Looking into the abyss : essays on scenography / Arnold Aronson.

x, 236 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes index.

Postmodern design -- One Hundred years of stage lighting--why we cannot light as Appia did -- New homes for new theater -- Theater technology and the shifting aesthetic -- Behind the screen door -- Technology and dramaturgical development--five observations -- (Sceno)graphic style -- Can theater and media speak the same language? -- Looking into the abyss -- The scenography of Chekhov -- Architect of dreams--the theatrical vision of Joseph Urban -- Richard Foreman as scenographer -- The Wooster group as cartographers -- Design for Angels in America--envisioning the millennium -- The art of transition--David Rockwell and theater -- The stage is a dangerous machine--the designs of George Tsypin.

0472068881 (pbk. : alk. paper)

792.025 A769L 2005