Synopses & Reviews
Stage Dust is an assortment of notices, columns, profiles, and essays which describe the performances, plays, personalities, trends, and controversies that preoccupied the cultural scene in America in the last decade of the twentieth century, with special emphasis on the theatre. It contains personal observations about some of the most seminal and outstanding performances that took place in the 1990s and the artists that were most prominent during that period. It is culled from a variety of periodical sources including The New York Times, The L.A. Times, American Theatre Magazine, The Guardian (UK), The Sunday Times (UK), The Observer (UK) and London Times (UK).
The book embraces Performing Arts, mime, film, TV, and books and describes the way in which the theatre interacted with the larger cultural climate in the country. Using brief linking commentary, it also fills in for the reader the necessary foreground and background of the items under review.