Arnold Aronson
Publications:
Books:
- American Set Design, Theatre Communications Group, 1985.
- The History and Theory of Environmental Scenography, U.M.I. Research Press, 1981. Paper reprint, 1988.
- Forthcoming:
Articles:
- 30,000-word introductory essay for The Cambridge History of American Theatre, Vol. 3 (1999).
- "The Scenography of Chekhov's Plays," Cambridge Companion to Chekhov (1999).
- "The Artist as Artisan," New York City Opera Season Guide 1998-99.
- "Like First-Class Advertising: An Interview with Richard Foreman," The Brecht Yearbook 23 (1997)
- "Theatre Technology and the Shifting Aesthetic," New England Theatre Journal (Vol. 8, 1997)
- "Design for Angels in America" (in Approaching the Millenium: Essays on Tony Kushner's Angels in America, University of Michigan Press, 1997).
- "The History of Design for Dance," International Encyclopedia of Dance (Oxford University Press, 1997).
- "Richard Foreman as Scenographer," Theatre Forum (Winter 1996).
- "New Homes for New Theatres" in the catalogue of
Phenomena: The International Festival of Performance, Puppet and Visual
Theatre (Society for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Theatre in
Jerusalem, 1996)
- "Stage Design," Encyclopedia of New York City (Yale University Press, 1995).
- Designed in the USA: Catalogue of the United States Exhibition at the 1995 Prague Quadrennial.
- "100 Jahre B�hnenbeleuchtung: Warum wir nicht wie Appia beleuchten k�nnen,"("100 Years of Stage Lighting") B�hnentechnische Rundschau (October 1994).
- "Out of Control," American Theatre (September 1994).
- "Design for Chekhov," in Chekhov on the British Stage, ed. Patrick Miles (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993).
- "Shrewd Shakespeare Takes the Measure of Sex and Society," The New York Times: Arts and Leisure, July 11, 1993.
- "The 1991 Prague Quadrennial," The Drama Review (Spring 1993)
- "A 90's Spin for B�chner's Woyzeck," The New York Times: Arts and Leisure, December 6, 1992
- Consultant on stage design to The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre (Cambridge University Press, 1992); contributor of 100+ entries.
- "Prague Notebook," Soviet and East European Performance (Fall 1991)
- "The Prague Quadrennial," American Theatre (November 1991)
- "The International Jury Process," Theatre Design & Technology (Fall 1991)
- "Contemporary American Designers: George Tsypin," Theatre Design & Technology (Summer 1991).
- "Postmodern Design," Theatre Journal (March 1991).
- "Comedy, Manners and Brickbats," The New York Times: Arts and Leisure, May 19, 1991.
- "Shakespeare's Past Is Present," The New York Times: Arts and Leisure, February 24, 1991.
- "The State of the Art," in Design Exposition '88 (U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology, 1988).
- "Design in Milwaukee," Theatre Design & Technology (Spring, 1988).
- "PQ87: Stimuli and Responses," Theatre Design & Technology (Winter 1988).
- "No More Theatres!," Theatre Design & Technology (Fall 1987).
- "The Svoboda Dimension," American Theatre (October, 1987).
- "Design and the Next Wave," Theatre Design & Technology (Winter 1986).
- Consultant on theatre design to The Cambridge Guide to World Theatre
(Cambridge University Press, 1989); contributed 13,500-word essay on
the history of design and architecture, and 85 short entries.
- "Contemporary American Designers: Carrie Robbins," Theatre Design & Technology (Winter 1986).
- "The Facts of Light," American Theatre (January 1986).
- "The Wooster Group's L.S.D.," The Drama Review (Summer 1985). Reprinted in The Drama Review: Thirty Years of Commentary on the Avant Garde, (UMI Research Press, 1986).
- "Vampire Lesbians of Sodom at the Limbo Lounge," The Drama Review (Spring 1985). Also reprinted in anthology.
- "Recreating Seurat: Sunday in the Park with George," Theatre Design & Technology (1984). Reprinted in Profile (June 1985, New Zealand).
- "The Adventures of Eugene Lee," American Theatre (December, 1984). (Reprinted in The Guthrie Theatre Program, June 1986)
- "Contemporary American Design," The Drama Review (Summer, 1984).
- "Drama and Dramatic Arts" and "Theatre Production"," Funk and Wagnall's New Encyclopedia (1984).
- "Shakespeare in Virginia, 1751-1863," Shakespeare in the South (University of Mississippi Press, 1983).
- "Some Recent Soviet and East German Designs," Theatre Design & Technology (Spring 1983).
- "Il teatro americano del XX secolo" (Twentieth Century American Theatre), Teatro Contemporaneo, Vol. II (Lucarini Editore, 1982).
- "Contemporary American Designers: John Lee Beatty," Theatre Design & Technology (Winter 1982).
- "Contemporary American Designers: Eugene Lee," Theatre Design & Technology (Spring 1982).
- "Theatres of the Future," Theatre Journal (December, 1981).
- "Contemporary American Designers: Santo Loquasto," Theatre Design & Technology (Fall 1981).
- "Contemporary American Designers: Douglas Schmidt," Theatre Design & Technology (Summer, 1981).
- Teatro del Novecento (Feltrinelli Editore, 1981): two chapters on American Theatre.
- Academic American Encyclopedia (Arete, 1980): 18 articles.
- "An Environment for Oedipus," Theatre Design & Technology (Summer 1978).
- "The Total Theatrical Environment," Theatre Crafts (September, 1977).
- "Joan MacIntosh," The Drama Review (September, 1976).
- "Wilson/Knowles' The Value of Man," The Drama Review (September, 1975).
Reviews:
- "The Revisionist Stage," American Studies (Summer 1997)
- "Light Fantastic," The New York Times Book Review (March 17, 1996)
- "Julie Taymor: Playing with Fire," The New York Times Book Review (March 3, 1996)
- "Scenic Design on Broadway/Lighting Design on Broadway," American Theatre (May 1992)
- "Step Right Up," The New York Times Book Review (November 25, 1990)
- "The American Circus," The New York Times Book Review (April, 1990)
- "Vivian Leigh," The New York Times Book Review (July 9, 1989).
- "Zero Mostel: A Biography," The New York Times Book Review (May 28, 1989)
- "Hullabaloo in Old Jeypore," The New York Times Book Review (February 26, 1989).
- "The Theatrical Writings of Fabrizio Carini Motta," Theatre Journal (March, 1989).
- "Just in Time," The New York Times Book Review (November 27, 1988).
- "The Theatre Art of Boris Aronson," American Theatre (April, 1988).
- "Blooded Thought" and "Take Up the Bodies," Theatre Journal (December, 1984).
- "Aline," Theatre Journal (May, 1980).
- "French Theatrical Production in the 19th Century," Theatre Journal (October, 1977).