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Spirit of Commedia This video introduction to the commedia dell'arte features Luoghi dell'Arte, one of Rome's leading commedia dell'arte companies, in performance, in the studio and in discussion. Entertaining and informative, this valuable resource celebrates the spirit of commedia, whic...[more] Stage for a Nation The National Theatre has entertained Washington since the time of Andrew Jackson, bringing the best of Broadway to Washington (and sometimes sending a play or musical to Broadway), providing a stage for theatrical legends from Edwin Booth to Helen Hayes, casting an infl...[more] Stephen Sondheim: 'Someone in a Tree' from 'Anatomy of a Song' Stephen Sondheim, composer-lyricist; John Weidman, writer; and Frank Rich, theater critic, in a close study of how one Broadway musical song came to be: "Someone in a Tree" from "Pacific Overtures". Members of the Broadway cast join Sondheim in a rousing performance of ...[more] Stepping Out In November 1979, 40 extraordinary people took to the stage. Labelled by society as mentally handicapped, isolated and hidden away in institutions since early childhood, they came to the Sydney Opera House and gave a performance that held audiences spellbound. This film...[more] Still Angela Jenny Kemp has been recognised as one of Melbourne's most innovative directors and writers for more than two decades. She has been associated with the Australian Performing Group and the groundbreaking Stasis Group and has directed in Melbourne, Sydney and South Austral...[more] Strings of Peace: The World of Puppets By Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop, Lahore - Pakistan 50 Min. in English. Featuring puppets and puppeteers from Sweden, Denmark, Thailand, England, Pakistan, Italy, Belgium, Korea, Poland, France, Switzerland and India, the video offers a "cultural feast", a rare experience ...[more] Summer in Ivye This unusual docu-drama chronicles events that took place during one remarkable summer, when American choreographer Tamar Rogoff staged a large-scale international theater production in a forest outside a remote, dirt-road village in Belarus. The production was inspir...[more] Supporting Actors This video features interviews with aspiring actors and established performers, plus casting directors, talent agents, acting teachers and other industry professionals with the power to make or break a career. They reveal the intensely competetive nature of the profess...[more] Surpanakha (The Amorous Demoness) A fascinating and colorful English-language dramatization of incidents drawn from the Ramayana. A love-sick demoness disguised as a beautiful woman attempts to seduce the unwilling victim. After gentle persuasion fails, the demoness assumes her true form and attempts to...[more] Systems of Rehearsal The gap between theory and practice in rehearsal is wide. Many actors and directors apply theories without fully understanding them, and most accounts of rehearsal techniques fail to put the methods in context. Systems of Rehearsal is the first systematic appraisal of t...[more]

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