Wilbur Theater on February 20, 1970 but was delayed until May 22, 1970

"The Massachusetts State Supreme Court's decision was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court; however, that court did not clear the way for HAIR to reopen (without threat of criminal action) until May 22, 1970. The vote to reopen HAIR was a 4-4 tie."
http://www.geocities.com/hairpages/hairhistory.html

The musical Hair has often created controversy because of naked members of the cast as well as acts that could be considered lewd and unpatriotic. This particular production was criticized for containing acts that desecrated the American flag. This free-spirirted and extemely progressive musical has set a fire under the asses of many cities including Boston, Chattanooga, and Washington D.C.

6. Arrested
-Pleasure Man by Mae West
-October 1-2, 1928
-The Casino Theater
"...the same judge who broke a gavel, pounding to keep order and erase from the record a question by Miss West about how a police officer could tell if he were addressing a young lady or a man in drag."
This show set precidence among New York court cases involving obscene material. The show was raided in 1928 and shut down by police. Police arrested 52 cast members, much of whom were males in drag. The charges brought to the theater and cast were dropped as a new rule would be set in the theatre world in New York. A decision was made in 1930 stating that the people who hold sole responsibility for the display of obscene material could only be the writers and producers of a single production and not the cast.

7. NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) 4
-Glory Box by Tim Miller
-Ohio Wesleyan University’s Chappelear Drama Center
-March 19, 2008
"Miller said, “I want the piece to conjure for the audience a new...kind of hope chest, that can be an alternative site for the placing of memories, hopes, and dreams of gay people’s extraordinary potential for love."
This play examines immigration laws and deals with the struggles of a gay American citizen and his undocumented partner from another country. This "autobiography of the future" allows the audience to see what will happen to the lead of the one-man show if things are to remain as they are as of now. This is meant to energize the audience and move them to try and change the rules of today, therefore alluding to the notion that "we can change the future."
8. Regional Theatre
-Liquid Moon by John S. Green
-Barter Theater
-Abingdon, Virginia
"...news of its nude scene spread like killer kudzu along the Blue Ridge Parkway"
Liquid Moon was controversial in this community because of the (now famous) 5 minute nude scene between a man and a woman. To many this would not be held as "too hot to handle", however to produce this play inside the bible belt would send off and explosion like no other. The characters are seeminly platonic up until this point in the show. Many protestors at packed performances labeled this production as porn.
9. College/University
-Caberet by Joe Masteroff
-lyrics by Fred Ebb
-music by John Kander
-City College of San Francisco
-posted: 4/11/08
This particular production caused and uproar in the administration of this college because of its controversial poster. This poster feratured a naked woman with a german military hat and swastikas over her breasts. The poster caused such calamity on campus that it was removed from campus and edited in order to meet approval.
10. High School
-Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin
-La Grande High School
-Oregon
-March 2009
"I was appalled," said Casey Dreher, president of the Student Democrats. "The people who got the play canceled were not the majority."
This play written by comedian Steve Marin is about the strange meeting of Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a bar in Paris, France. It was banned by the school board and failed to be reproduced at a nearby college campus because of its reputation by parents with complaints and signed petitions. It features references to sex and alcohol while dealing with the themes of atistry and and genius of the last century.

Friday, February 6, 2009

Project #2

Stages of Development and Criticism


Angels in America by Tony Kushner

OPTION #2



1. Pre-1993 Productions (Los Angeles, San Francisco, London)


http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5780010117&format=GNBFI&sort=DATE,A,H&startDocNo=76&resultsUrlKey=29_T5780002799&cisb=22_T5780010162&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=8213&docNo=85

"In the middle of it all is an AIDS patient who has a droll angel crashing into his bedroom, commencing a spiritual odyssey with the cheerful air of The Wizard of Oz."


Objective Summary: Tony Kushner's Angels In America is being produced at many locations on the west coast and many more are already set to come in the future. Kushner's work, to an extent, is being molded and tested in productions while showing potential to have a seismic effect on 20th century theatre. The plot consists of events having to do with themes of AIDs, homosexuality and the shift to the new order from the old.


