Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Mel Gussow has made a career of being first on the theatrical scene. He has frequently written the first critical pieces about emerging talents who would later become our most valuable and imaginative playwrights, directors, and performers, many of whom went on to win Pulitzers, Tonys and MacArthurs.
From storefront theatres to the front line of of site specific environmental events, Gussow has brought the first word of the new and startling to his readers.
We follow Gussow on his beat through the labyrinthine sideshow of the American and international theater.
Synopsis
Compiled by Mel Gussow this collection of sideshow American and international theatre includes: Deeply American Roots (Sam Shepard) The Man Who Made Theatre Ridiculous (Charles Ludlam) From the City Streets a Poet of the Stage (Miguel Pi]ero) The Clark Kent of Modern Theatre (Robert Wilson) Speaks the Language of Illusion (Martha Clarke) The Lonely World of Displaced Persons (Lanford Wilson) A Virtuoso Who Specializes in Everything (Michael Gambon) Actress Clown and Social Critic (Whoopi Goldberg) Comedy Tragedy and Mystical Fantasy (Peter Brook) Celebrating the Fallen World (Richard Foreman).