theatre journal
Subtitle: reviews from The Village Voice 1960 - 1974
Publisher: Fast Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Silverton, Oregon, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780988716278
Description: Michael Smith wrote theater criticism for The Village Voice from 1957 to 1974 and created the popular column, 'theatre journal'.  This book consists of a few published plus some articles and columns written about news events including some Michael Townsend Smith was involved in.  In his introduction to this volume he estimates writing a total of 809 reviews.
Table of contents: label: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: Off-Broadway (1960-63); label: The Fantasticks
pagenum: 5; label: One-Way Pendulum
pagenum: 7; label: Desire Under the Elms
pagenum: 8; label: The Blacks
pagenum: 11; label: Beckett, Albee (1960-65); label: Waiting for Godot
pagenum: 14; label: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
pagenum: 15; label: The American Dream, The Zoo Story
pagenum: 19; label: Play
pagenum: 21; label: Tiny Alice
pagenum: 24; label: Happy Days
pagenum: 28; label: Unique and Memorable (1961-64); label: Four Dancers
pagenum: 31; label: The Laundry
pagenum: 32; label: Meat Joy
pagenum: 34; label: Caffe Cino I (1962-65); label: The Rue Garden
pagenum: 38; label: So Who's Afraid of Edwatd Albee?
pagenum: 39; label: The Madness of Lady Bright
pagenum: 39; label: Incidents
pagenum: 41; label: The Haunted Host
pagenum: 42; label: Cino fire: interview with Joe Cino
pagenum: 42; label: Judson Poets' Theatre (1963-67); label: What Happened
pagenum: 49; label: Home Movies
pagenum: 50; label: Sing Ho for a Bear!
pagenum: 51; label: A Beautiful Day;  Play I Play II Play III
pagenum: 53; label: Song of Songs
pagenum: 58; label: La MaMa (1962-68); label: The Room
pagenum: 61; label: The People vs. Ranchman (Firehouse)
pagenum: 62; label: Sarah B. Devine!
pagenum: 65; label: The Moon Dreamers
pagenum: 66; label: Pinter, Ionesco (1962-64); label: The Dumbwaiter, The Collection
pagenum: 71; label: The Bald Soprano, The Lesson
pagenum: 73; label: The New Tenant, Victims of Duty
pagenum: 76; label: The Room, A Slight Ache
pagenum: 79; label: Albee-Wilder (1962-64); label: Endgame, Bertha
pagenum: 82; label: Gallows Humor, The Sandbox
pagenum: 84; label: Deathwatch, Picnic on the Battlefield
pagenum: 85; label: Funnyhouse of a Negro
pagenum: 87; label: Broadway (1963-64); label: The Beauty Part
pagenum: 89; label: The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
pagenum: 90; label: Oh Dad, Poor Dad...
pagenum: 93; label: Oh, What a Lovely War!
pagenum: 95; label: The Living Theatre (1962-73); label: The Brig
pagenum: 98; title: The Maids     101; label: Frankenstein
pagenum: 103; label: Seven Meditations on Political Sado-Masochism
pagenum: 108; label: Grand Tour (1963-66); label: Berliner Ensemble
pagenum: 111; label: Polish Lab Theatre
pagenum: 113; label: Rome, Paris
pagenum: 118; label: Peter Brook's US
pagenum: 122; label: Off-Broadway (1964); label: In the Summer House
pagenum: 129; label: The Slave, The Toilet
pagenum: 133; label: Poets in the Theatre (1963-67); label: Diane di Prima
pagenum: 139; label: LeRoi Jones
pagenum: 140; label: Frank O'Hara, LeRoi Jones
pagenum: 141; label: Peter Hartman, Wallace Stevens
pagenum: 144; label: Michael McClure
pagenum: 145; label: Repertory Company of Lincoln Center (1964-65); label: After the Fall
pagenum: 149; label: Marco Millions
pagenum: 155; label: Tartuffe
