num_pages: 258
description: This stunning contribution to the field of theatre history is the first in-depth look at avant-garde theatre in the United States from the early 1950s to the 1990s. American Avant-Garde Theatre offers a definition of the avant-garde, and looks at its origins and theoretical foundations by *Gertrude Stein*John Cage*The Beat writers*Avant-garde cinema*Abstract Expressionism*MinimalismThere are fascinating discussions and illustrations of the productions of the Living Theatre, the Wooster Group, Open Theatre, Ontological-Hysteric Theatre and Performance Group. among many others. Aronson also examines why avant-garde theatre declined and virtually disappeared at the end of the twentieth century.
language: English
title: American Avant-Garde Theatre: A History
titlecomplete: American Avant-Garde Theatre: A History (Theatre Production Studies)
genres: Nonfiction, Theatre
ratings_count: 28
publisher: Routledge