2. Original Broadway Production (1993)

http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5780010117&format=GNBFI&sort=DATE,A,H&startDocNo=126&resultsUrlKey=29_T5780002799&cisb=22_T5780010162&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=8213&docNo=130
"Tony Kushner's play Angels in America has always been devilishly difficult to produce because of its size and scope."

Objective Summary: Angels in America's opening in New York was delayed a week because of all the technical obstacles in the show. This includes the wings for the angel as well as the set and it's "dancing" within the show to change locations throughout the show. This is unlike the Los Angeles production, where the actors created and shifted the props and set in transitions themselves, as it did not have computer engineering for scene changes. Concerns for the amount of money that the show will make are present as the theater is donating one dollar for every ticket to non-profit organization called Broadway Cares. Actors feel that the show is more important in the big picture, as they have rehearsed for free in lobbies in order to be apart of this experience.


3. A non-NYC based professional production

http://www.spanglemagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=130%3Afallen-angels-failure-to-take-flight&Itemid=70

"I went in fully aware this is a student cast — although many have professional credits — and walked out feeling the show’s problems have far less to do with the actors and far more to do with some poor choices by the production team."

Objective Summary: The critic had expectations for this Cleveland production of Angels In America that were not met, however his reservations of the show were focused more on the design elements and it's practicality in execution. The critic states that he felt removed from the actors more than he would have liked. The show was missing a sexual element as the director staged the park scene and hospital scene without sex or nudity. Casting choices come into question but overall he feels that the script still resonates with today's audience.

4. College production

http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/05/kcollege_theater_hits_most_not.html

"It sounds like it could be a melodrama, and with added hallucinatory appearances..."

Objective Summary: The production hit most of the notes essential for the 3 hour piece. An artistic director from a New York Company comes in to guest direct this production. Plot summary is given as the critic describes the show as more of an soap opera. The cast had mute chorus members to change the scenes which were comprised of little to no set and props as well as deceased AIDs victims. The critic coments on many of the actors and their standout performance qualities.


5. HBO mini-series (2003)

http://www.movie-gazette.com/cinereviews/1022

"Prior, understandably, isn't best chuffed, and before he knows where he is he's taking it out on the large angel (Emma Thompson) who starts invading his room at night and yelling nasties at him. "

Objective Summary: Critic begins by calling to attention the need for "believers" in an audience in order to absorb the powerful production. He goes into plot summary and character break downs while touching on the essential themes of the production while commenting on the hair-do of Al Pacino's character. The critic sees the cast of characters as a "miserable bunch" and offers his opinion on the length of the show, which he feels could have been done in one piece instead of two. The critic was not satisfied by the production.

Friday, January 23, 2009

Project #1

University of Denver

1. Melancholy Play
by Sarah Ruhl

“..uneven but potentially entertaining farce..” – Variety
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117927256.html?categoryid=33&cs=1

“In the second act, matters become even more absurdist.”
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/nj/nj272.html

2. The Grapes of Wrath
adapted by Frank Galati from John Steinbeck's novel

“..simple, important drama..”
http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?html_title=&tols_title=GRAPES%20OF%20WRATH,%20THE%20(PLAY)&pdate=19900323&byline=By%20FRANK%20RICH&id=1077011432474

“..an indestructible American mythology…”
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEFDB1F39F935A35753C1A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2

3. Cabaret
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Book by Joe Masteroff

“the most provocative and challenging musical of its day..”
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/musicals/cabaret.html

“..when dealing in musical-comedy..”
http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?html_title=&tols_title=CABARET%20(PLAY)&pdate=19871023&byline=By%20FRANK%20RICH&id=1077011429474

4. A Slight Ache
by Harold Pinter

“a simple but unsettling drama..”
http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com/2007/07/review-burlesque-hour-morea-slight-ache.html

“This domestic comedy…”
http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/RNTacheland-rev.htm

5. Lysistrata
By Aristophanes

“one of the greatest comedies ever written…”
http://www.curtainup.com/lysistrata.html

