The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical by Saundra Mitchell with Bob Martin, Chad Beguelin, and Matthew Sklar [in Booklist]
31 Dec, by in Audio, Drama/Theater, Fiction, Latina/o/x, Repost, Young Adult Readers
*STARRED REVIEW Two star-crossed seniors just want to dance together at prom. Emma lives with her grandmother since her parents rejected her when she came out, but the bullying at school has never stopped. She and student council president Alyssa are in love, but Alyssa’s fear of...
Volume 1: From Restoration to Occupation, 1868-1945
Volume 2: From 1945 to the Present
The two volumes together offer the most comprehensive overview of modern Japanese literature available in translation. Capturing the most turbulent period of Japan –...
You could build major muscles benching both volumes, but think of it as beefing up your theater knowledge way beyond New York’s Broadway (it ain’t called ‘The Great White Way’ for nothin’!). For both the theater...
Yes, it’s pricey, but if you ever wanted a one-stop primer on Asian American theater, this is definitely it. Besides, I – yes, me, yours truly, don’t be so surprised! – get a very sweet nod...
This superb anthology offers nine challenging, unique, edgy voices, who were each chosen to be produced by one of the nation’s premier, most award-winning Asian American theater companies, the Ma-Yi Theater Company in New York City....
Awake and Singing: Six Great American Jewish Plays (new edition), edited and with an introduction by Ellen Schiff
Nine Contemporary Jewish Plays, edited by Ellen Schiff and Michael Posnick, foreword by Theodore Bikel
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Thrilling collection of four recent plays from one of my favorite playwrights: Sisters Matsumoto, The Wind Cries Mary, Ballad of Yachiyo, and Under the Rainbow which combines two playlets, Natalie Wood...
Joyce Carol Oates’ Scariest People: The world premiere of The Tattooed Girl at Theater J
“People think I’m prolific,” laughs Joyce Carol Oates, “but actually I work long hours and I’m very patient and fastidious.”...