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Dramatics Magazine

May 2012

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Man and Muppet
After a round of boos at a high school talent show, Vogel thought he’d put puppets behind him. Now, the seasoned Muppet performer can tell you how to get to Sesame Street, all about performing on Broadway, and winning three Emmys.
By Alisha McKinney

Puppeteer Matt Vogel on making Muppet magic

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See Matt bring some classic characters to life.
The shooters
Three theatre photographers talk about their craft
By Shanti Knight

Theatre photography is a highly specialized kind of work and only a few photographers  nationwide work exclusively in the theatre. Dramatics talked with three Chicago-area theatre photographers—Michael Brosilow, Dean La Prairie, and Brett Beiner—about their working lives.

Food for thought
Louisville play festival still fresh at thirty-six
By Julie York Coppens

After thirty-six years, though no longer unique as a major U.S. showcase of new dramatic work, the Humana Festival at Actors Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky remains a destination for artists, agents, academics, and journalists everywhere.

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See a gallery of photos from this year's Humana Festival.

‘Everything Is Fine’
Teen drama educates parents, students on dating violence
By Kellie B. Gormly

A new play by Pittsburgh-area teenagers, Everything Is Fine, is a work of fiction based on a perennially true story: teens trapped in abusive dating relationships.

Willy rages, and a teen outcast rises again
A superb ‘Death of a Salesman’ revival and an improved ‘Carrie’
By Jeffrey Sweet

Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s turn as Willy Loman stuns Broadway audiences, and a reimagined Carrie renews interest in the cult classic.

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Read a follow-up to Jeffrey Sweet's column on Mike Daisy's The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, and the controversy that erupted when Daisey admitted that some of the material he presented as non-fiction narrative never actually happened.

Signature spaces
New Manhattan complex gives writers room to play
By Peter Slatin

The non-profit, Off Broadway Signature Theatre has made a home for playwrights and their particular purposes since its founding in 1991. The company now has a physical footprint worthy of its artistic reputation: a $66 million, 75,000-square-foot, multi-stage complex on the fringes of Times Square, designed by Frank Gehry.

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Learn more about the Signature theatre and other great theatre spaces.

Theory of Mind
A new short play by Ken LaZebnik
Books

Bruce Miller’s newest text for young actors, playwriting blogger Stephen Gregg on Playwriting for Dummies, and Dana Taylor on Drafting for the Theatre.

Strut and Fret: Scenes set for Thespian Playworks 2012 and Democracyworks winner Allison Aoun talks about the importance of arts education.