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The innovative new musical that won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Book and is soon to be a Spike Lee film. Smashes Broadway clichés with an electric guitar and the funniest libretto I can remember. - New York...

Leslie Fiedler pronounced it the first American tragedy. F.O. Mathiessen considered it the Puritan Faust. Until now, it appeared that Nathaniel Hawthorne's haunting drama of judgement, alienation, and r...

Richly illustrated, it is ideal for fans of the show, as well as admirers of musical theatre. - Variety · Anybody who has seen the show (who hasn't?) should read the book - Entertainment Today · The per...

Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart Introduction by Larry Gelbart This brazenly retro Broadway musical, inspired by Plautus, is as timeless as comedy itself. -Vincent Canby, The New York Times The most ...

Over one-hundred and thirty great scenes erupt from page to stage in this addition to the Applause Acting Series. Each scene has been selected as a freestanding dramatic unit offering two actors a wide range...

Now in its 25th year, the Commercial Theater Institute sponsors an annual intensive program in New York for individuals interested in producing or investing in the theatre that attracts people from all over ...

Applause is proud to continue the series that for over 60 years has been the standard of excellence for one-act plays in America. Our editor Barbara Parisi has selected the following 14 plays: A Roz by Any O...

Rich anthologies of dramatic art and critical insight - varied, stimulating, broad in its view and deep in its perceptions...exciting variety of translations...enlightening essays from some of the most stium...

Martin Sherman's worldwide hit play Bent took London by storm in 1979 when it was first performed by the Royal Court Theatre, with Ian McKellen as Max (a character written with the actor in mind). The p...

It is hard to believe that over 25 years have passed since A Chorus Line first electrified a New York audience. The memories of the show's birth in 1975, not to mention those of its 15-year-life and poi...