THEATRE'S LEITER SIDE

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Evelyn Varden, Clifton Webb in Present Laughter.

For the latest installment in my series ON THIS DAY IN NEW YORK THEATER, which covers October 29 in the 1940s, please click on THEATER LIFE.

Samuel L. Leiter: Howard Beach, New York, United States; Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theatre), Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. Drama Desk voter. Author/editor of 31 books. Most recent: BROOKLYN TAKES THE STAGE (2024); MEIJI KABUKI (2022); KABUKI AT THE CROSSROADS (2014). Selected others: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE NEW YORK STAGE, 1920-1930, 1930-1940, 1940-1950; SHAKESPEARE AROUND THE GLOBE; FROM BELASCO TO BROOK; FROM STANISLAVSKY TO BARRAULT; THE GREAT STAGE DIRECTORS; FROZEN MOMENTS; ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASIAN THEATRE; HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE TRADITIONAL THEATRE; THE ART OF KABUKI; KABUKI PLAYS ON STAGE (4 vols.), etc. “Back-translations”: THE LION KING, AIDA, and WICKED for Tokyo productions. Blogs: KABUKI WOOGIE and THEATRE'S LEITER SIDE. Regular contributor: THEATER PIZZAZZ, THEATER LIFE. slleiter@gmail.com

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