PROJECT #1

Dallas Theatre Center

Death of a Salesman (April 2010)

By Arthur Miller

-          “An Overrated Classic”

http://plays.about.com/od/reviews/fr/deathsalesman.htm 

-          “ Pulitzer Prize (Drama)”

http://brothersjudd.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/reviews.detail/book_id/473/

It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman (June 2010)

By David Newman and Robert Benton

-          “A Lost Treasure, a Musical Marvel, Soars Again”

https://dallastheatercenter.org/show_details.php?sid=37

-          “is an odd and mostly uneven re-worked musical”

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Gary-Cogill-reviews-97187549.html

Henry IV (September 2010)

By William Shakespeare

-          “Raucous comedy and large-scale battlefield action punctuate the moving drama”

https://dallastheatercenter.org/show_details.php?sid=11

-          Even without its climactic sequel this is a roguishly appealing, stand-alone historical romp.

http://www.londontheatreblog.co.uk/henry-iv-part-1/

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (October 2009)

By William Shakespeare

-          “Shakespeare's beloved romantic comedy is a party in a play to launch a new era of Dallas theater”

https://dallastheatercenter.org/show_details.php?sid=33

-          “A Midsummer Night's Dream can be a light fantasy, a dark nightmare, a slapstick comedy, or a semi-serious melodrama.”

http://www.reelviews.net/movies/m/midsummer.html

The Trinity River Plays (November 2010)

By Regina Taylor

-          “deeply personal, three-act drama”

http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/the_theater_loop/2011/01/trinity-river-plays-goodman-theatre-regina-taylor-review.html

-          “Drama”

http://chicago.metromix.com/theater/theater_event/the-trinity-river-plays-loop/1828234/content

A Christmas Carol (November 2010)

By Charles Dickens, Adapted by Richard Hellesen

-          “bright, funny, spooky, moving, soul-stirring, heart-warming, uplifting classic”

http://www.dallastheatercenter.org/show_details.php?sid=13

-          “festive fable”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturecritics/6720299/A-Christmas-Carol-review.html

Arsenic and Old Lace (February 2011)

By Joseph Kesselring

-          “black comic farce”

http://www.dallastheatercenter.org/show_details.php?sid=14

-          “classic dark comedy.”

http://www.ericdsnider.com/theater/arsenic-and-old-lace/

Dividing the Estate (March 2011)

By Horton Foote

-          “drama”

http://www.onlineseats.com/theatre/dividing-the-estate-tickets/index.asp

-          “Comedy”

http://www.nytix.com/Links/Broadway/Shows/Current/dividingtheestate.html

Cabaret (April 2011)

By Joe Masteroff

-          “musical theater event of a lifetime”

http://www.dallastheatercenter.org/show_details.php?sid=16

-          “Dark Cabaret”

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-cabaret.htm

The Wiz (July 2011)

By William F. Brown

-          “dazzling musical”

http://www.dallastheatercenter.org/show_details.php?sid=17

-          “musical theatre”

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_7132/is_201011/ai_n56443115/

Collin College

Comedy of Errors (June 2008)

By William Shakespeare

-      “sublime silliness”

http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/columnists/lawson-taitte/20100628-Theater-review-Comedy-of-7281.ece

-      “Shakespearean comedy”

http://www.shmoop.com/comedy-of-errors/genre.html

U. S. Drag (October 2010)

                By Gina Gionfriddo

-          “Drama”

http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3695

-          “jet-black comedy”

http://theater.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/theater/reviews/03drag.html

You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (October 2010)

                By Clark Gesner and Andrew Lippa

-           “musical comedy”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You're_a_Good_Man,_Charlie_Brown

-          “musical”, “broadway”

http://abmp3.com/mp3/you're-a-good-man-charlie-brown.html

Hello Human Female (December 2010)

                By Matt Lyle

-          “love story”

http://www.enewsbuilder.net/cccc/e_article001936811.cfm

-          “sci-fi”

http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2009/feb/27/theater-review-hello-human-female/

Rent (March 2010)

                By Jonathan Larson

-          “social commentaries”, “moving musical”

http://www.rentmusical.net/

-          “rock opera”

http://www2.cortland.edu/dotAsset/123958.pdf

Unnecessary Farce (April 2011)

                By Paul Slade Smith

-          “Farce”

http://www.playscripts.com/play.php3?playid=1490

-          “good comedy”

http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2009/jul/31/theater-review-unnecessary-farce/

The Two Gentleman of Verona (June 2010)

                By William Shakespeare

-          “vaudeville comedy”

http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/onstage/productions.aspx?id=6051&prodid=31487

-          “comedy”

http://www.shmoop.com/gentlemen-of-verona/genre.html

Little Woman, the Musical (March 2010)

                By Jason Howland

-          “Drama” ,”Holiday”, “Literary Classic”

http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/p2302/Little-Women-(musical)/product_info.html

-          “coming of age”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Women

Big Love (October 2010)

                By Charles L. Mee

-          “short play”, “one act”

http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsM/mee-jr-charles-l.html

-          “vaudevillian tragicomedy”

http://www.curtainup.com/biglove.html

or you might also find this on

http://shsudramaturgymctier2009.blogspot.com/2009/07/script.html

Bus Stop (October 2010)

                By William Inge

-          “comedy”

http://plays.about.com/od/reviews/fr/busstop.htm

-          “ three-act romance”

http://book.consumerhelpweb.com/authors/inge/0822201666.htm