pagenum: 158; label: Shakespeare (1964-68); label: Burton's Hamlet
pagenum: 162; label: Othello in Central Park
pagenum: 165; label: A Midsummer Night's Dream
pagenum: 168; label: Papp's Hamlet
pagenum: 172; label: Theatre Genesis (1964-72); label: Cowboys, The Rock Garden
pagenum: 176; label: Chicago
pagenum: 178; label: The Hawk
pagenum: 179; label: Willie the Germ
pagenum: 182; label: Notable Playwrights (1964-68); label: Terrance McNally
pagenum: 184; label: Lanford Wilson
pagenum: 186; label: Ronald Ribman
pagenum: 188; label: George Birimisa
pagenum: 190; label: Rochelle Owens
pagenum: 193; label: H. M. Koutoukas (1965-67); label: Only a Countess May Dance When She's Crazy
pagenum: 197; label: Medea
pagenum: 198; label: All Day for a Dollar
pagenum: 199; label: When Clowns Play Hamlet
pagenum: 200; label: Caffe Cino II (1965-67); label: Directing Icarus's Mother
pagenum: 203; label: Moon
pagenum: 204; label: News Report: Death of Joe Cino
pagenum: 205; label: The Clown
pagenum: 207; label: This Is the Rill Speaking
pagenum: 208; label: The Brown Clown
pagenum: 209; label: News Report: Caffe Cino Closed
pagenum: 210; label: Broadway (1966-67); label: Marat/Sade
pagenum: 216; label: The Homecoming
pagenum: 219; label: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
pagenum: 220; label: The Ridiculous I (1966-67); label: The Live of Lady Godiva
pagenum: 222; label: The Life of Juanita Castro, Kitchenette
pagenum: 224; label: Gorilla Queen
pagenum: 226; label: Conquest of the Universe
pagenum: 229; label: Tom O'Horgan (1963-71); label: Love and Variations
pagenum: 233; label: Futz
pagenum: 233; label: Tom Paine
pagenum: 235; label: Hair
pagenum: 240; label: Jesus Christ Superstar, Lenny, Inner City
pagenum: 241; label: Off-Broadway (1967-68); label: The Deer Park
pagenum: 246; label: The Boys in the Band
pagenum: 250; label: Red Cross, Muzeeka
pagenum: 252; label: Memorable Outliers (1967-73); label: San Francisco Mime Troupe
pagenum: 254; label: And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers
pagenum: 256; label: In Search of the Cobra Jewels
pagenum: 257; label: Hot Peaches: The Magic Hype
pagenum: 259; label: New Forms (1967-73); label: Environmental Theatre
pagenum: 262; label: Scott Burton
pagenum: 265 |; label: Richard Foreman
pagenum: 267; label: The People Show
pagenum: 269; label: Peter Schumann
pagenum: 271; label: Meredith Monk
pagenum: 272; label: Robert Wilson
pagenum: 273; label: Personalities (1972-74); label: Allen Ginsberg
pagenum: 278; label: Charles Stanley
pagenum: 281; label: Gertrude Stein
pagenum: 282; label: Joseph Chaikin
pagenum: 284; label: Jackie Curtis
pagenum: 287; label: The Ridiculous II (1972-73); label: The Trojan Women
pagenum: 289; label: Eunuchs of the Forbidden City
pagenum: 291; label: Sissy
pagenum: 293; label: Corn
pagenum: 296; label: The Magic Show of Dr. Ma-gico
pagenum: 298; label: Notable Playwrights (1972-73); label: Murray Mednick
pagenum: 301; label: Robert Patrick
pagenum: 304; label: Rosalyn Drexler
pagenum: 305; label: Arthur Sainer
pagenum: 306; label: Jeff Weiss
pagenum: 309; label: Theater for the New City (1972-73); label: Petit Cabaret Solenelle
pagenum: 312; label: Angels of Light: Gossamer Wings
pagenum: 314; label: Ten Best Martyrs of the Year
pagenum: 316; label: Last Columns (1974); label: State of the Theatre
pagenum: 318; label: McDowell, Fierstein, Trocks
pagenum: 320; label: On Richard Foreman (with Arthur Sainer)
pagenum: 324; label: Ave atque vale
pagenum: 329; label: Index
pagenum: 332