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PublisherSouthern Illinois University Press

ISBN-100809326450

ISBN-139780809326457

eBay Product ID (ePID)44170645

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Number of Pages264 Pages

Publication NameCaffe Cino : the Birthplace of Off-Off-Broadway

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

SubjectTheater / General, Theater / History & Criticism, Lgbt Studies / Gay Studies

TypeTextbook

AuthorWendell C. Stone

Subject AreaPerforming Arts, Social Science

SeriesTheater in the Americas Ser.

FormatPerfect

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight11.4 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2004-027788

Reviews"Wendell Stone has gathered the facts and fictions, the lies and legends, the elusive chronology and the effusive mythology of the most wonderful place of all time and arranged them with precision and perspective. I learned a throng of things I never knew about the Caffe Cino from this bountiful book."- Robert Patrick , playwright and author of Kennedy's Children, Temple Slave , and Film Moi: Narcissus in the Dark "Stone's definitive history provides not only a detailed chronological production history of Joseph Cino's café theatre, but also broaches the subtle social, economic, political, and theoretical contexts that gave rise to the Off-Off-Broadway world of coffeehouse theatres. This study will delight scholars of American theatre and also serves as inspiration for emerging playwrights, directors, and actors who are searching for a historical context for their own careers."- David A. Crespy , author of Off-Off-Broadway Explosion, Stone's definitive history provides not only a detailed chronological production history of Joseph Cino's cafe theatre, but also broaches the subtle social, economic, political, and theoretical contexts that gave rise to the Off-Off-Broadway world of coffeehouse theatres. This study will delight scholars of American theatre and also serves as inspiration for emerging playwrights, directors, and actors who are searching for a historical context for their own careers., "It is very unnerving to read a book about a phenomenon central to your creative life only to discover the author knows more about it than you can remember yourself. Wendell Stone's book is breathtaking in its perfect depiction of a special place and a magic time. I am tempted to walk down to Cornelia Street to see if, like Brigadoon, the Caffe Cino lives again."- Doric Wilson , playwright and author of Street Theater , Forever After, Now She Dances! and A Perfect Relationship, Wendell Stone has gathered the facts and fictions, the lies and legends, the elusive chronology and the effusive mythology of the most wonderful place of all time and arranged them with precision and perspective. I learned a throng of things I never knew about the Caffe Cino from this bountiful book."— Robert Patrick , playwright and author of Kennedy's Children, Temple Slave , and Film Moi: Narcissus in the Dark Stone's definitive history provides not only a detailed chronological production history of Joseph Cino's café theatre, but also broaches the subtle social, economic, political, and theoretical contexts that gave rise to the Off-Off-Broadway world of coffeehouse theatres. This study will delight scholars of American theatre and also serves as inspiration for emerging playwrights, directors, and actors who are searching for a historical context for their own careers."— David A. Crespy , author of Off-Off-Broadway Explosion, "It is very unnerving to read a book about a phenomenon central to your creative life only to discover the author knows more about it than you can remember yourself. Wendell Stone's book is breathtaking in its perfect depiction of a special place and a magic time. I am tempted to walk down to Cornelia Street to see if, like Brigadoon, the Caffe Cino lives again."-- Doric Wilson , playwright and author of Street Theater , Forever After, Now She Dances! and A Perfect Relationship, "This remarkable, informative, and entertaining book is essential reading for anyone interested in the theatre of the twentieth century. Joe Cino and his 'magical' Caffe Cino were at the epicenter of the breakthrough revolutionary spirit of the 1960s in terms of the important theatre movement that came to be known as Off-Off-Broadway. A good read. Go for it."-- Robert Heide , playwright and author of The Bed and Moon, "This remarkable, informative, and entertaining book is essential reading for anyone interested in the theatre of the twentieth century. Joe Cino and his 'magical' Caffe Cino were at the epicenter of the breakthrough revolutionary spirit of the 1960s in terms of the important theatre movement that came to be known as Off-Off-Broadway. A good read. Go for it."- Robert Heide , playwright and author of The Bed and Moon, It is very unnerving to read a book about a phenomenon central to your creative life only to discover the author knows more about it than you can remember yourself. Wendell Stone's book is breathtaking in its perfect depiction of a special place and a magic time. I am tempted to walk down to Cornelia Street to see if, like Brigadoon, the Caffe Cino lives again."— Doric Wilson , playwright and author of Street Theater , Forever After, Now She Dances! and A Perfect Relationship, "Wendell Stone has gathered the facts and fictions, the lies and legends, the elusive chronology and the effusive mythology of the most wonderful place of all time and arranged them with precision and perspective. I learned a throng of things I never knew about the Caffe Cino from this bountiful book."-- Robert Patrick , playwright and author of Kennedy's Children, Temple Slave , and Film Moi: Narcissus in the Dark "Stone's definitive history provides not only a detailed chronological production history of Joseph Cino's caf theatre, but also broaches the subtle social, economic, political, and theoretical contexts that gave rise to the Off-Off-Broadway world of coffeehouse theatres. This study will delight scholars of American theatre and also serves as inspiration for emerging playwrights, directors, and actors who are searching for a historical context for their own careers."-- David A. Crespy , author of Off-Off-Broadway Explosion, "Wendell Stone has gathered the facts and fictions, the lies and legends, the elusive chronology and the effusive mythology of the most wonderful place of all time and arranged them with precision and perspective. I learned a throng of things I never knew about the Caffe Cino from this bountiful book."-- Robert Patrick , playwright and author of Kennedy's Children, Temple Slave , and Film Moi: Narcissus in the Dark "Stone's definitive history provides not only a detailed chronological production history of Joseph Cino's café theatre, but also broaches the subtle social, economic, political, and theoretical contexts that gave rise to the Off-Off-Broadway world of coffeehouse theatres. This study will delight scholars of American theatre and also serves as inspiration for emerging playwrights, directors, and actors who are searching for a historical context for their own careers."-- David A. Crespy , author of Off-Off-Broadway Explosion, "It is very unnerving to read a book about a phenomenon central to your creative life only to discover the author knows more about it than you can remember yourself. Wendell Stone's book is breathtaking in its perfect depiction of a special place and a magic time. I am tempted to walk down to Cornelia Street to see if, like Brigadoon, the Caffe Cino lives again."--Doric Wilson, playwright and author of "Street Theater," "Forever After, Now She Dances!" and "A Perfect Relationship", "Wendell Stone has gathered the facts and fictions, the lies and legends, the elusive chronology and the effusive mythology of the most wonderful place of all time and arranged them with precision and perspective. I learned a throng of things I never knew about the Caffe Cino from this bountiful book."-- Robert Patrick , playwright and author of Kennedy's Children, Temple Slave , and Film Moi: Narcissus in the Dark "Stone's definitive history provides not only a detailed chronological production history of Joseph Cino's café theatre, but also broaches the subtle social, economic, political, and theoretical contexts that gave rise to the Off-Off-Broadway world of coffeehouse theatres. This study will delight scholars of American theatre and also serves as inspiration for emerging playwrights, directors, and actors who are searching for a historical context for their own careers."-- David A. Crespy , author of Off-Off-Broadway Explosion, This remarkable, informative, and entertaining book is essential reading for anyone interested in the theatre of the twentieth century. Joe Cino and his #145;magical' Caffe Cino were at the epicenter of the breakthrough revolutionary spirit of the 1960s in terms of the important theatre movement that came to be known as Off-Off-Broadway. A good read. Go for it."— Robert Heide , playwright and author of The Bed and Moon, " Wendell Stone has gathered the facts and fictions, the lies and legends, the elusive chronology and the effusive mythology of the most wonderful place of all time and arranged them with precision and perspective. I learned a throng of things I never knew about the Caffe Cino from this bountiful book." -- Robert Patrick, playwright and author of "Kennedy' s Children, Temple Slave," and "Film Moi: Narcissus in the Dark" " Stone' s definitive history provides not only a detailed chronological production history of Joseph Cino' s cafe theatre, but also broaches the subtle social, economic, political, and theoretical contexts that gave rise to the Off-Off-Broadway world of coffeehouse theatres. This study will delight scholars of American theatre and also serves as inspiration for emerging playwrights, directors, and actors who are searching for a historical context for their own careers." -- David A. Crespy, author of "Off-Off-Broadway Explosion", This remarkable, informative, and entertaining book is essential reading for anyone interested in the theatre of the twentieth century. Joe Cino and his ‘magical' Caffe Cino were at the epicenter of the breakthrough revolutionary spirit of the 1960s in terms of the important theatre movement that came to be known as Off-Off-Broadway. A good read. Go for it."— Robert Heide , playwright and author of The Bed and Moon

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal792/.09747/10904

SynopsisWhen Reece arrives at Cathy's door aged 7 years old, he has already passed through the hands of four different carers in four weeks. As the details of his short life emerge, it becomes clear that to help him, Cathy will face her biggest challenge yet.Reece is the last of six siblings to be fostered. Having been in care for four months his aggressive and disruptive behaviour has seen him passed from carer to carer. Although only 7, he has been excluded from school, and bites people so often that his mother calls him 'Sharky'.Cathy wants to find the answers for Reece's distressing behaviour, but he has been sworn to secrecy by his mother, and will not tell them anything. As the social worker prepares for the final hearing, he finds five different files on Reece's family, and is incredulous that he had not been removed from them as a baby. When the darkest of family secrets is revealed to Cathy, Reece's behaviour suddenly starts to make sense, and together they can begin to rebuild his life., "It's Magic Time " That colorful promise began each performance at the Caffe Cino, the storied Greenwich Village coffeehouse that fostered the gay and alternative theatre movements of the 1960s and launched the careers of such stage mainstays as Sam Shepard, Lanford Wilson, Robert Heide, Harry Koutoukas, Robert Patrick, Robert Dahdah, Helen Hanft, Al Pacino, and Bernadette Peters. As Off-Off-Broadway productions enjoy a deserved resurgence, theatre historian and actor Wendell C. Stone reopens the Cino's doors in this vibrant look at the earliest days of OOB. Rife with insider interviews and rich with evocative photographs, Caffe Cino: The Birthplace of Off-Off-Broadway provides the first detailed account of Joe Cino's iconic cafe theatre and its influence on American theatre. A hub of artistic innovation and haven for bohemians, beats, hippies, and gays, the cafe gave a much-sought outlet to voices otherwise shunned by mainstream entertainment. The Cino's square stage measured only eight feet, but the dynamic ideas that emerged there spawned the numerous alternative theatre spaces that owe their origins to the risky enterprise on Cornelia Street., "It's Magic Time!" That colorful promise began each performance at the Caffe Cino, the storied Greenwich Village coffeehouse that fostered the gay and alternative theatre movements of the 1960s and launched the careers of such stage mainstays as Sam Shepard, Lanford Wilson, Robert Heide, Harry Koutoukas, Robert Patrick, Robert Dahdah, Helen Hanft, Al Pacino, and Bernadette Peters. As Off-Off-Broadway productions enjoy a deserved resurgence, theatre historian and actor Wendell C. Stone reopens the Cino's doors in this vibrant look at the earliest days of OOB. Rife with insider interviews and rich with evocative photographs, Caffe Cino: The Birthplace of Off-Off-Broadway provides the first detailed account of Joe Cino's iconic café theatre and its influence on American theatre. A hub of artistic innovation and haven for bohemians, beats, hippies, and gays, the café gave a much-sought outlet to voices otherwise shunned by mainstream entertainment. The Cino's square stage measured only eight feet, but the dynamic ideas that emerged there spawned the numerous alternative theatre spaces that owe their origins to the risky enterprise on Cornelia Street.

LC Classification NumberPN2277.N5S76 2005