Study Guide: Exam 3
101 Cards in this Set
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Edward Albee
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won Pulitzer 3 times
"Zeus Story" "Who's afraid of Virginia Volt?" "The Goat or Who is Sylvia?"
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Harold Pinter
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Comedy of Menice
The Pinter pause
"The Homecoming" "The Dumb Waiter" "Betrayal"
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Samuel Beckett
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"End Game" "Waiting for Godot"
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Absurdism
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Operates in non-traditional sequence
nonsense dialogue
contains little or no plot
might contain non-realistic characters or actions
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Oklahoma Musical
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1943
everyone loved this play
first unified musical
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Rodgers and Hammerstein
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most successful musical playwrights in theater
"Oklahoma" "South Pacific" "The King and I" "The Sound of Music"
collaborated 11 shows
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West Side Story
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1957
places dramatic action within songs and action
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Gypsy
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1959
story of famed burlesque
one of the greatest american musicals
music by Jule Styne
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Arthur Miller
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works addressed post war politics
was married to marilyn monroe
"Death of a Salesman" "The Crucible" "All my Sons"
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"Death of a Salesman"
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1949
selective realism
directed by Kazan
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Tennessee Williams
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most lyrical, most poetic
"Cat on a Hot tin Roof"
"Glass Menageriae"
"A Street Car Named Desired"
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Broadway in the 60's
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musicals and comedies
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Neil Simon
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known for comedies
wrote comedies about living in new york
"Star Spangled Girl"
"Bearfoot in the Park"
"The Odd Couple"
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Jerry Herman
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humable for his music
"Hello Dolly"
"Maine"
"La Cage Aux Folles"
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Off Broadway
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smaller than 500 seats
developed after WW2
anti-realistic theatre
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Off Off Broadway
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anywhere in the city
50 chairs
found spaces
new and exciting
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Avant Garde
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anti-realistic forms
experimental
different ways of performance
performance art
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The Living Theatre
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goal to move society to communal idea of existence
show audience of working together
still continues today
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Joseph Papp
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Founded 1954 Shakespeare festival
founds 1967 public theatre
pioneers ethnically diverse casting
fostered off broadway movement
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The Fantasticks
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Show is simple
no set
8 characters
sullivan street house
longest running musical ever for 42 years
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Regional Theatres
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1960s due to creating of NEA(National Endowed of the Arts)
gov. tax money goes towards the arts
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Hair
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1967 to Broadway in 1968
American Tribal Musical
First rock and roll show
political piece about war in vietnam
loosely constructed story wise
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Broadway's Decline
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audience was getting older, less atendance
fewer plays and musicals
Times Squares is being over runned by adult entertainment
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White Flight
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Upperclass white people moving to the suburbs
non-white, poor people moving into urban areas
broadway becomes place for drugs and prostitutes
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African American Theatres
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"Raising of the Sun"
"Amiri Baraka"
provided opportunities for african americans
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August Wilson
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Poetic Realism in his works
"Pittsburgh Cycle" is 10 plays, each addressing a different decade from a black experience
Famous works:
"Joe Turner Come and Gone"
"Piano Lesson"
"Fences"
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Latino Theatres
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Chicano: started in southern California
Cuban-American Theatre: In Miami
Nilo Cruz-contemporary playwright
Puerto Rican: centered in New York
combining and clashing of culture
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Asian American Theatres
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New York, Seattle, San Francisco, L.A.
