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Articles with keyword "Theater"

Poster of opera singer Emma Calve

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Tales of the Parisian Opera

By Steve Moyer

This diva was the real deal

Illustration of medieval mystery play.

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The Body of Christ

By James Williford

Theology became flesh and blood in the sacred street theater of medieval England.

Dan Rice as Uncle Sam.

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The Circus You Never Knew

By Daniel Noonan

The naughty nineteenth-century circus.

Statue full figure

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Property of Tennessee Williams

By Christopher McDonough

What a souvenir statue tells us about his writing.

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A Seat on the Isle, Please

From Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome by Gregory S. Aldrete, pages 4-5. Copyright © The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

Image of choreographer Jerome Robbins rehearsing dancers.

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Dancing American

By Pia Catton

Jerome Robbins built a new style from classical and modern parts.

Image of Thorton Wilder, January, 28, 1962

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The Utterly Civilized Wilder

By Jonathan Leaf

Despite global popularity, the enduring works of Thornton Wilder hold up to critical scrutiny.

James Leve

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Impertinent Questions with James Leve

On the composers of Cabaret and Chicago.

Moliere dining with Louis XIV

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Burying Molière

By Steve Moyer

How the French Revolution reappropriated the favored playwright of Louis XIV.

Natalie Scott: A Magnificent Life

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Great Scott!

By Steve Moyer

In an “abandoned tramp’s hotel that had become too filthy even for the tramps,” a bohemian circle of actors, writers, and society figures founded Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré in 1919, one of the fi