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Monthly Archives: January 2010
The Stench of Death at Ford’s Theatre
There is something crass and congenitally wrong with continuing to produce live performances at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. President Lincoln was shot in the back of the head there by John Wilkes Booth in 1865. Why do Americans totemize … Continue reading
Posted in Spectacle
Tagged abraham, assassination, blood, drama, ford's theatre, killing, lincoln
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Silence in Performance
Diction not only includes patterns of speech, Diction can also mean the lack of a spoken word: Silence. Silence is a frequently overlooked, but powerful, meme to employ in an effective life stage performance.
U.S. Steel and The Theatre Guild
There was a Golden Decade in American television between the years 1952-1963 when live theatre performances were aired live on the young ABC Television network. The show was called — ”The United States Steel Hour” — and it was produced … Continue reading
Posted in Thought
Tagged abc, guild, jamison, live, marshall, performance, steel, television, theatre, us
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Sport in Live Performance
Today’s modern sporting events reflect the most seductive part of live performance: Creating Dramatic Tension — and the buildup to the annual Super Bowl celebration is one of the finest examples of spectacle in performance wrapped in football pads and … Continue reading
















