Theory & Crit: Project 1

MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER

DOGPARK: THE MUSICAL
Written and Directed by Jahnna Beecham, Malcolm Hillgartner and Michael J. Hume

“…all-new musical canine comedy…”
http://www.gklaw.com/docs/events/288.pdf

"...a world-premiere musical"
http://npaper-wehaa.com/shepherdexpress;see-c03CGCnuN4506m3g#c-131275

TROUBLE IN MIND
Written by Alice Childress

“…Alice Childress’ drama of race, identity, and opportunity in the American theatre.”
http://www.yalerep.org/pr/pr_trouble_in_mind.pdf

"Alice Childress's play-within-a-play..."
http://www.curtainup.com/troubleinminddc.html

MIRANDOLINA
Written by Carlo Goldoni

“Italian farce”
http://www.milwaukeerep.com/season/performancedetails.php?id=138

“Eighteenth-Century comedy”
http://www.curtainup.com/mirandolina.html

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Adapted by Joseph Hanreddy from the novel by Jane Austen

“One of the most delightful and popular romantic comedies of all time…”
http://www.pfisterhotel.com/rep/

“classic tale”
http://www.pfisterhotel.com/rep/

FIRE ON THE BAYOU
Written by Kevin Ramsey

“…a suspense thriller…”
http://www.frommyhometown.net/kevin.swf

“A Mardi Gras Musical Extravaganza”
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/117494.html

THE CHERRY ORCHARD
Written by Anton Chekhov

“tragi-comedy”
http://tcsaugus.home.comcast.net/~tcsaugus/page5.html

“funny, sensual classic”
http://www.steppenwolf.org/news/detail.aspx?id=8

I JUST STOPPED BY TO SEE THE MAN
Written by Stephen Jeffreys

“three-character play with music”
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050203/news_lz1w3globe.html

“play/drama” (listed as genre)
http://www.doollee.com/playwrightsj/jeffreys-stephen.html

DOUBT
Written by John Patrick Shanley

“…great drama”
http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/local/local_story_263213019.html

“America's issue play”
http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/aloysius-sister-flynn-1911170-james-doubt

ENDGAME
Written by Samuel Beckett

”absurdist play”
http://www0.epinions.com/review/endgame_by_samuel_beckett/content_7743442564

“Comedy…” (odd wording but the page suggests the play as a “comedy”)
http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com/2006/11/review-for-samuel-beckett.html

LIFE COULD BE A DREAM
Written by Roger Bean

”new 1960 doo-wop musical”
http://life-could-be-a-dream.com/

“revue”
http://www2.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=668228&format=print



UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – MILWAUKEE

1001
by Jason Grote

“postmodern production”
http://www.1001nyc.com/press/

"a postmodern epic"
http://jasongrote.com/links.php

ARMS AND THE MAN
By George Bernard Shaw

“drama of ideas”
http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/dfs_0000_0022_0/dfs_0000_0022_0_00012.html

“Ruritanian Romance”
http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/dfs_0000_0022_0/dfs_0000_0022_0_00012.html

OEDIPUS REX
By Sophocles
(the webiste had no translator listed)

“tragedy”
http://www.amazon.com/review/r39fplh4zbhphj

"Athenian tragedy"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_the_King

HAIR
Book and Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado/Music by Galt MacDermot

“THE AMERICAN TRIBAL LOVE-ROCK MUSICAL”
http://www.geocities.com/hairpages/

“Vietnam-era rock musical”
http://www.variety.com/review/ve1117937921.html?categoryid=33&cs=1&nid=2562

SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
By Luigi Pirandello

"the first existentialist drama"
http://www.amazon.com/Characters-Search-Twentieth-Century-Classics/dp/014018922X

“masterpiece”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2008/jul/10/theatre.politicaltheatre

MILL FIRE
By Sally Nemeth

“1989 Drama”
http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/retro_productions_presents_sally_nemeths_mill_fire_20080321




ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST
By Dario Fo

“…a heady, hilarious farce”
http://www.dtcinfo.org/currentseason.aspx?p_id=4754

”political satire”
http://www.austin360.com/event/events2/etc/usereventdisplay.jspd?eventstatus=approved&eventid=140820

GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Adapted by Jonathan Smoots from the novel by Charles Dickens

“stage adaptation”
http://www.pamphletpress.org/index.cfm?sec=7&story_id=18

“A Drama”
http://www.blackfriars.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=83&itemid=26

THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE
Written by Bertolt Brecht




“…not quite drama, not quite comedy, but still overly long and preachy.”
http://www.kdhx.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2751&itemid=364

OF MICE AND MEN
Written by John Steinbeck

“…crippling drama”
http://www.parksquaretheatre.org/pdfs/2008_mice%20and%20men_star%20tribune.pdf

“…heartbreaking drama”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2008/feb/04/theatre