One Public

New York’s Public Theater in the Era of Oskar Eustis

Kevin Landis (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

328 Seiten

2022
Methuen Drama (Verlag)
978-1-350-28346-6 (ISBN)

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Since its founding by Joseph Papp in the 1950s, The Public Theater has been an American artistic leader defined by its breadth of programming, from Hair and A Chorus Line, to Free Shakespeare in the Park. With the recent critical and financial success of Fun Home and Hamilton, and its emphasis on new play development, The Public’s contemporary history has been equally remarkable, even as world crises and social changes have tested the mettle of its foundation of accessible and “radically inclusive” theatre for all.

One Public: New York’s Public Theater in the Era of Oskar Eustis presents the broader organization, its creative methodology, and its enormous growth over the past 20 years. Framed by the tenure and leadership of its current artistic director, the book tells the contemporary story, recorded over many interviews with iconic practitioners and performers ranging from Diane Paulus, Tony Kushner and Lynn Nottage to Kevin Kline, Chelsea Clinton and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Case-study driven, One Public uses oral history accounts and authorial experience to illuminate The Public Theater, Eustis and their cultural influence on the city of New York and the greater United States. The story highlights the successes and challenges of an institution at once espousing a mission of inclusivity and community-based arts creation, while also developing Broadway hits and international fame.

Kevin Landis, PhD, MFA is Professor and Director of the Theatre and Dance Program at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. His numerous published works range from culinary/theatrical intersections, to mobile Shakespeare, to American drag, to a book on performance anthropology. He is a visiting scholar at The Public Theater.

Acknowledgements

Introduction
Chapter One: One Public

The Park

Chapter Two: Up to the Delacorte
Chapter Three: Under the Lights
Interlude: Beowulf Boritt and Kenny Leon on Much Ado About Nothing

Lafayette

Chapter Four: Four Twenty-Five
Chapter Five: Coming Home
Interlude: Justin Vivian Bond and Bridget Everett on Joe’s Pub

Broadway ‘Bound’

Chapter Six: A Night at the Disco
Chapter Seven: Listen to Me
Interlude: Lin-Manuel Miranda on Hamilton

To the People

Chapter Eight: Courting Controversy
Chapter Nine: The American Neighborhood
Interlude: Kwame Kwei-Armah on Public Works

Hope

Chapter Ten: Rebirth
Epilogue: Oskar Eustis

Notes and Sources

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	21.04.2022
Zusatzinfo	27 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-350-28346-0 / 1350283460
ISBN-13	978-1-350-28346-6 / 9781350283466
Zustand	Neuware