Performing Arts category: 25753 books

Claudia Jennings was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin before moving to Evanston, Illinois for her high school years. She joined a theater company in Chicago and while working as a receptionist at the Playboy Building she was asked to pose nude for Playboy Magazine. Her September 1969 centerfold was...

Praise for THE YOUNG AND RESTLESS LIFE OF WILLIAM J. BELL "A beautiful dedication to Bill and the pioneering legacy of the Bell family. Their endless commitment, passion, and creativity have left an indelible mark on the genre."-Frank Valentini, executive producer of General Hospital...

Michael Whitehall contrasts the glamorous image of theatrical life with the mundane realities of the business, while passing on some startling trade secrets along the way. A laconic raconteur of refreshingly unstar-struck theatrical anecdotes, Whitehall deftly sketches the social comedy of...

Have you ever been told that you have a great voice? Put it to use in a career as a voiceover actor! Veteran voice-over actor, writer, producer, and teacher Janet Wilcox provides the inside scoop on the industry and personal training to help voice-over hopefuls find work in network promos, commercials,...

Miley Cyrus -- So You Think You Can Lap Dance? Is Miley Cyrus the New 'Britley Spearus'? Miley Cyrus voted worst celebrity influence of 2009 Miley Cyrus  felt more than the beat last summer as she got downright nasty on the dance floor with a slightly older gentleman during a wrap party...

Leni Riefenstahl will always be remembered for her brilliant film of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin - still rated as one of the best documentaries ever made. Before that she was acclaimed for her roles in silent feature films, when German cinema was in its artistic heyday in the 1920s. She pioneered...

Au théâtre, à la télévision et au cinéma, l’immense talent de Rémy Girard récolte la faveur du grand public québécois. C’est donc avec bonheur qu’on se souviendra de son personnage de Rémy dans Le Déclin de l’Empire américain et dans Les Invasions barbares, de Lionel Rivard dans...

Here for the first time is the complete, captivating story of an on-set romance that turned into a lifelong love story between silver screen legends Audrey Hepburn and William Holden. In 1954, Hepburn and Holden were America's sweethearts. Both won Oscars that year and together they filmed Sabrina,...

The actress Teresa Wright (1918-2005) lived a rich, complex, magnificent life against the backdrop of golden age Hollywood, Broadway and television. There was no indication, from her astonishingly difficult--indeed, horrifying--childhood, of the success that would follow, nor of the universal acclaim...

James Gandolfini: The Real Life of the Man Who Made Tony Soprano is the first biography of the actor who died, in June 2013 at age 51, widely recognized as one of the best—and most defining—actors of his generation. The book is informed by fresh interviews with Sopranos actors, the star's acting...

Risky Business. Revenge of the Nerds. Better Off Dead. Moonlighting. Supernatural. American Dad. New Girl. What do all of these movies and television shows have in common? Curtis Armstrong. A legendary comedic second banana to a litany of major stars, Curtis is forever cemented in the...

The first book on the career of actress Ann Blyth. Multitalented and remarkably versatile, Blyth began on radio as a child, appeared on Broadway at the age of twelve in Lillian Hellman's WATCH ON THE RHINE, and enjoyed a long and diverse career in films, theatre, television, and concerts. A sensitive...

For the first time, in NO LAUGHING MATTER, Norman Hudis, who wrote the first six Carry On movies, reveals his hitherto secret, decades-long and quixotic writing-activity since he left the series. It's this: He Carried On Writing Carry On stories in the hope that, one day, he'd be asked to return and...

Lon Chaney, Jr. Edited by Gary J. Svehla and Susan Svehla The Wolf Man, The Mummy's Ghost, Man Made Monster, Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Weird Woman. You've seen the classic horror films, now dDelve into the pivotal films made throughout Lon...