THEATRE'S LEITER SIDE

Saturday, November 16, 2024

LEITER LOOKS AT BOOKS (36th edition): Andrew Norlen. WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE BRIGHT AGAIN

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  For my review of Richard Nelson's A Diary of War & Theatre please click on THEATER PIZZAZZ.
Thursday, November 14, 2024

35. OKUNI: THE WOMAN WHO CREATED KABUKI (seen November 10, 2024)

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  For my review of Okuni: The Woman Who Created Kabuki please click on THEATER PIZZAZZ .
Tuesday, November 12, 2024

34. A WONDERFUL WORLD: THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG MUSICAL (seen November 9, 2024)

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  A Wonderful World couldn’t have come at a better time, even if you’re forced to take its title with a grain of salt. Following a week of ...
Monday, November 11, 2024

33. ORSON'S SHADOW (seen November 8, 2024)

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  Twenty-four years ago, all-around-man-of-theatre Austin Pendleton wrote a well-received play called Orson’s Shadow that had its world prem...
Sunday, November 10, 2024

LEITER LOOKS AT BOOKS (35th edition): Cindy Rosenthal, ELLEN STEWART PRESENTS: FIFTY YEARS OF LA MAMA EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE

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  For my review of Ellen Stewart Presents please click on THEATER PIZZAZZ.
Saturday, November 9, 2024

32. VLADIMIR (seen November 7, 2024)

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    Seeing the Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of Erika Sheffer’s Vladimir two days after the 2024 presidential election was painful....
Tuesday, November 5, 2024

31. ROMEO + JULIET (seen November 1, 2024)

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  For my review of Romeo + Juliet please click on THEATER LIFE .
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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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