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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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April 8, 2014 | Theatre,

Domestic Violence and THE WHOLEHEARTED

By Thea Rodgers Domestic violence, as defined by the victims’ service agency SafeHorizon, is “a pattern of behavior used to establish power and control over another person through fear and...

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April 7, 2014 | Theatre,

CHECK OUT THESE FILMS, MUSIC, AND BOOKS RELATED TO LEBENSRAUM

Compiled by Mara Santos FILM   The Scarecrow  (1920) This Buster Keaton short from 1920 was the primary inspiration behind Lebensraum. In addition to the captivating slapstick humor of Buster Keaton,...

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April 4, 2014 | Theatre,

CHECK OUT THESE FILMS, BOOKS, AND MUSIC RELATED TO THE WHOLEHEARTED!

  By Thea Rodgers FILM Girlfight (2000) Girlfight is a reverse Billy Eliot story about a disaffected Brooklyn teenager who, after picking up her brother at a boxing gym one...

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