Word: presentation
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Slate, president of the Harvard Merchants Association, said last night his organization is at present sending circulars to suburbs advising them of the goods available in what the pamphlets describe as the "heart of Cambridge...
...program is part of the general paring down of the College from its present 5000 students to a figure of 4300. Watson explained that deconversion can start at mid-term because 192 House residents are being graduated and no additional students are being admitted to the College...
...work. The most important and interesting part of any theater, however, is the stage. In this case the stage juts out into the orchestra in a large semicircular form, reminiscent of the Grecian theater. Thus actors and audience are brought into more intimate contact than is possible with the present "picture frame stage...
This may sound a good deal like the "theater-in-the-round" idea. In many respects it is, but actually "The New Theater" is a compromise between "theater-in-the-round" and the present proscenium stage. A lot of the new stage is still hidden from the audience--enough to allow for rapid changes of scenery. According to Mr. Wright's manifesto, which is posted near the model, scenery is built below the stage and rises on ramps to the playing area, which is equipped with a revolving disk. The "fly gallery" above the stage is completely eliminated...
...opportunity of discussing this theater with Jo Mielziner a few months ago. Mr. Mielziner, who designed the sets for "Mister Roberts," "South Pacific," "A Streetear Named Desire," and "Death of a Salesman," is beyond a doubt America's top scenic designer. His feeling is that "the present method of flying scenery above the stage is still the fastest, most efficient means of shifting. Modern drama is written with flying scenery in mind, and for this reason 'The New Theater' cannot be adapted by the commercial theater for quite some time...