Caravan to Oz
a family reinvents itself off-off-Broadway
by The Harris Family
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"Caravan to Oz is a memoir of The Harris Family's artistic and personal journey. The story begins on the cusp of America's explosive social, cultural and artistic revolution of the 1960s and culminates with the impact and aftermath of the attack on the World Trade Towers on September 11, 2001. Life and art collide in this candid, often flamboyant, family memoir. Between their tiny garage theatre in Florida and thundering acclaim on the stages of New York and Europe, the Harris family reinvented itself in the off-off Broadway crucible. Their passion and creativity sparked powerful new forms of theater and political expression. Caravan to Oz is narrated by family members and guests including Oscar-winning actor/director Tim Robbins, theater producers Ellen Stewart, Crystal Field and Ritsaert ten Cate, playwrights Robert Patrick and Robert Heide, filmmakers Scott Morris and Mike Figgis, and educator John Bernhardt. It's not easy raising six kids in the arts. But the outlier Harrises answer every challenge on their personal yellow brick road with courage and commitment. Their pioneering journey offers something to anyone who is driven by a dream."--Page 4 of cover.
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Caravan to Oz: a family reinvents itself off-off-Broadway
2014, El Dorado Books USA
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in English
061599752X 9780615997520
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This is an interesting biography of a family, parents, their three sons and three daughters. They get started early on realizing they can create and invent; and then move from Florida to Greenwich Village and theatrical world of New York City. Beginning in small venues of Caffe Cino and Cafe La MaMa E. T. C., they eventually get to Broadway, cross the USA, Europe and Australia with their energy and talents. Brief description of difficult to describe contents.
Table of Contents
All of Us Are Connected by Ellen Stewart - page 7
Introduction by Tim Robbins - page 8
Chapter 1 The Burbs - page 11
Chapter 2 The Beach Calls - page 15
Chapter 3 El Dorado Players - page 21
Chapter 4 Unsinkable - page 25
Chapter 5 Return to New York - page 29
Sing Ho! for the Sixties, A Historical Overview by Robert Heide - page 41
Chapter 6 La Papa, La MaMa and the Church on Washington Square - page 44
How It All Began (Ellen's Pushcart by Ellen Stewart - page 48
Chapter 7 The First Family of off-off-Broadway -page 52
Voices: Scott Morris, Filmmaker - page 67
Chapter 8 Flowers, Guns and Gorilla Queen - page 69
Voices: Robert Patrick, Playwright - page 74
Chapter 9 Hair and The Great White Hope on Broadway - page 77
Chapter 10 The Commune, The Cockettes and the New Age Monastery - page 87
The Harrises and Me, by Crystal Field - page 101
Chapter 11 Theater for the New City, Summer Stock and The Honeymoon Killers - page 103
Chapter 12 Hibiscus and Angel Jack - page 111
Chapter 13 Angels of Light - page 123
Voices: Interview with Ritsaert ten Cate - page 142
Voices: Mike Figgis, Composer, Director, Performer - page 144
Chapter 14 Exile on Ninth Street - page 155
Chapter 15 We're All Gonna Blow Sky High! - page 163
Chapter 16 Hibiscus and The Screaming Violets - page 174
Chapter 17 The Loudest Thud - page 183
Chapter 18 I Will Survive - page 188
Chapter 19 The Chrysalis - page 199
Chapter 20 Head For the Hills - page 209
Chapter 21 Butterflies - page 212
Special Thanks - page 254
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| February 25, 2016 | Edited by James D. Gossage | Added description and link to book's home Web Site. |
| January 12, 2016 | Edited by James D. Gossage | Added new cover |
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