American Theatre

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Articles in April 2005 issue of American Theatre

• April on stage.(Calendar)
• Awards & prizes.(for various performing arts)
• Checking on Chekhov.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the Editor)
• Corrections.(Correction Notice)
• Baltimore, MD., Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz., and Los Angeles: Barnes storming.(Thomas Gibbson's Permanent Collection runs at regional theatres around the country)(Theater Review)
  by Klein, Julia M.
• What price civic beauty?(ROAMING SPOTLIGHT)(Curious Theatre Company's Paris on the Platte)(Theater Review)
  by Estvanik
• Minneapolis and new.(trends & events)(India: The Future Is Now)(Brief Article)
• Festival watch.(trends & events)(Calendar)
• London, England.(A Sampler from the World Stage)(Brief Article)(Theater Review)
  by Estvanik, Nicole
• Julia Cho desert memories: landscape--and a sense of place--loom large in the work of a rising young playwright.(profiles)(Interview)
  by Rno, Sung
• Goodbye, Arts International.(trends & events)(Arts International dissolution)(Fund for United States Artists Program)
• Special section: worlds away: international theatre.(COMING IN MAY/JUNE)
• Manhandled: African-American masculinity--and black womanhood--are examined in August Wilson's oeuvre.(new books)(August Wilson: A Literary Companion)(Black Manhood in James Baldwin, Ernest J. Gaines, and August Wilson)(The Past as Present in the Drama of
  by Perry, Shauneille
• Systems and survival.(financing of arts organizations)
  by Cameron, Ben
• Force of will: tickets are selling like hotcakes at America's festival theatres--whose leaders, it turns out, are counting on our love affair with W.S. to last indefinitely.(William Shakespeare)(Utah Shakespearean Festival, Cedar City, executive interview
  by Ney, Charles
• How to play the Cleveland game: in a city of contradictions, the only constant for theatre artists is change.(on the scene: Cleveland)(Great Lakes Theater Festival)(Cleveland Play House)(Karamu House)(Dobama Theatre)(Ensemble Theatre)
  by Johnston, Christopher
• Peter Zeisler: 1923-2005.(in memoriam)(Obituary)
• Pieces of home: an interview with William S. Yellow Robe Jr.(COMING IN MAY/JUNE)(Brief Article)
• The African connection: an austere new work by Peter Brook raises questions of faith and destiny.(Interview)
  by Croyden, Margaret
• Who designates arrival? As Latino theatre enters a new phase, its playwrights and practitioners assess their evolution and future.(faultlines)(responses to the disbanding of Hispanic Playwrights Project at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California)(
  by Svich, Caridad
• Twenty questions.(Interview)
  by Finn, William
• Editor's note.(Editorial)
  by O; '; Quinn, Jim
• Unpredictable success.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Sublett, Dyan
• Broadcast news.(trends & events)(PBS and National Public Radio stage and character studies programs)(Brief Article)
• First Enron, then Tyco, and now 'Voysey'.(ROAMING SPOTLIGHT)(The Voysey Inheritance)(Theater Review)
  by Gener
• So edgy, we could scream.(trends & events)(Brief Article)
• Istanbul, Turkey.(A Sampler from the World Stage)(Istanbul International Puppet Festival)(Brief Article)
  by Estvanik, Nicole
• Washington, D.C.: cut the Yorick scene, it's a downer.(18th century playwright David Garrick)(Brief Article)
  by Wren, Celia
• The Scottish tour.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Bolt, Gigi
• The robot option.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Scott, Ryan A.
• New York City: raise the Oriental lantern.(Wong, Anna May - portrayal)
  by Gener, Randy
• A Kafka kaleidoscope.(Odyssey Theatre's Kafka Thing)(Theater Review)
  by Johnson, Cassandra
• A is for Arlen--and Asian and American.(trends & events)(exhibitions)(Brief Article)
• Paula Vogel faces her critics.(workshop for theater critics)
  by Gener, Randy
• Iraq through the eyes of its women: actor-playwright Heather Raffo introduces you to a family you didn't know you had.(Critical Essay)
  by Renner, Pamela
• Chicago: ready for the close-up.(FRONT and CENTER)(Mary Zimmerman adapting novel Silk by Alessandro Baricco)(Interview)
• Vienna, Austria.(A Sampler from the World Stage)(Brief Article)(Theater Review)
  by Estvanik, Nicole
• The Gods Are Pounding My Head! (AKA Lumberjack Messiah).(PLAYSCRIPT)(Play)(Interview)(Cover Story)
  by Foreman, Richard; Lee, Young Jean
• Empty no more.(trends & events)(Seattle)(Empty Space Theatre)(Brief Article)
• 6 leaders land observership grants.(NEWSFROMTCG)(Theatre Communications Group)(2005 Observership Program grants)
• Entrances & exits.(Directory)
• Internships--NYC.(CALL BOARD)
• April: theatre almanac.(Chronology)
• Brussels, Belgium.(A Sampler from the World Stage)(Kunsten Festival des Arts)(Brief Article)
  by Estvanik, Nicole
• Breaking many legs.(trends & events)(Royal Shakespeare Company at Davidson College, North Carolina)(Brief Article)