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October 2011

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Enriching The Minds Of Our Youth: The Importance of Theater Education

Given an ailing economy and the ever-increasing cost of entertainment, it can sometimes be difficult to justify to yourself spending money on events rather than groceries. This is especially true when deciding whether or not to bring your family to the movies or to a sporting event, during which there is no guarantee of the quality of entertainment. The movie could be…
Bruce Tucker
October 21, 2011
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An Annotated History of the Vaudeville Theater

Theater in the United States has long been one of the most popular and ever-evolving entertainment sectors. Considering it from the earliest beginnings to today’s Broadway spectacles, the theater is an exceedingly important part of people’s lives—from authors and actors to audience members and enthusiasts. We might be familiar with the earliest origins of theater, including the amphitheaters of the…
Carina Jaramillo
October 11, 2011
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The Impact of Theatre Design

The aesthetics (artistic qualities) of a theater are often as important as the production taking place therein. There is something transformative about a proscenium arch built in the 1930s, or even the stark emptiness of the Black Box theater, that can change the entire mindset of an audience before a single note of an overture is played, before a single line…
Bruce Tucker
October 4, 2011