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repertory

re per taw ree

  • n  a storehouse where a stock of things is kept
  • n  the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation
    the repertory of the supposed feats of mesmerism
    has a large repertory of dialects and characters
  • n  a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule

  • In Manhattan, when repertory theater is being discussed, Topic A is always the disappointing record, to date, of the Lincoln Center company.
  • The concept of the repertory company is several thousand years older than Shakespeare: a troupe of actors who can perform in any of a dozen or more plays.
  • Repertory Manhattan last week greeted its first large-scale repertory theater since Eva Le Gallienne's famed enterprise folded in 1933.
News & Articles

  • Repertory Films showing this week
    Repertory Films Aviator Park Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.; 215-636-1666. Film Al Fresco. Locomotive (2013) 6/14. 8 pm. Bryn Mawr Film Institute 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr; 610-527-9898. www.brynmawrfilm.org. Going Gaga. $7. 6/19.
    June 14, 2013 - Philly.com
  • 5 ways to catch new plays in Seattle
    Seattle Repertory Theatre, Live Girls! Theater and other drama outfits are offering staged public readings of hot-off-the-computer scripts during the weekend of June 16, 2013, and beyond.
    June 14, 2013 - Seattle Times
  • Review: 'Avenue Q' at Arkansas Repertory Theatre
    The singing, dancing, foul-mouthed, sex-having puppets of “Avenue Q” (and their human counterparts) put on a fun, sweet and funny show in the Arkansas Repertory Theatre ’s production of the smash-hit musical. At the center of “Avenue Q” are Princeton, a recent English grad, and Kate Monster, a kindergarten teaching assistant. Both are trying to find their way in the world of post-collegiate life ...
    June 13, 2013 - Arkansas Times
Quotes

  • Holly Hunter in Toronto Star
    Film doesn't have this kind of character development opportunity,adds Hunter. "It doesn't give you the opportunity to live this life with these people, week after week, month after month. It's kind of like a repertory theatre company,...
  • Tom Hulce in Inside Bay Area
    The guy who was playing the role, Peter Firth, had also played it in London, where 'Equus' was running in repertory with 'Spring Awakening,' the old German play by Frank Wedekind,says Hulce, who is one of the producers of the musical version...
  • Joshua Redman in Jazz Police
    This is a true composer's collective,said tenor titan Joshua Redman, who served as the first artistic director through the 2007 season. "I felt strongly that a special band not be just a repertory ensemble, primarily playing the music of...

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