The Theatre History Podcast
By Michael Lueger
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Episodes: 100
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Performance is an ephemeral thing, so how do we rediscover its history, and what can that teach us about theatre today? The Theatre History Podcast explores these questions through interviews with scholars and artists who are studying theatre's past in order to help shape its future.
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Episode 109: Going "Beyond Ridiculous" with Dr. Ken Elliott
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Episode 108: "Stirring Up Sheffield" with Tedd George
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Episode 107: Tracing the Rise of the Professional Scenic Designer w/ Dr. David Bisaha
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Episode 106: Staging Latinx Shakespeares with Dr. Carla Della Gatta
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Episode 105: The Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama with Professor Fiona Macintosh
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Episode 104: Elise Harris Helps Us Look Into "Sidney Brustein’s Window"
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Episode 103: Special Guest Episode! Peter Schmitz and Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia present "Jasper Deeter and the Hedgerow Theatre"
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Episode 102: Celebrity Pregnancy on the 18th-century London Stage with Dr. Chelsea Phillips
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Episode 101: Visiting the Museum of Broadway with Ben West
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Episode 100: Examining Robert E. Sherwood's "There Shall Be No Night" with Dr. Thomas F. Connolly
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Episode 99: Exploding the Canon with Classix
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Episode 98: Marking 100 Years of "Abie's Irish Rose" with Eric Grode
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Episode 97 - Discovering Kunqu with Dr. Dongshin Chang
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Episode 96: The End of Her Own Rainbow: Dr. Kim F. Hall Introduces Us to the Life and Work of Ntozake Shange
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Episode 95 - Going Beyond Shakespeare with Rob Crighton
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May 23, 2022 |
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Episode 94: A Theatre for the Oppressed? Dr. Amy Richlin on Slavery and Plautus
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May 10, 2022 |
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Episode 93: Brava! American Women Make Theater, with Dr. Melissa Barton
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Episode 92: Lady Romeo: Learning About 19th-Century Actress Charlotte Cushman with Tana Wojczuk
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Episode 91: Passing into History: Dr. Megan Sanborn Jones on Pageants and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Episode 90: Reappraising the Legacy of Ernie McClintock with Dr. Ibby Cizmar
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Episode 89 - The History of Method Acting with Isaac Butler
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Episode 88 - Learning About the History - and Future - of Stand-up Comedy with Dr. Rachel Blackburn
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Episode 87: Hearing the Voices of Women in Yiddish Theatre with Dr. Alyssa Quint and Amanda Miryem-Khaye Seigel
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Episode 86: Introducing the University of Pittsburgh's August Wilson Archive With Dr. Sandra Shannon and Bill Daw
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Episode 85 - Reading the Manuscripts of the Negro Units of the Federal Theatre Project with Dr. Kate Dossett
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Episode 84: Imagining a New Federal Theatre Project with Corinna Schulenberg and Dr. Elizabeth A. Osborne
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Episode 83: Transcribing the Federal Theatre Project with Morgen Stevens-Garmon
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Episode 82: Where the Courtroom Meets the Stage: Dr. Luke McDonagh on Copyright and Drama
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Episode 81: “Simultaneously Unhinged and Fantastical in Every Possible Way”: Margaret Hall Introduces Us to the History of Theatrical Merchandise
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Episode 80: Rediscovering Lost Plays with Dr. David McInnis
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Episode 79: Exploring Nuyorican Feminist Performance with Dr. Patricia Herrera
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Episode 78: Peter Schmitz's Adventures in Theatre History
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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Episode 77: Exploring the Imitations of Gertrude Hoffmann with Dr. Sunny Stalter-Pace
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Episode 76: Voyage to the Planet of the Grapes with Pete Marino
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May 31, 2021 |
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Episode 75: "Our Town" in the 21st Century: Howard Sherman's "Another Day's Begun"
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May 17, 2021 |
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Episode 74: Discovering Teresa Deevy with Drs. Una Kealy and Kate McCarthy
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May 10, 2021 |
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Episode 73: Introducing the Theatre 2020 Collection with Dr. Eric Colleary
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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Episode 70: Restoring An Alternate Version of Shakespeare’s Works
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 69: Tracing the Origins of the Freak Show with Dr. Matt DiCintio
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 68: Learning About Mary Ann Yates with Dr. Elaine McGirr
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 67: Dr. Derek Miller on the History of Performance and Copyright
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 66: Dr. Sara B.T. Thiel on Pregnancy on the Stage in Early Modern English Drama
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 65: Playing Around with Nineteenth-Century Theatre in Dr. Robert Davis’s Broadway 1849
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 64: Learning About Modern Indonesian Theatre with Dr. Cobina Gillitt
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 63: After the Big Top: Carlos Alexis Cruz on the Evolution of Modern Circus
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 62: Theatre and Civil Rights: Dr. Julie Burrell on the Importance of A Medal for Willie
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 61: Chantal Bilodeau on “Breaking Up with Aristotle” and Finding New Ways to Tell Stories Onstage
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 60: Lost Worlds and “Pansexual Extravaganzas”: Rediscovering Weimar Operetta with Dr. Kevin Clarke
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 59: Taking Shakespeare’s Measure in the Twenty-First Century: Dr. Nora Williams and Measure (Still) for Measure
