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May 8, 2014 | Theatre,

CHECK OUT THESE FILMS, BOOKS AND MUSIC RELATED TO SONTAG: REBORN…AS SUGGESTED BY SONTAG HERSELF!

  By James Blaszko FILMS Courte-tête (1957) While aboard the Rhinedam in 1957 en route to her Fullbright fellowship at Oxford, Sontag watched many films in the ship’s cinema. In her...

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May 7, 2014 | Theatre,

A Constructive Look at RED-EYE to HAVRE de GRACE

  At ArtsEmerson, we love a good a conversation. Presenting a wide stroke of work from around the world means many varied voices and styles come across our stages– an...

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May 7, 2014 | Theatre,

Sontag: In Context

ArtsEmerson Email-Editor Luke Jones shares his thoughts on Sontag’s diaries and what they reveal about America’s greatest public intellectual of the twentieth century.  In a way, it still feels too...

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May 6, 2014 | Theatre,

Imagining the Past That Was and the Past That Wasn’t with Susan Sontag’s Archive

Moe Angelos, adaptor and performer of Sontag: Reborn, recounts her experience of exploring the intellectual’s personal library and journals. The collection resides at the UCLA libraries and is available to...

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April 30, 2014 | Theatre,

The One-Woman Show: From the Heart to the Head

Sometimes in all of the crazy coming and going of artists at ArtsEmerson we find themes that crossover multiple productions. This spring we have two one-woman shows that lend themselves...

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April 22, 2014 | Theatre,

Rob Orchard Shares a Memory of Sontag

ArtsEmerson Executive Director Rob Orchard reminisces about his experience working with Susan Sontag at the American Repertory Theater.  I had the pleasure of working with Susan Sontag twice at the...

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April 11, 2014 | Theatre,

Technology Onstage: The use of film in The Wholehearted

  By Thea Rodgers As our world of technology progresses, artists are pushing the boundaries of what can be done in theater. At the beginning of the season we watched...

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April 8, 2014 | Theatre,

Powerful Women in the World of Boxing

  By Thea Rodgers Eva Shain Eva Shain was the first woman to work a professional fight at Madison Square Garden when she became the first woman to judge a...

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