American Theater Now: Books and E-books

Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater presents the plays and personages, movements and institutions, and cultural developments of the American stage from 1930 to 2010, a period of vast and almost continuous change. It covers the ever-changing history of the American theater with emphasis on major movements, persons, plays, and events. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 1,500 cross-referenced dictionary entries.

This new and updated encyclopedic guide, with over 2700 cross-referenced entries, covers all aspects of the American theatre from its earliest history to the present. Entries include people, venues and companies scattered through the USA, plays and musicals, and theatrical phenomena. Additionally, there are some 100 topical entries covering theatre in major US cities and such disparate subjects as Asian American theatre, Chicano theatre, censorship, Filipino American theatre, one-person performances, performance art, and puppetry.

Gerald Bordman's Oxford Companion to American Theatre is the standard one-volume source on American theatre. This online edition was reviewed and updated by the original authors in 2011.

v. 1. Beginnings to 1870 -- v. 2. 1870-1945 -- v. 3. Post-World War II to the 1990s.

This book explores the development of contemporary theatre in the United States in its historical, political and theoretical dimensions. In tracing the development of contemporary drama since 1945, the author argues that contemporary American theatre is primarily a postmodern drama of inclusion and diversity that destabilizes the notion of fixed identity and questions the nature of reality.

A key way to view Latina plays today is through the foundational frame of playwright and teacher Maria Irene Fornes, who has trained a generation of theatre artists and transformed the field of American theatre.

Contains "A brief history of regional theater".