The Federal Theatre Project and the “Living Newspapers” Anthony Jackson’s book “Theatre, Education And The Making of Meanings” attempts to enlighten the theatre professional and educator through dialectic discourse in the hope of evoking an analysis of theatre through inquiry, primarily is theatre “art” or “instrument?” This question is intriguing as most professional actors, like […]
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Caesar’s Palace and the Garden of the gods Pool Oasis
It’s hard for me to fathom, in my cynical yet optimistic sense of humor that many of the drunk — velour track-suited — gamblers passed out on lounge chairs at the Caesar’s Palace Garden of the gods pool would associate or ponder the immense contributions The Greeks and Romans made to the world. Architecture and […]
Let’s Face The Music and Dance
“Let’s Face the Music and Dance” — Irving Berlin — The 1930’ movie musical: merely a device simply constructed as escapism for the masses afflicted by the distress of the Great Depression or were these films, often considered silly and infantile; a deliberate contrivance by the Hollywood machine to document and comment on […]