THEATRE'S LEITER SIDE

Friday, June 18, 2021

596. WISE CHILD. From my (unpublished) ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE NEW YORK STAGE, 1970-1975

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Lauren Jones, Donald Pleasance. WISE CHILD [Comedy/British/Homosexuality/Transvestitism] A: Simon Gray; D: James Hammerstein; S: Peter Larki...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

595. WINGS. From my (unpublished) ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE NEW YORK STAGE, 1970-1975

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Wings (Photo: Martha Swope.) WINGS [Musical/Period/Politics] B/M/LY: Robert McLaughlin, Peter Ryan; SC: Aristophanes’ play The Birds ; D: R...
Wednesday, June 16, 2021

594. WILL ROGERS' U.S.A. From my (unpublished) ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE NEW YORK STAGE, 1970-1975

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James Whitmore.  WILL ROGERS’ U.S.A. [Solo/Biographical/Politics/Show Business] AD: Paul Shyre; SC: Writings of Will Rogers; DS: Eldon Elder...
Tuesday, June 15, 2021

LEITER LOOKS BACK: TWO REVIVALS OF 1925-1926.

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  "The Modern Dress Hamlet " For the final entry in my "Leiter Looks Back" series, please click on THEATER PIZZAZZ .

593. THE WILD STUNT SHOW. From my (unpublished) ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE NEW YORK STAGE, 1970-1975

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Marcel Steiner, Hamlet MacWallbanger, Oscar Oswald, Tommy Shand, Nina Petrova.  THE WILD STUNT SHOW [Comedy Revue/British] A: The Madhouse C...
Monday, June 14, 2021

592. WILD AND WONDERFUL. From my (unpublished) ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE NEW YORK STAGE, 1970-1975

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Walter Willison, Laura McDuffie.  WILD AND WONDERFUL [Musical/Politics/Romance] B: Phil Phillips; M/LY: Bob Goodman; SC: an original work by...
Sunday, June 13, 2021

591. WHY HANNA'S SKIRT WON'T STAY DOWN. From my (unpublished) ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE NEW YORK STAGE, 1970-1975

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Helen Hanft, Steven Davis, Mary Carter.  WHY HANNA’S SKIRT WON’T STAY DOWN [Comedy/Fantasy/Women] A: Tom Eyen; D: Neil Flanagan and Tom Eyen...
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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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