Mamoulian: Life on Stage and Screen

by David Luhrssen

An Armenian national raised in Russia, Rouben Mamoulian (1897--1987) studied in the influential Stanislavski studio, renowned as the source of the "method" acting technique. Shortly after immigrating to New York in 1926, he created a sensation with an all-black production of Porgy (1927). He then went on to direct the debut Broadway productions of three of the most popular shows in the history of American musical theater: Porgy and Bess (1935), Oklahoma...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813136768
• ISBN13: 9780813136769
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up