How race, performance, and labor interconnect on Caribbean cruise ships through the lens of a destination lecturer
How drag performance transforms the social landscape of Cuba and illuminates the island’s racial, sexual, and economic inequalities
A critical history of Black culture post-World War II that helped cultivate the spirit of Black revolutionary theater
An examination of revolutionary intimacy-making, experimental performance, and art activism during the civil rights movement
How diaspora and borderlands subjects from across the Americas have represented and performed their interrelationship
Explores drama’s powerful capacity to model nuanced political action
Revisiting the Stanford Prison Experiment and other psychological experiments as performance and theater
A unique in-depth study of a culture-specific approach to Indigenous dramaturgy that challenges Eurocentric ideologies
How artists of color challenged racist stereotypes on the Broadway stage
Parody, cross-dressing, zany comedy, and unbridled eroticism at a women's theater space in the East Village
Gay and lesbians in Harlem nightclubs, speakeasies, rent parties, and on Broadway stages
Brings together the voices of scholars, critics, and artists to celebrate the genius of Taylor Mac
A spirited examination of the changing cultural climate for a once-lauded theatrical form
How popular culture helped to create class in nineteenth-century America
Why and how Asian characters have been represented by non-Asian actors on stage and screen
How Christian depictions of the End allow spectators to experience—and feel—their place within the future history of humankind
Explores the potential of movement to create and revise historical narratives of race and nation
What the humanities can teach us about COVID-19
Explores expressions of Blackness in Hip-Hop performance by non-African American artists
A pathbreaking exploration of the international and intercultural connections within Oceanian performance
Places backstage workers in the spotlight to acknowledge their essential roles in creating Broadway magic
Evocative essays and interviews that celebrate the expressive possibilities of a world after dark
Argues for the political potential of drag and trans performance in Puerto Rico and its diaspora
Examining how performers engage and delight their audience through persona, appearance, and spectacle
Examines whether LGBT choruses can change the hearts and minds of their audiences