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- Michigan State University College of Music Professor Maria Cristina Fava delivers a talk entitled, "Drawing a Finer Point on 1930's Era Success: 'Pins and Needles' and the ILDWU's Lesson for the Theater Guild". Fava explains the relationship of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and the Theatrer Guild in the production of the Off-Broadway show "Pins and Needles". Fava describes how the production evolved from a variety show with a cast of unionized garment workers in their off time to the cast giving up their jobs to become full time actors with the success of the show. She provides reviews by theater critics and describes how the cast navigated the politics of the day. A question and answer session follows. Fava is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations and the MSU Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Gabriel Dotto, Director of the Michigan State University Press, moderates a roundtable discussion which concludes a symposium entitled, Dramatization and Context: a Symposium and Roundtable held at the MSU Museum in conjunction with the premiere staging of the play Music history written by MSU College of Law Writer in Residence Sandra Seaton. Panelists are: Director John Lepard (Executive Director of the William Theatre); Aaron Todd Douglas (actor, director and part-time faculty at Loyola University Chicago); Rita Kiki Edozie (Associate Professor and Director of African American and African Studies at MSU); Rob Roznowski (MSU Department of Theatre); John Woodford (writer and executive editor of ‘Michigan Today’ retired); playwright Sandra Seaton. Speakers comment on the many challenges found in interpreting, directing and staging the play and how the work makes the black experience accessible and understandable to the audience. Questions and answers are interspersed throughout the discussion.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-11-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Playwright and poet David James talks about fellow Michigan poet Jack Ridl, teaching and writing, producing his plays for the stage, existentialism, and his poem "Only so much no." James is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-04-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Gabriel Dotto, Director of the Michigan State University Press, moderates a roundtable discussion which concludes a symposium entitled, Dramatization and Context: a Symposium and Roundtable held at the MSU Museum in conjunction with the premiere staging of the play Music history written by MSU College of Law Writer in Residence Sandra Seaton. Panelists are: Director John Lepard (Executive Director of the William Theatre); Aaron Todd Douglas (actor, director and part-time faculty at Loyola University Chicago); Rita Kiki Edozie (Associate Professor and Director of African American and African Studies at MSU); Rob Roznowski (MSU Department of Theatre); John Woodford (writer and executive editor of ‘Michigan Today’ retired); playwright Sandra Seaton. Speakers comment on the many challenges found in interpreting, directing and staging the play and how the work makes the black experience accessible and understandable to the audience. Questions and answers are interspersed throughout the discussion.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-11-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University College of Music Professor Maria Cristina Fava delivers a talk entitled, "Drawing a Finer Point on 1930's Era Success: 'Pins and Needles' and the ILDWU's Lesson for the Theater Guild". Fava explains the relationship of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and the Theatrer Guild in the production of the Off-Broadway show "Pins and Needles". Fava describes how the production evolved from a variety show with a cast of unionized garment workers in their off time to the cast giving up their jobs to become full time actors with the success of the show. She provides reviews by theater critics and describes how the cast navigated the politics of the day. A question and answer session follows. Fava is introduced by Michigan State University Professor John P. Beck. Part of the "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series sponsored by the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations and the MSU Museum.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Playwright and poet David James talks about fellow Michigan poet Jack Ridl, teaching and writing, producing his plays for the stage, existentialism, and his poem "Only so much no." James is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-04-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection