Robert Cohen - Theatre, Brief Version-McGraw-Hill Education (2016)

Index I-17
Into the Woods, 40, 249
A Little Night Music, 248–249
“The Little Things You Do Together”
( Company), 248
Merrily We Roll Along, 102
Pacific Overtures, 249
Passion, 249
Sunday in the Park in the Park with George,
135, 242, 249
Sweeney Todd, 249, 250
West Side Story, 245, 247, 248
Sophisticated Ladies (Blake), 249
Sophocles
Antigone, 13, 33
Oedipus Tyrannos, 22, 27, 86–87, 197
plays written and produced by, 194
sound design
electronic sound enhancement, 128, 132
historic and modern function of, 128
Midas XL8 audio mixer sound console used
for, 132
process in, 87
as scenic material, 98
Scott Lehrer’s work as sound designer,
129–131
See also music
The Sound of a Voice (Glass), 76
The Sound of Music (film), 245
The Sound of Music (Rodgers and Hammerstein),
242, 245
soundboard operator, 142
South African theatre, 298, 300
South Coast Repertory (California), 69, 82, 263,
288, 290, 315
South Pacific (2007 Broadway revival), 129
South Pacific (Rodgers and Hammerstein),
123, 242, 245
South Park (TV show), 254
Southward Playhouse (London), 227
Soyinka, Wole, Fela!, 249, 252, 252
Spacey, Kevin
on experience of stage acting, 18
playing King Richard III, 25
special effects
fire destruction of original Globe Theatre due
to, 136
live fire in Dara production, 137
the “magic” of, 136
Re-Animator: The Musical, 135
War of the Roses smoke, 136
spectacular theatre
Aristotle on the, 269
as elements of tragedy, 28–29
new theatre technology and special effects of
the, 269
performance art as form of, 271
Phantom of the Opera chandelier crashing,
29, 251, 269
speech of actor, 53
Spencer, Robert, 254
Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark, 141, 168, 269
Spielberg, Stephen
Lincoln, 76
as stage manager, 141
Spike Heels (Rebeck), 83
sports/games, shared history of ancient Greek
theatre and, 11
Spotlights
debate over did Shakespeare write Shakespeare?,
201
film stars on stage acting, 18
Henslowe’s diary, 91
Jerry Patch, 159
performance studies, 313
on Tom Stoppard and Harold Pinter, 67
Spring Awakening (musical), 253
stage machinery, 97
stage managing
definition of, 10
production stage managers (PSMs),
138–141
stageability of play, 66–67
Stagecraft
attention to details in costumes, 119
on basic acting exercises, 42–43
the makeup kit, 128
on play genre, 24
publicity photographs taken during
rehearsal, 170
Quince’s “significant” moon scenery, 95
staging
basic formats of, 92
during rehearsals, 166–169
stageability of play, 66–67
Stanislavsky, Konstantin
on acting from the outside, 45
An Actor Prepares, 43, 44–45, 47
An Actor’s Work, 45
approach to acting, 52
Building a Character, 45
Chekhov’s association with, 218
Katie Mitchell’s roots in Stanislavsky’s acting
system, 307
Moscow Art Theatre of, 41, 44, 146, 218,
222, 293
Strasberg’s “the Method” approach to
teaching derived from, 41, 43, 44–45
theatrical career of, 44
Stanton, Phil, Tubes, 280
Stapleton, Maureen, 55
Star Trek (TV show), 49–50
Starlight Express (Webber), 251
Steckel, Jette, 273
Stein, Gertrude, as gay playwright, 265
Stein, Peter, 21, 157, 167, 298
Stephens, Simon, The Curious Incident of the
Dog in the Night-Time, 133
Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Chicago),
104, 288, 289, 291
Steve Allen Theatre (Hollywood), 135
Stevenson, Juliet, 316
The Steward of Christendom (Barry), 296
Stewart, Sir Patrick
A Christmas Carol, 281
on experience of stage acting, 18
Macbeth role of, 157
photo essay on the actor, 49–51
vocal abilities of, 47
Waiting for Godot role of, 49, 51, 231, 288
Stick Fly (Diamond), 259
stitchers, 142
Stomp (Cresswell and McNichols),
279–280
Stone, Matt
The Book of Mormon, 103, 103, 242, 252,
254, 254, 288
South Park (TV show) creator, 254
Stoppard, Tom
Coast of Utopia, 21, 22
crafted language used by, 28
Dirty Linen, 67
as English dramatist, 295
The Invention of Love, 94, 259
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,
292–293, 313
Storey, David, The Changing Room, 10
storytelling
ancient practice of, 190
annual storytelling festival (Jonesborough,
Tennessee), 191
play written as linear, 63
structured narrative of, 190
Strasberg, Lee, 41, 45, 282
Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Canada),
296, 299
Streep, Meryl
on experience of stage acting, 18
Mother Courage and Her Children
performance by, 40, 76
vocal abilities of, 47
Street Scene (Rice), 227
street theatre protests, 312
A Streetcar Named Desire (film), 82
A Streetcar Named Desire (Williams)
adaptations of, 154–155
costuming of, 116, 117
debut of, 287
lighting used in, 106
Sebastian Nübling’s staging of, 166
Strike Up the Band (Gershwin and Gershwin),
244
Strindberg, August
A Dream Play, 221, 230
Miss Julie, 220
symbolist influence on, 221
Stroman, Susan
Big Fish, 248
Bullets Over Broadway, 248
Contact, 150, 248, 281
Contact choreography by, 150, 248
Crazy for You choreography by, 248
Happiness production by, 129
Little Dancer, 248
as most sought-after director, 258
Oklahoma! choreography by, 248
other theatrical discipline, 174
photo essay on work as director, 149–151
The Producers choreography by, 14, 149, 149,
150, 248, 281
The Scottsboro Boys, 64, 248, 252, 281
Young Frankenstein choreography by, 248
Stückl, Christian, 198
Stuff Happens (Hare), 272
Styan, J. L., 148
stylization. See dramatic stylization era
Styne, Jule, Gypsy, 247, 248
Subway (Rice), 227
Sudraka, The Little Clay Cart, 206
The Suit (Themba) [Brook production], 306
Sullivan, Arthur
HMS Pinafore, 242
The Mikado, 242
The Pirates of Penzance, 241, 242
Sullivan, Daniel, 172
summer stock, 292
summer theatres, 292
Sundance Film Festival, 260
Sunday in the Park in the Park with George
(Sondheim), 135, 242, 249
The Sunken Bell (Hauptmann), 221
Sunny (Kern and Hammerstein), 243
Sunrise at Campobello (Schary), 35
Sunset Boulevard (Webber), 251