Books by Janet Coleman and Complete Book Reviews
Janet Coleman, Author University of Chicago Press $24 (362p) ISBN 978-0-226-11345-6
Standards for improvisational comedy were set by the Compass Players, a troupe in bohemian 1950s Chicago whose skits satirized American culture and influenced the Second City theatrical revue. ``Although disjointed and episodic, this history of stet
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Janet Coleman, Author Knopf Publishing Group $22.95 (347p) ISBN 978-0-394-52545-7
Night after night in bohemian 1950s Chicago, the improvisational Compass Players satirized American culture with parodies of TV shows, spontaneous skits based on audience suggestions, and scenes about sports, dating, suburbia and psychoanalysis....
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Janet Coleman, Author, Al Young, With Creative Arts Book Company $14.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-88739-067-8
Freelance writer Coleman and prolific author Young ( Sitting Pretty , etc.), both devotees of Charles Mingus (1922-1979), here present an unconventional, nonchronological, anecdotal, impressionistic account of the personality and contributions of...
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