Crash Course
Race Melodrama and Minstrel Shows: Crash Course Theater #30
We’re continuing our discussion of nineteenth-century American theater with a look at some upsetting parts of the US's theatrical past. In the nineteenth century, race and racism contributed to a unique and troubling performance culture,...
Crash Course
The Rise of Melodrama: Crash Course Theater #28
At the turn of the 18th century, audience were ready to go over the top, and get some really, really dramatic theater in their lives. Like, a dog dueling a man type of dramatic. In London, only two theaters were licensed, but...
Crash Course
North America Gets a Theater...Riot: Crash Course Theater #29
It's lights up in America! This week, we're headed to North America. We'll look at Native American storytelling traditions, the theater that Europeans brought along starting in the 17th century, and how theater developed before and after...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Actors Pay Respect To Daniel Frohman
The American theater mourns Daniel Frohman / Actors arrive to pay their respects / Attending the funeral are Major Bowes, Lee Schubert, Vinton Freedley, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, Katharine Cornell, Adolf Zukor, Harry Hershfield, Walter...
Curated Video
CAN 051 SYBIL BURTON AND JOSEPH LEVINE INTERVIEWED IN NEW YORK ON NEW THEATRE PROJECT
Sybil Burton, estranged wife of Richard Burton and Joseph E Levine, Film Producer and owner of Embassy Pictures, interviewed about the new Establishment Theatre Company in New York.
1. mcu reporter - no sound
2. mcu Joseph E Levine
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NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: A Raisin in the Sun
Audio story on the writing and production of 'the play that "changed American theater forever."'
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: A Streetcar Named Desire
National Public Radio presents a feature on Tennessee Williams' famous play.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: "A Raisin in the Sun"
This audio story offers perspective on the opening of Hansberry's famous play on Broadway.