{"product_id":"play-by-play-theater-essays-reviews-1993-2002-9780879109899","title":"Play by Play: Theater Essays \u0026 Reviews, 1993-2002","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jonathan Kalb\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc\/Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc\/Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Theater - History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection begins with a brave and piercing appraisal of the state of current theater criticism, in a section Kalb characteristically calls \"Critical Mess.\" He goes on to revisit the work of Samuel Beckett, as performed in well-meaning efforts to bring it to a new, wider (TV) audience; to consider today's political theater, particularly in the flourishing form of one-person shows; to explore the theatrical landscape of a reunited Germany, where the Berliner Ensemble is no longer a showcase for the East, and finally to cover what's going on back home in New York - everything from \u003ci\u003eThe Lion King\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDame Edna\u003c\/i\u003e to plays of David Mamet and Arthur Miller (new and old) and to the latest trends in the Broadway musical.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc\/Bloomsbury","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45410022916247,"sku":"9780879109899","price":3244.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780879109899.webp?v=1767312299","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/play-by-play-theater-essays-reviews-1993-2002-9780879109899","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}