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 58: What We Think About When We Think About Casting: Dr. Amy Cook’s Building Character: The Art and Science of Casting
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 57: Dr. Claudia Orenstein on the Evolving Art of Tolpavakoothu
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 56: How to Succeed in (Early Modern Show) Business: Dr. David Nicol’s Philip Henslowe Blog
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 55: Examining the Controversial History of the “Mummers Wench” with Dr. Christian DuComb
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 54: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart: Tracy Heather Strain Shows Us a Different Side of Lorraine Hansberry
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 53: Rediscovering Sheridan’s Smash Hit Pizarro with Dr. Selena Couture & Dr. Alex Dick
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 52: Remembering Argentina’s Traumatic Past Through Theatre with Dr. Noe Montez
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 51: Death-Defying Acts with Amy Meyer
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 50: Opening Up New Approaches to Acting with Dr. Sharrell D. Luckett
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 49: Dr. Erin Mee on Modern and Contemporary Indian Theatre
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 48: Learning About Kutiyattam with Dr. Erin Mee
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 47: Translating An Enemy of the People with Dr. Paul Walsh
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 46: Reimagining Shakespeare’s Legacy with Madeline Sayet
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 45: Rethinking Amateur Theatricals with David Coates
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 44: Exploring the Performing Arts Collections at the Harry Ransom Center with Dr. Eric Colleary
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 43: Being Melodramatic with the Staging Napoleonic Theatre Project
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Episode 42: From "West Side Story" to "Wicked": Dr. Stacy Wolf on Feminism & the Broadway Musical
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 41: Bryan Doerries and Theater of War Productions Use Classical Drama to Address Today’s Problems
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 40: Dr. José A. Pérez Díez & Dr. Matthew Steggle Introduce the Oxford Marston
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 39: Dr. Matthew Sergi and the Surprising Truth About Morality Plays
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 38: Eleanor Fitzsimons on Oscar Wilde, Sarah Bernhardt, and the Troubled History of "Salomé"
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 37: Examining the Diary of Nineteenth Century Actor Harry Watkins with Dr. Amy Hughes, Dr. Naomi Stubbs, and Dr. Scott D. Dexter
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 36: Editing and Staging The Dutch Lady with Dr. Joseph F. Stephenson
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 35: Get Thee to a Nunnery: Learning About Medieval Convent Drama with Dr. Elisabeth Dutton, Dr. Olivia Robinson, Dr. Matthew Cheung Salisbury, and Aurèlie Blanc
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 34: Dr. Mary Chinery and Dr. Laura Rattray on Edith Wharton’s "The Shadow of a Doubt"
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 33: Rediscovering the Victorian Theatre at the Alexandra Palace with James White
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 32: Seret Scott Looks Back on the Free Southern Theater
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 31: Exploring the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts’s New Jo Mielziner Acquisitions with Annemarie van Roessel
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 30: Dr. Esther Fernandez Introduces us to the Siglo de Oro Festival at Chamizal
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 29: Short Day’s Introduction to Monte Cristo Cottage with Anne G. Morgan
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 28: Digging up Nea Paphos with Dr. Craig Barker
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 27: Learning About Ta’ziyeh with Dr. William O. Beeman
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 26: Jack Viertel Introduces the New York City Center Encores! Revival of "The New Yorkers"
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 25: Exploring Modern Chinese Theatre with Dr. Steven (Siyuan) Liu
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 24: Exploring Plays About Urban Ireland with Dr. Elizabeth Mannion
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 23: Is It Happening Here? Dr. Paul Gagliardi on the Return of the Federal Theatre Project’s "It Can’t Happen Here"
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 22: Dr. Mac Test’s New Translation of "La monja alfèrez"
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 21: Director George Drance on "Calderon’s Two Dreams"
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 20: Rediscovering the Lost Lope de Vega Play Mujeres y Criados with Dr. Alejandro Garcia-Reidy
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 19: Jeremy Morris on His New Play About Vaudeville Performer Bert Williams, The Top of Bravery
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 18: Dr. Charlotte Canning on Internationalism and US Theatre
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Episode 17: Dr. Anita Gonzalez Introduces Listeners to 19thcenturyacts.com
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Sep 26, 2019 |
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Episode 16: Exploring the Surprising—and Disturbing—Origins of “Jingle Bells” with Dr. Kyna Hamill
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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Episode 15: Dr. Fiona Coffey on Women in Northern Irish Theatre During The Troubles
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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Episode 14: David Mandelbaum Talks About New Yiddish Rep’s Revival of God of Vengeance
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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Episode 13: Staging a Medieval Play in the 21st Century with Kyle A. Thomas and Dr. Carol Symes
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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Episode 12: Music Theory and Musicals with Adam Roberts
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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Episode 11: “You Don’t Read Latino”: Discussing the History of Latinx Casting with Dr. Brian Eugenio Herrera
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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Episode 10: Sizwe Banzi Is Dead and the Legacy of Anti-Apartheid Theatre
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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Episode 9: Theatre of Cruelty on Michigan Avenue: Dr. Susanne Shawyer on Street Theatre and 1968
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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Episode 8: Fifty Years and Counting: Talking About Chicano Theatre and Political Activism with Dr. Jorge Huerta
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Sep 23, 2019 |