Now 30 across the nation
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Stephen Sondheim
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Writes both lyrics and music
his music is complex
his lyrics are intelligent
"Company"
"Sweenie Todd"
"Into the Woods"
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"Company"
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Broadway in 1970
concept musical
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
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most famous musical composer
Rock Opera- no dialoque, only singing
"Phantom of the Opera" "Jesus Christ Superstar" "Evita" "Catz"
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A Chorus Line
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1975, show about an audition
concept musical, was very popular
iconic numbers "God I hope I get it"
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Sweeney Todd
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story of barber who kills people
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Chicago Theatre
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"Steppen Wolf" 1974 started in church basement
1959 "The Second City" theatre school and improv
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David Mamet
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outspoken about everything
very masculine in his writing
dialogue "mamet speak" rapid, precise, multiple lines
"Speed the Plow" "Holeana" "Glen Gary Glen Ross"
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Wendy Wasserstein
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explores pressures and challenges of women
"Uncommon women and others"
"The Heidy Chronicles"
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Phantom of the Opera
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1988 directed by Hal Prints(same from Company and Sweeney Todd"
love triangle, Christine, Raul, and mysterious operaman
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AIDS Crisis
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crisis began in 1981
profound impact on arts communities, many artists died
a lot of theatre goers diers
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Angels in America
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a gay fantasia on national fleet
its in two parts
real and fictional characters, actors double rolls
most important work in last 1/4 of 20th century
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The Return of Broadway
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mayor of N.Y. cleaned up Times Squares
golden age of Disney 1994
1994 beauty and the beast on broadway
neighborhoods build their property value
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Julie Taymor
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stage and film director
colorful, bold and unusual works
"Frida" "Across the Universe" "The Tempest"
in theatre, her direction of "The Lion King"
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Lynn Nottage
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"Ruined"
"Intimate Apparel"
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Rajiv Joseph
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"Bangle Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo"
"Gruesome Playground Injuries"
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Tracy Letts
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member of Steppn Wolf (Chicago)
works focus on Lives of Midwesterners
"The man from Nebraska"
"August: Osage County"
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"August: Osage County"
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3 act drama
non musical play
648 performances in broadway
follows family on road of self destruction
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Jukebox Musicals
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already pre-existing songs
story based on a character
ex.) Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys
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Self-Referential Musicals
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rooted in sillyness
makes fun of musicals
"Urine Town"
"Spamalot"
"The Producers"
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Wicked
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Written by Stephen Schwartz
based on novel by Gregory
very famous
still continues today in Broadway
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In the Heights
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broadway in 2008, successful
Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote lyrics and music
pulitzer finalist 2009
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Antoinette Perry(Tony Awards)
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started in 1947
yearly awards to recognize work on Broadway
to be eligible, have to be operated on Broadway
under the Pulitzer, it's the Tony awards
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Ethel Merman
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considered the queen of Broadway.
performer with the voice unlike any other.
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Jerome Robbins
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director and choreographer
choreographed West Side Story and directed Gypsy.
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Zeus Story
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Albee
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Who's afraid of Virginia Volt?
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Albee
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The Goat of who is Sylvia?
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Albee
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The Homecoming
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Pinter
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The Dumb Waiter
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Pinter
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Betrayal
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Pinter
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End Game
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Samuel Beckett
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Oklahoma
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Rodger and Hammerstein
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South Pacific
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Rodger and Hammerstein
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The King and I
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Rodger and Hammerstein
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The Sound of Music
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Rodger and Hammerstein
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Death of a Salesman
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Arthur Miller
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The Crucible
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Arthur Miller
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All my sons
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Arthur Miller
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Cat on a hot tin Roof
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Tennessee Wiliams
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Glass Menageriae
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Tennessee Wiliams
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A street car named Desired
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Tennessee Wiliams
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Star Spangled Girl
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Neil Simon
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Bearfoot in the park
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Neil Simon
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The odd Couple
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Neil Simon
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Hello Dolly
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Jerry Herman
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Maine
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Jerry Herman
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La Cage Aux Folles
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Jerry Herman
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Pittsburgh Cycle
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August Wilson
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Joe Turner Come and Gone
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August Wilson
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Piano Lesson
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August Wilson
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Fences
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August Wilson
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Company
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Stephen Sondheim
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Sweenie Todd
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Stephen Sondheim
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Into the Woods
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Stephen Sondheim
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Phantom of the Opera
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Jesus Christ Superstar
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Evita
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Catz
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Speed the Plow
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David Mamet
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Holeana
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David Mamet
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Glen Gary Glen Ross
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David Mamet
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Uncommon Women and Others
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Wendy Wasserstein
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The Heidy Chronicles
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Wendy Wasserstein
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Frida
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Julie Taymor
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Across the Universe
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Julie Taymor
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The Tempest
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Julie Taymor
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The Lion King
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Julie Taymor
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Ruined
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Lynn Nottage
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Intimate Apparel
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Lynn Nottage
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Bangle Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
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Rajiv Joseph
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Gruesome Playground Injuries
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Rajiv Joseph
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The man from Nebraska
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Tracy Letts
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August: Osage County
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Tracy Letts
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Study Guide: Exam 4