lsquo;None of this is the truth. Itrsquo;s just people saying things. Itrsquo;s all subjective. Therersquo;s the truth; and therersquo;s what people think is the truth; and it all depends on how you slant ithellip;rsquo;Taking Care of Baby tackles the complex case of Donna McAuliffe; a young mother convicted of the murder of her two infant children. In a series of probing interviews the people in this extraordinary story; including Donna herself and her bewildered mother Lynn; reveal how they may have harmed those they sought to protect.Dennis Kellyrsquo;s ambitious play uses the popular techniques of drama-documentary and verbatim theatre to explore how truth is compromised by todayrsquo;s information culture.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Comprehensive. concise. professional preparation for preparing. running and managing live theater and other kinds of shows.By The Lone ComicThis book. written by a top professional in the field with years and years of experience. was everything one could expect to understand the critical role a stage manager plays in mounting. running and closing a production. The role of the stage manager is critical. straddling the line between the creative side of theater and the production side of theater.One aspect of the authors assertions I will moderate (but not dispute at all) is the role the stage manager plays as "confidant. counselor and confessor to all involved in the production" - while it may be accurate. is a little overly dramatized in its import. and I suspect may be contextualized by the authors vast experience in university theater settings. where the majority of the cast and crew are students of not quite full adult age. and may have a higher incidence and engagement rate than in other theatrical settings outside of major academic venues.That however. is based only on my comparison of having been in student theater in high school and college. and my professional experience mounting a one man show and having to do it all myself. That of course is not the same as a full scale production. but mainly speaking. only theater people who tend to keep to their own because of the tradition have a socialization context unlike non-theatrical people.Outside of that. buy this book youll be hard pressed to find better data for the price. We are all lucky Daniel A. Ionazzi not only wrote it. but continues to teach and practice this rare and challenging critical theater production skill.The Lone Comic TMDefender of Creativity and Entertainment SM0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. If you are new to stage managing. this book ...By James F. SaulinoIf you are new to stage managing. this book may be a bit much for you. It lays down all or most of the intricacies of the craft. It will encourage the reader either to pursue stage managing further or provide him /her with sufficient information to make an informed career decision. This book thoroughly explores Stage managing.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The description claims no highlighting but there is from pages ...By Alison MillerThe description claims no highlighting but there is from pages 9-18. Not many pages. But still highlighted. Otherwise the description is accurate.The book is perfectly helpful for beginning Stage Managers but I thought it left out a couple of things. such as taping out the set design for rehearsals. Other topics could have been expanded as well. i.e. managing disputes/confrontations among company members.
