Carlson, Marvin, 1935-
10,000 nights : highlights from 50 years of theatre-going / Marvin Carlson. - US : University of Michigan Press , 2017 . - 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
"Esteemed scholar and theater aficionado Marvin Carlson has seen an unsurpassed number of theatrical productions in his long and distinguished career. Ten Thousand Nights is a lively chronicle of a half-century of theatre-going, in which Carlson recalls one memorable production for each year from 1960 to 2010. These are not conventional reviews, but essays using each theater experience to provide an insight into the theater and theatre-going at a particular time. The range of performances covered is broad, from edgy experimental fare to mainstream musicals, most of them based in New York but with stops at major theater events in Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Milan, and elsewhere. The engagingly written pieces convey a vivid sense not only of each production but also of the particular venue, neighborhood, and cultural context, covering nearly all significant movements, theater artists, and groups of the late twentieth century"--
9780472130504 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2017012505
Carlson, Marvin, 1935-
Theater--History--United States--20th century.
American drama--History and criticism.--20th century
PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
PN2266.5 / .C37 2017
792.097
10,000 nights : highlights from 50 years of theatre-going / Marvin Carlson. - US : University of Michigan Press , 2017 . - 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
"Esteemed scholar and theater aficionado Marvin Carlson has seen an unsurpassed number of theatrical productions in his long and distinguished career. Ten Thousand Nights is a lively chronicle of a half-century of theatre-going, in which Carlson recalls one memorable production for each year from 1960 to 2010. These are not conventional reviews, but essays using each theater experience to provide an insight into the theater and theatre-going at a particular time. The range of performances covered is broad, from edgy experimental fare to mainstream musicals, most of them based in New York but with stops at major theater events in Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Milan, and elsewhere. The engagingly written pieces convey a vivid sense not only of each production but also of the particular venue, neighborhood, and cultural context, covering nearly all significant movements, theater artists, and groups of the late twentieth century"--
9780472130504 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2017012505
Carlson, Marvin, 1935-
Theater--History--United States--20th century.
American drama--History and criticism.--20th century
PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
PN2266.5 / .C37 2017
792.097