Project #1: Genres

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Wayne State University Department of Theatre
 2010 - 2011 Season:

1. Hay Fever by Noel Coward

• "Full Length, Comedy" - Samuel French, Inc.
  
  • http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1654 
• "utterly inconsequential comedy" - Eric D. Snider
  
  • http://www.ericdsnider.com/theater/hay-fever/

2. Of Mice and Men  by John Steinbeck

• "Drama" - Dramatists Play Service, Inc. 
• http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1857 
• "tragedy of crushed dreams" - David Avery
• http://www.curtainup.com/ofmiceandmenla.html

1. Richard III by William Shakespeare

• Full Length Play/Drama
  
  • http://www.doollee.com/plays/plays-s.html 
• "history play" - George Loomis  
• http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/09/style/09iht-lon9_ed3_.html?_r=1

1. The Misanthrope by Jean Baptiste Moliere
• "comic drama"  (product description)
• http://www.amazon.com/Misanthrope-Other-Plays-Selection-Classics/dp/014044730X 
• "comedy of virtues" - Les Gutman
• http://www.curtainup.com/misanthr.html

1. Caucasian Chalk Circle
• "music drama" - Los Angeles Times
•  http://www.act-sf.org/0910/caucasianchalkcircle/
• "parable" - Alfred Johnson
• http://www.amazon.com/Caucasian-Chalk-Circle-Bertolt-Brecht/dp/1559702532
2. The Full Monty
• "musical comedy"
• http://www.goldstar.com/events/escondido-ca/the-full-monty.html
• "heartwarming comedy" 
• http://www.theatreinchicago.com/playdetail.php?playID=2448
3. Doubt 
• "Drama" 
• http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3852
• "debate play" - Ben Brantley
• http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9801E4D8123CF932A35757C0A9639C8B63

2009 - 2010 Season:

1. Serenading Louie by Lanford Wilson
• play/drama 
• http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsW/wilson-lanford.html
• "melodrama" - Frank Rich
• http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9B02E5DE143BF930A35751C0A962948260
2. Dunelawn 
• comedy/One-Act
•  http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=1878
• play/One-Act/comedy/original/Broadway
• http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=3331
3. The Seagull
• "drama" - Carolyn Clay  
• http://thephoenix.com/boston/arts/75305-seagull/
• "comedy" - Amy Krivohlavek 
• http://www.curtainup.com/seagullnaatco.html
4. A Christmas Carol 
• "stage drama" - Hunter Styles
• http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/12/04/a-christmas-carol-5/
• Christmas play
• http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/5067

Grosse Pointe Theatre
2010 - 2011 Season:

1. Godspell 
• musical drama / musical religious drama
• http://www.fandango.com/godspell_82139/movieoverview  
• musical 
• http://www.doollee.com/plays/plays-g.html
2. Annie Get Your Gun 
• American musical 
• http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2009/Dec09/Berlin_Annie_6952262.htm
• Musical/Original 
3. Relatively Speaking 
• "comedy of manners" - V Mitchell
• http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/relspeak-rev.htm
• "farce" - Chris Silks
• http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/mar/13/review-relatively-speaking-florida-repertory/
4. Dixie Swim Club 
• "comedy" - Tony Annicone 
• http://www.theatermirror.com/TAdixieswim.htm 
• comedy drama 
• http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3918
5. Scarlet Pimpernel 
• musical adventure
• http://www.amazon.com/Scarlet-Pimpernel-Adventure-Original-Recording/dp/B000002JFB 
• romance adventure Play/Drama
• http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsM/mulhall-deborah.html#52650
6. The Exonerated 
• docudrama
• http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3204 
• "documentary play" - Ben Brantley
• http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9906e4dc173af932a25753c1a9649c8b63
7. Annie 
• musical  
• http://www.doollee.com/plays/plays-a.html
• "American musical" - Ben Brantley
• http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?_r=1&res=9F0CEFD6103FF933A2575BC0A965958260&oref=slogin

2009 - 2010 Season: 

1. Sylvia 
• comedy 
• http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsG/gurney-a-r.html#14979 
• "farce" - Tony Curulla 
• http://blog.syracuse.com/entertainment/2010/04/sylvia_explores_mans_nature_in.html
2. King and I 
• musical  
• http://www.doollee.com/plays/plays-k.html
• musical, comedy, drama, original, Broadway
•  http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=1935
3. Grease 
• musical 
• http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsC/casey-warren.html#63778
• musical, comedy, original, Broadway
• http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=3641