Local Acts: Community-based Performance In The United States (Rutgers Series on the Public Life of the Arts)
by Jan Cohen-Cruz
List Price:
Our Price: $22.45
You Save: $2.50 (10%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $17.09 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Jan Cohen-CruzEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-04-25
ISBN: 0813535506
Number of pages: 212
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Book Reviews of Local Acts: Community-based Performance In The United States (Rutgers Series on the Public Life of the Arts)
Book Review: Theater Across the Hudson, Even Beyond New Jersey
Summary: 5 Stars
In spite of what the New York crowd would have you believe, local theater is alive and well. Across the Hudson, even beyond New Jersey there is a culture that is alive. In many cases this culture is reflected in a theater that is far removed from Broadway, and ignored by the Broadway play wrights.
Ms. Cohen-Cruz (although a New Yorker) has looked outside the New York boundries and studied both the history and the current state of local theater. She has looked at the South and at the larger regional theaters around the country and described the vitality that exists there.
This book is really good in its analysis of local theater. I think, however, she needs to do one more book.
I live in the far west, and there is theater here as well. Many smaller communities have amateur productions that relate to the unique culture they have. Salt Lake City, for instance, has two. One, put on by the Mormon Church tells the story of the development of their religion and it's life in the Salt Lake valley. The other is a secular production that is rewritten each year to poke fun at the foibles of the church and local government.
Here, further west than that I'm off this weekend to see a local play called Cathouse Afternoon. It does not reflect church values.
Arts & Photography Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Arts & Photography Books
How to Have Styleby Isaac Mizrahi
Gotham; Published: 2008-10-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $18.33
Price in other shops:
The Lucky Guide to Mastering Any Style: How to Wear Iconic Looks and Make Them Your Ownby Kim France, Andrea Linett
Gotham; Published: 2008-10-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $15.89
Price in other shops:
21 Nightsby Prince
Atria Books; Published: 2008-09-09; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $29.99
Price in other shops:
The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2by Scott Kelby
Peachpit Press; Published: 2008-01-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $14.97
Price in other shops:
The One Hundred: A Guide to the Pieces Every Stylish Woman Must Ownby Nina Garcia
Collins Living; Published: 2008-09-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.88
Price in other shops:
Domino: The Book of Decorating: A room-by-room guide to creating a home that makes you happyby Deborah Needleman, Sara Ruffin Costello, Dara Caponigro
Simon & Schuster; Published: 2008-10-14; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $21.12
Price in other shops:
Style A to Zoe: The Art of Fashion, Beauty, & Everything Glamourby Rachel Zoe, Rose Apodaca
Grand Central Publishing; Published: 2008-09-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.11
Price in other shops:
Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera (Updated Edition)by Bryan Peterson
Amphoto Books; Published: 2004-08-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $15.56
Price in other shops:
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)by Scott Kelby
New Riders Press; Published: 2008-09-10; Paperback; Book
Best price: $24.80
Price in other shops:
The Digital Photography Bookby Scott Kelby
Pearson Education; Peachpit Press; Published: 2006-09-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.90
Price in other shops:
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
Applied Theatre: Creating Transformative Encounters in the Communityby Philip Taylor
Heinemann Drama; Published: 2003-10-14; Paperback; Book
Best price: $15.95
Price in other shops:
Playing Boal: Theatre, Therapy, ActivismRoutledge; Published: 1993-12-20; Paperback; Book
Best price: $34.94
Price in other shops:
Performing Democracy: International Perspectives on Urban Community-Based Performance (Theater: Theory/ Text/ Performance)University of Michigan Press; Published: 2001-07-06; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $64.17
Price in other shops:
Theatre For Living: The Art and Science of Community-Based Dialogueby David Diamond
Trafford Publishing; Published: 2007-07-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $19.70
Price in other shops:
Staging America: Cornerstone and Community-Based Theater (Theater in the Americas)by Sonja Kuftinec
Southern Illinois University Press; Published: 2005-04-22; Paperback; Book
Best price: $26.47
Price in other shops:
Games for Actors and Non-Actors 2nd Editionby Augusto Boal
Routledge; Published: 2002-10-25; Paperback; Book
Best price: $34.86
Price in other shops:
Beginner's Guide to Community-Based Artsby Mat Schwarzman
New Village Press; Published: 2005-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.88
Price in other shops:
Performing Communities: Grassroots Ensemble Theaters Deeply Rooted in Eight U.S. Communitiesby Robert H. Leonard, Ann Kilkelly
New Village Press; Published: 2006-04-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.88
Price in other shops:
Theatre of the Oppressedby Augusto Boal
Theatre Communications Group; Published: 1993-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.11
Price in other shops:
Theatre for Community Conflict and Dialogue: The Hope Is Vital Training Manualby Michael Rohd
Heinemann Drama; Published: 1998-05-26; Paperback; Book
Best price: $13.35
Price in other shops: