The ghost of theater styles past hovers over "Brontë: A Portrait of Charlotte," a one-woman show starring Maxine Linehan.
The name alone conjures greasepaint and gaslights and the Ghosts of Theater Past.
Dion Boucicault: The name alone conjures greasepaint and gaslights and the Ghosts of Theater Past.
Those ghosts of theater past are still around, but the experimental scene is far more accessible, diverse and dynamic than its popular image suggests.
She is still "a kind of high priestess of the arts," her ghost haunting theaters around the world as artists perform not only Clytemnestra and Appalachian Spring but also late-20th and early-21st century works based in a technique, style, and "expressive idiom" founded by Graham on the advent of what we now consider modernity.
"I like being backstage, I like learning about other shows — whether there are ghosts in the theater.
Originally inspired by Ziegfeld's extravaganza, the Rockettes began performing at Radio City the year after the Follies run ended, and the most potent numbers in the Christmas show are like ghosts from the theater past.
I'm not going to tell ya!" Would you like to see Renner in, not just one action series, but two? "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" hits theaters December 21.
After Sunday's 5 p.m. performance, ticketholders can also enjoy the New Victory Theater's "Ghost Stories Walk," a special Halloween tour focusing on the theater's own poltergeist, the early-1900s actress Leslie Carter.
A woman appeared, walking haltingly backward up the steps to the theater: a ghost come to life, offering a delicious, spooky jolt.
