| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 225 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Triangulations: lesbian/gay/queer theater/drama/performance |
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Triangulations.
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| Contents |
Act I: Charles Ludlam's queer legacy. -- Introduction: History "Mystory" : Charles Ludlam's Ridiculous Theater -- Chapter 1: Still ridiculous: Queering Legacy -- Act II: The Post-Ludlam/Neo-Ridiculous. -- Chapter 2: Charles Busch: More excitement! more glamour! More wigs! -- Chapter 3: Bradford Louryk: "Not just any woman" -- Chapter 4: Taylor Mac: "The determined trickster" -- Epilogue: Paradigms of queer legacy, heritage, and influence |
| Summary |
"Playwright, actor, and director Charles Ludlam (1943-87) helped to galvanize the Ridiculous style of theater in New York City starting in the 1960s. Decades after his death, his place in the chronicle of American theater has remained constant, but his influence has changed. Although his Ridiculous Theatrical Company shut its doors, the Ludlamesque Ridiculous has continued to thrive and remain a groundbreaking genre, maintaining its relevance and potency by metamorphosing along with changes in the LGBTQ community. Author Sean F. Edgecomb focuses on the neo-Ridiculous artists Charles Busch, Bradford Louryk, and Taylor Mac to trace the connections between Ludlam's legacy and their performances, using alternative queer models such as kinetic kinship, lateral historiography, and a new approach to camp. Charles Ludlam Lives! demonstrates that the queer legacy of Ludlam is one of distinct transformation-one where artists can reject faithful interpretations in order to move in new interpretive directions"--Book jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-209) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ludlam, Charles -- Criticism and interpretation
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Ludlam, Charles -- Influence
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Busch, Charles -- Criticism and interpretation
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Louryk, Bradford -- Criticism and interpretation
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Mac, Taylor, 1973- -- Criticism and interpretation
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Busch, Charles -- Knowledge and learning
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Louryk, Bradford -- Knowledge and learning
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Mac, Taylor, 1973- -- Knowledge and learning
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| SUBJECT |
Busch, Charles fast |
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Ludlam, Charles fast |
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Ridiculous Theatrical Company.
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| SUBJECT |
Ridiculous Theatrical Company fast |
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Gay theater -- United States
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Gay people and the performing arts -- United States
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Homosexuality in the theater -- United States
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gay Studies.
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Literature
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Gay theater
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Gays and the performing arts
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Homosexuality in the theater
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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LGBTQ+ theater.
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Queer theater.
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Literature
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020707255 |
| ISBN |
9780472122950 |
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0472122959 |
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