Performing Arts Resources

 

Theatre Library Association's monograph series, Performing Arts Resources features articles on resource materials in the fields of theatre, popular entertainment, film, television and radio, information on public and private collections, and essays on conservation and collection management of theatre arts materials. PAR also publishes rare historical documents and out-of-print works that might otherwise be lost to theatre scholarship.

PAR is published on an irregular schedule, and distributed to all members of TLA as a benefit of membership. Copies of the current and most past volumes can be purchased from TLA. Personal and institutional members receive a $10 discount.

ISSN: 0360-3814

Current Volume

PAR 26
Performance Reclamation: Research, Discovery, and Interpretation
Symposium Proceedings

Edited by Kenneth Schlesinger
Associate Editors: Martha S. LoMonaco and Kevin Winkler
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 978-0-932610-22-5
Description: Paperback, 126 p., ill.
Price: $30 (TLA members: $20)
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This volume comprises the proceedings of a symposium presented by TLA on February 16, 2007 at New York University's Kimmel Center. It also includes three papers from the TLA Plenary at the 2005 ASTR/TLA Conference in Toronto. This session, of which the Performance Reclamation Symposium was a direct outgrowth, was titled, "Hiding in Plain Sight?: 'Lost Plays', Rediscovered Masterpieces and Performance Reconstruction".

Cover image: Susan and God, Mint Theater Company, 2006. Leslie Hendrix and Timothy Deenihan. Credit: Richard Termine

PAR 26 Performance Reclamation: Research, Discovery, and Interpretation

Contents:

  • James Leverett. Dramaturgy: An Embarrassment of Job Descriptions
  • Panel Discussion: Saving Face--Reconstructing Irving Berlin's and Moss Hart's Face the Music at Encores!
  • Bruce Pomahac. Restoring Irving Berlin's Face the Music
  • Heather J. Violanti. Resurrecting Rachel Crothers' Susan and God
  • Timothy Deenihan. Susan and God: Bringing Barrie Back
  • Panel Discussion: Pillow Talk--Reconstructing Limón at Jacob's Pillow
  • Don B. Wilmeth. Performance Reclamation: Closing Remarks
  • Jonathan Bank. Reconstructing and Reclaiming Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth
  • Claudia Wilsch Case. What They Really Saw: Using Archives to Reconstruct the Censored Performance of Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude
  • Sarah Ziebell. Reconstructing Einstein on the Beach

 

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Forthcoming Volumes

PAR 27
Documenting: Costume Design

Edited by Nancy Friedland
Expected Publication Date: Spring 2010
ISBN: 978-0-932610-23-2
Price: $30 (TLA members: $20)

Contents:

I. Introductory Surveys

  • Mary Cargill. Dance Costumes in the Western Performance
  • Deirdre Clancy Steer. 2000 Years of Performance Costume for Costume Design Collections
  • Melanie Schuessler. Costume Design for the Stage in the United States
  • Timothy R. White. Brilliantly Executed: Costume Craft and American Theatre
  • Nancy E. Friedland. Costume Design and Film: From Magical Realism to Authentic Attire in Everyday Wear
  • An Interview with Tom Kalin

II. Significant Collections

  • Linda Mehr. Dressing the Part: Motion Picture Costume Design Materials at the Margaret Herrick Library
  • Anne Coco. Drawing on Film: Access, Cataloging and Conservation of Costume Design Drawings at the Margaret Herrick Library
  • Deirdre Lawrence. Costume and Fashion Design As Seen Through the Brooklyn Museum Library Collection
  • Derek Reid. The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Costume Collection at Butler University
  • Mei-Chen Lu. The Dance Notation Bureau Costume Design Collection
  • Tamsen Schwartzman. Costume Design Collections at the Fashion Institute of Technology
  • Robert Melton. Costume Design in the Harvard Theatre Collection
  • Phyllis Magidson. The Costume Collection at the Museum of the City of New York
  • Marty Jacobs. The Costume Sketch Collection at the Museum of the City of New York
  • William Eddelman & Kirsten Tanaka. Collections at the Museum of Performance and Design
  • Barbara Cohen-Straytner. Costume Designs at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
  • Nena Couch. Costume Design Resources of The Ohio State University
  • Danielle Castronovo. Collections at The Shubert Archive
  • Julie Graham & Megan Hahn Fraser. Documenting Costume Design at the UCLA Library
  • Mark Quigley. Hallmark and Hearst at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
  • Alvin Bregman & Myung-Ja Han. The Motley Collection of Theater and Costume Design at the University of Illinois
  • Melinda Hayes. Dance Costumes and Related Materials in USC Libraries Special Collections
  • Helen Adair & Jill Morena. More than Gone with the Wind: Costumes and Costume Designs at the Harry Ransom Center
  • Eric Zafran. The Dance Collection at The Wadsworth Atheneum
  • Maxine Ducey. Collections at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
  • Susan Brady. Collections at Yale University

III. Further Research

  • Melissa Wayne. Elements of Costume Design
  • Diane King. Researching Costume Design
  • Sarah Acheson. Image Collections for Costume Research
  • Genevieve Podleski. Other Costume and Design Collections

 

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Past Volumes

Performing Arts Resources Volumes, 1974-Current

 

 

PAR Volumes For Sale

PAR 2-19: $20 (TLA members: $10)
PAR 20-Current: $30 (TLA members: $20)

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Last updated: March 9, 2010