Alisa Solomon
| Alisa Solomon | |
|---|---|
| Born | Chicago, Illinois |
| 🏫 Education | University of Michigan (B.A.) Yale School of Drama (Ph.D.) |
| 💼 Occupation | Professor and Director of the Arts and Culture concentration of Journalism at the Columbia University School of Journalism Writer |
| 👔 Employer | Columbia University School of Journalism |
| Notable work | Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof |
| 🏅 Awards | George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism Theatre Library Association's George Freedly Memorial Award |
| 🌐 Website | www |
Alisa Solomon is writer, Professor of Journalism, and the Director of the Arts and Culture concentration at the Columbia Journalism School.[1][2][3][4][5] Solomon served as a story consultant for the documentary on the musical Fiddler on the Roof titled Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles.[6] Solomon has written two award-winning books: Re-Dressing the Canon: Essays on Theater and Gender and Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof.[1][2][3][4][5] Additionally, she has served as a reporter for many publications, some of which including: The Village Voice, The New York Times, The Nation, and other publications.[1][2][3][4][5]
Career
Education
Solomon earned her BA, with a double major in Drama and Philosophy, at the University of Michigan's Residential College in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She then went on to earn her MFA and Doctorate, in Dramaturgy and Criticism, at the Yale School of Drama in New Haven, Connecticut.[3]
Author
Solomon first's book, Re-Dressing the Canon: Essays on Theater and Gender, explores gender and performance and was published in 1997. It won the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism.[1][4][7] Her second book, Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof, discussed the making of the musical Fiddler on the Roof and shows the evolution of Jewish cultural identity. This book, published in 2013, won the Kurt Weill Prize, the Jewish Journal Prize, and the Theatre Library Association’s George Freedley Memorial Award.[8][9][10][11] Solomon has also been an editor of a number of books as well as a special issue of the journal Theater on theater and social change.
Story Consultant
Solomon served as a story consultant for the documentary on the musical Fiddler on the Roof titled Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles.[6] This documentary goes into the creation and significance of the play, featuring interviews with the Fiddler creators and others from the musical.[6]
Teacher
Solomon is a teacher at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, and at this university she directs the MA program's Arts & Culture concentration.[1][3][4][5]
Journalist
Solomon has served as a reporter for the Village Voice from 1983 to 2004, as well as having contributed to: the The New York Times newspaper, The Nation newspaper, Tablet newspaper, The Forward newspaper, Howlround.com non-profit service organization, killingthebuddha.com online journal, American Theater magazine, TDR – The Drama Review journal, and others.[1][2][3][4][5]
Awards
In 1997, Solomon won the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for her book Re-Dressing the Canon: Essays on Theater and Gender.[2][4][7][10][12] In 2014, she won the Theatre Library Association's George Freedly Memorial Award for her book Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof.[8] In 2015, she won The Kurt Weill Prize for her book Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof.[9][11]
Works
Author
- Solomon, Alisa (2013). Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof. New York: Metropolitan Books. ISBN 9780805092608 Search this book on
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- Solomon, Alisa (1997). Re-Dressing the Canon: Essays on Theater and Gender. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415157209 Search this book on ..
Editor
- Solomon et al. (2019). Women Mobilizing Memory, published by the Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0231191852 Search this book on ..
- Solomon et al. (2011). The Reverend Billy Project: From Rehearsal Hall to Super-Mall with the Church of Life After Shopping, published by the University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0472051564 Search this book on ..
- Solomon et al. (2009). Theater and Social Change, published by Duke University Press Books. ISBN 978-0822365037 Search this book on ..
- Solomon, Alisa; Kushner, Tony (2003). Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, published by the Grove Press. ISBN 978-0802140159 Search this book on ..
- Solomon, Alisa; Minwalla, Framji (2002). The Queerest Art: Essays on Lesbian and Gay Theater, published by the New York University Press. ISBN 978-0814798119 Search this book on ..
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Alisa Solomon | Aspen Ideas". Aspen Ideas Festival. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Alisa Solomon". CUNY TV. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Alisa Solomon | A.R.T." americanrepertorytheater.org. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Studio, Familiar (2021-05-07). "Alisa Solomon". Digital Yiddish Theatre Project. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Solomon, Alisa. "Alisa Solomon". Public Books. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Rooney, David; Rooney, David (2019-08-07). "'Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism | Department of Literatures in English Cornell Arts & Sciences". english.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Association, Theatre Library (2020-09-25). "Freedley Award Winners, 1969-Present". Theatre Library Association. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Kurt Weill Prize - 2015". www.kwf.org. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Village Voice's Alisa Solomon Wins George Jean Nathan Critic's Award". Playbill. 1999-03-04. Retrieved 2021-07-16. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "2015 Kurt Weill Prizes Honor Alisa Solomon and Emily Abrams Ansari". The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "New York drama critic and scholar Alisa Solomon wins $10,000 George Jean Nathan Award administered by Cornell University". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
External Links
Media
Books
- Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof.
- Re-Dressing the Canon: Essays on Theater and Gender.
- Women Mobilizing Memory
- The Reverend Billy Project: From Rehearsal Hall to Super-Mall with the Church of Life After Shopping
- Theater and Social Change
- Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- The Queerest Art: Essays on Lesbian and Gay Theater
Category:Women writers Category:Fiddler on the Roof Category:Journalism
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