Dear Prodigy pioneers, This week and next, the undergrad dorm where I’m a resident tutor is putting on their annual musical—this year Guys and Dolls. And complete Carrie Bradshawesque narcissist that I am, that got me thinking back to my own theatrical past, specifically trying out for my high school’s production of Guys and Dolls [...]
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Corsets and Cross-dressing, or the Joys of Theater
Posted in advertising, photography, theater, tagged Guys and Dolls, Joseph Jefferson, Julian Eltinge on April 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Flashy Dressers
Posted in ballet, film, Hispanic, musicals, theater, visual culture on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
To the relaxation-inclined, Like many people, my first exposure to theater came not from any Broadway house but the humbler stages of our local high school. Trust me, you haven’t seen Fiddler on the Roof until you’ve seen my brother in his walk-on-role as a priest! Or Twelve Angry Men performed by twelve not angry [...]
Melting Pots, Male Quartets, and Les Miserables Music-less
Posted in education, lectures, music, theater, Uncategorized, tagged Chautauqua, University of Iowa on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dear dawdlers, Forgive this lazy scholar, returning after a prolonged sabbatical. Not that I have not been working, researching, and blogging, too—albeit on another site. (You can read some of those less lazy dispatches on Post-Post-Jew). I even watched the entire first season of Heroes. So you can tell, I have been productive. But I’m [...]
Musical Marxists and Jazz Hands
Posted in music, musicals, theater, video, tagged music, musical, video on October 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Dear die-hard dilettantes, Some of you know that I’m a teaching fellow this semester for a popular course at Harvard called, “Gender and Performance,” taught by the extraordinary Professor Robin Bernstein. This week’s all about Bertolt Brecht, an artist I’ve had a love-hate relationship with ever since my freshman year encounter with Mother Courage. I’m [...]
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