“a new musical adaptation of Aristophanes' anti-war satire…”
http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/reviews/06-2002/lysistrata_2317.html

6. Othello
by William Shakespeare

“tragic tale of deception and jealousy…”
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/06/105854.php

“…genuine tragedy…”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2008/sep/29/theatre.shakespeare

7. Pippin
Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
book by Roger O. Hirson

“a rock opera filled with sex…”
http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/reviews/01-2005/pippin_5596.html

“Think carnivale, burlesque, "Broadway Bares," vaudeville…”
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117931281.html?categoryid=33&cs=1

8. One Flea Spare
by Naomi Wallace

“lyrical, self-conscious drama…”
http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?html_title=&tols_title=ONE%20FLEA%20SPARE%20(PLAY)&pdate=19970310&byline=By%20BEN%20BRANTLEY&id=1077011431026

“suits the mood of this lyrical play…”
http://inkpot.com/theatre/02reviews/02revonefleaspar.html

9. God of Hell
by Sam Shepard

“ an absurdist but not entirely absurd comedy…”
http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/theater/reviews/10461/

“This near-farcical fable…”
http://www.kathyburke.co.uk/pages/plays/The%20God%20of%20Hell/bloomberg-31-10-05.html

10. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard

“Tony-award winning coup-de-spoof…”
http://www.curtainup.com/rosencrantz.html

“a worm's-eye view of tragedy…”
http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?html_title=&tols_title=ROSENCRANTZ%20AND%20GUILDENSTERN%20ARE%20DEAD%20(PLAY)&pdate=19671017&byline=By%20CLIVE%20BARNES&id=1077011431294

Denver Center Theatre Company

1. Inana
by Michele Lowe

“Love story.”
http://www.denverpost.com/theater/ci_11465018

"It's a human story. A political thriller. An epic struggle to preserve a culture. A mystery. A ghost story.”
http://www.denverpost.com/theater/ci_11539666

2. Dusty and the Big Bad World
by Cusi Cram

“fact-inspired satiric comedy…”
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/125718.html

“witty political comedy…”
http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_11592750

3. Richard III
by William Shakespeare

“this frequently performed drama…”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/14/AR2008051401255.html

“blatant for a such a tragedy…”
http://splicedwire.com/96reviews/richardiii.html

4. August Wilson's Radio Golf
by August Wilson

“Wilson's ten-play cycle depicting African-American life in the 20th century…”
http://www.curtainup.com/radiogolf.html

“is one of his shorter and sprightlier, if less lyrically atmospheric, dramas…”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/11/AR2006041101896.html

5. A Prayer for Owen Meany
a novel by John Irving Adapted by Simon Bent


6. Sunsets and Margaritas
by José Cruz González

“new comedy…”
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120574.html

“Mexican-American family are plunged into comic crisis…”
http://calendar.denverpost.com/denver-co/events/show/85140926-sunsets-and-margaritas#

7. Quilters by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek Music and Lyrics by Barbara Damashek
“The musical play…”
http://www.clackamasreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=120407020249319500

“It's not you[r] typical traditional musical…”
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_435850.html

8. Girls Only - The Secret Comedy of Women by Linda Klein and Barbara Gehring
“The spirited comedy…”
http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Events/Theater/Event~407341.aspx

“This original comedy…”
http://broadwayworld.com/article/GIRLS_ONLY_Opens_At_Civic_Centers_Temple_Theater_318510_20090109

9. Chicago Music by John Kander Lyrics by Fred Ebb Book by Ebb and Bob Fosse
“a musical for the ages…”
http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9A07E1D61F3BF936A25752C1A960958260

10. The Phantom of The Opera Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics by Charles Hart and additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe
"The ancient roots of the myth ..."
http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6477274316&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6477274319&cisb=22_T6477274318&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=257912&docNo=7

"most sumptuous theatrical spectacle.."
http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6477377573&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6477377581&cisb=22_T6477377580&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=314239&docNo=1