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One Public - Kevin Landis

One Public

New York’s Public Theater in the Era of Oskar Eustis

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Buch | Softcover
336 Seiten
2026
Methuen Drama (Verlag)
978-1-350-28345-9 (ISBN)
CHF 38,90 inkl. MwSt
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A contemporary study of New York's Public Theater, told through the eyes of its artists and practitioners working throughout the years of Artistic Director Oskar Eustis (2015 - present day), and which tells of hits such as Fun Home and Hamilton as well as Public Works and Shakespeare in the Park.
Since its founding by Joseph Papp in the 1950s, The Public Theater has been an American artistic leader defined by its breadth of programming, from Hair and A Chorus Line, to Free Shakespeare in the Park. With the recent critical and financial success of Fun Home and Hamilton, and its emphasis on new play development, The Public’s contemporary history has been equally remarkable, even as world crises and social changes have tested the mettle of its foundation of accessible and “radically inclusive” theatre for all.

One Public presents the broader organization, its creative methodology, and its enormous growth over the past 20 years. Framed by the tenure and leadership of its current artistic director, the book tells the contemporary story, recorded over many interviews with iconic practitioners and performers ranging from Diane Paulus, Tony Kushner and Lynn Nottage to Kevin Kline, Chelsea Clinton and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Case-study driven, One Public uses oral history accounts and authorial experience to illuminate The Public Theater, Eustis and their cultural influence on the city of New York and the greater United States. The story highlights the successes and challenges of an institution at once espousing a mission of inclusivity and community-based arts creation, while also developing Broadway hits and international fame.

One Public is also available in audiobook format from audiobook retailers.

Kevin Landis, PhD, MFA is Professor and Director of the Theatre and Dance Program at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA. His numerous published works range from culinary/theatrical intersections, to mobile Shakespeare, to American drag, and a book on performance anthropology. He has written about the Public Theater in American Theatre Magazine ("The Public Theater's Mobile Unit", March 2017) and served as a visiting scholar at the company.

Acknowledgements

Introduction
Chapter One: One Public

The Park
Chapter Two: Delacorte Summers
Chapter Three: Under the Lights
Interlude: Kenny Leon and Beowulf Boritt

Lafayette
Chapter Four: Four Twenty-Five
Chapter Five: Coming Home
Interlude: Justin Vivian Bond and Bridget Everett

Broadway "Bound"
Chapter Six: Building the Disco
Chapter Seven: Listen to Me
Interlude: Lin-Manuel Miranda

To the People
Chapter Eight: Courting Controversy
Chapter Nine: The American Neighborhood
Interlude: Kwame Kwei-Armah

Hope
Chapter Ten: Rebirth
Epilogue: Oskar Eustis
Afterword 2025: Putting it to Bed

Notes and Sources
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 5.2.2026
Zusatzinfo 27 bw illus
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 232 mm
Gewicht 420 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Theater / Ballett
Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10 1-350-28345-2 / 1350283452
ISBN-13 978-1-350-28345-9 / 9781350283459
Zustand Neuware
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