Whether creating Broadway musicals, experimental dramas, or outrageous comedies, the performers, directors, playwrights, designers, and producers profiled in this collection have contributed to the representation of LGBTQ lives and culture in a variety of theatrical venues, both within the queer community and across the US theatrical landscape.
Moving from the era of the Stonewall Riots to today, notable scholars in the field bring a wide variety of queer theatre artists into conversation with each other, exploring connections and differences in race, gender, physical ability, national origin, class, generation, aesthetic modes, and political goals, creating a diverse and inclusive study of 50 years of queer theatre.
For readers seeking an introduction to or a deeper understanding of LGBTQ theatre, this volume offers thought-provoking analyses of theatre-makers both celebrated and lesser-known, mainstream and subversive, canonical and new.
Edited by:
Jimmy A. Noriega,
Jordan Schildcrout
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Weight: 322g
ISBN: 9781032067964
ISBN 10: 1032067969
Series: Routledge Key Guides
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 01 September 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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ELT Advanced
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Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction Jimmy A. Noriega and Jordan Schildcrout Reza Abdoh Joseph Cermatori Luis Alfaro Patricia Ybarra Kate Bornstein Rye Gentleman Sharon Bridgforth T. Chester Charles Busch Sean F. Edgecomb Jane Chambers Sara Warner Ellie Covan Jeff McMahon Will Davis Joshua Bastian Cole Ty Defoe (Giizhig) Courtney Elkin Mohler Snehal Desai Dan Bacalzo Harvey Fierstein Jordan Schildcrout William Finn Ryan Donovan The Five Lesbian Brothers: Moe Angelos, Babs Davy, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey, and Lisa Kron Lisa Sloan María Irene Fornés Gwendolyn Alker John Glines Jordan Schildcrout David Greenspan Nick Salvato Jeremy O. Harris David Román Rachel Hauck Stacy Wolf Chisa Hutchinson La Donna L. Forsgren Michael R. Jackson Aviva Helena Neff Bill T. Jones Ariel Nereson Moisés Kaufman Bess Rowen Tony Kushner Virginia Anderson Tina Landau David Román Nathan Lane James F. Wilson Haruna Lee Jessica Del Vecchio Joan Lipkin Gad Guterman Charles Ludlum Joe E. Jeffreys Taylor Mac Sean F. Edgecomb Joe Mantello James F. Wilson Tarell Alvin McCraney Isaiah Matthew Wooden Terrence McNally Virginia Anderson Muriel Miguel Christy Stanlake Cherríe Moraga Alicia Arrizón Daaimah Mubashshir Adam Ashraf Elsayigh The NEA Four: Karen Finley, John Fleck, Holly Hughes, and Tim Miller Jimmy A. Noriega and Jordan Schildcrout Robert O’Hara Faedra Chatard Carpenter Monica Palacios Marci R. McMahon Miguel Piñero Karen Jaime Billy Porter Eric M. Glover Clint Ramos Jimmy A. Noriega Guillermo Reyes Jimmy A. Noriega Edwin Sánchez Analola Santana Leigh Silverman Bess Rowen Ana María Simo Virginia Baeta Split Britches: Peggy Shaw, Lois Weaver, and Deb Margolin Benjamin Gillespie Paula Vogel Sara Warner Ron Whyte Patrick McKelvey George C. Wolfe Charles I. Nero BD Wong Esther Kim Lee Chay Yew Dan Bacalzo
Jimmy A. Noriega is Professor of Theatre at the College of Wooster and President of the American Society for Theatre Research. He is the co-editor of Theatre and Cartographies of Power: Repositioning the Latina/o Americas (2008) and the founder of Teatro Travieso/Troublemaker Theatre. Jordan Schildcrout is Professor of Theatre & Performance at SUNY Purchase and author of In the Long Run: A Cultural History of Broadway’s Hit Plays (Routledge, 2020) and Murder Most Queer: The Homicidal Homosexual in the American Theater (2014).
Reviews for Fifty Key Figures in Queer US Theatre
"""In this compendium of elegantly crafted essays from leading and emerging voices in queer theater and performance studies, Noriega and Schildcrout have assembled a rich and diverse survey of queer theater makers in the half-century since Stonewall. An informative read and immensely useful resource for scholars and practitioners of the queer stage alike."" — Joshua Chambers-Letson, Northwestern University, USA."
