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The Performing Set: The Broadway Designs of William and Jean Eckart
Andrew B. Harris
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 521 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ANH; AVGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 279 x 15. Weight in Grams: 998.
The large-scale Broadway musical is one of America's great contributions to world theatre. Bill and Jean Eckart were stage designers and producers at the peak of the musical, and their designs revolutionized Broadway productions. At a time when sets were meant to remain simply backdrops that established time and place but not much else, an Eckart set became part of the performance on stage, equal at times to an actor. Anyone who has seen Phantom of the Opera or Les Miserables has seen the innovations that the Eckarts brought to the large Broadway-style musical production. They were best known for ... Read more
The large-scale Broadway musical is one of America's great contributions to world theatre. Bill and Jean Eckart were stage designers and producers at the peak of the musical, and their designs revolutionized Broadway productions. At a time when sets were meant to remain simply backdrops that established time and place but not much else, an Eckart set became part of the performance on stage, equal at times to an actor. Anyone who has seen Phantom of the Opera or Les Miserables has seen the innovations that the Eckarts brought to the large Broadway-style musical production. They were best known for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of North Texas Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Denton, United States
ISBN
9781574416381
SKU
V9781574416381
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About Andrew B. Harris
Andrew B. Harris is the author of the award-winning Broadway Theatre and a stage director, playwright, and producer. He has chaired theatre departments at Columbia University, Texas Christian University, and Southern Methodist University, USA where he met William and Jean Eckart. He lives in McKinney, Texas.
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