Performing Arts category: 25753 books
by Tina Fey
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Spirited and whip-smart, these laugh-out-loud autobiographical essays are "a masterpiece" from the Emmy Award-winning actress and comedy writer known for 30 Rock, Mean Girls, and SNL (Sunday Telegraph).
Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin,"...
'Dearest Squirrel…'
The Intimate Letters of John Osborne and Pamela Lane
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
A completely fresh insight into the mind of one of the UK’s greatest playwrights, the letters between John Osborne and his first wife, actress Pamela Lane, are also a love letter to a now defunct system of repertory theatre, and life in post-war Britain.
As these letters reveal, soon after...
by Agatha Ravens
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
Teresa Palmer has traveled a long way just to reach for a dream. In Australia, the young lady's quest for stardom started when she landed a leading role in the independent film 2:37, which was then followed by Australian films like Restraint and December Boys. From Land Down Under, Palmer flew all the...
From Tiny Acorns
The Kenny Baker Story
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2013
The long awaited biography of the English dwarf actor and entertainer who is best known as the man inside R2D2 in Star Wars. Kenny Baker had been successful in show business for many years before George Lucas selected him for the role and the book recounts his life from a baby up to present day. Having...
The Improv Handbook
The Ultimate Guide to Improvising in Comedy, Theatre, and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
The most comprehensive, smart, helpful and inspiring guide to improve available today. Applicable to comedians, actors, public speakers and anyone who needs to think on their toes.
From The Improv Handbook:
The problem for improvisers is anxiety. faced with a lot of nameless eyes staring at...
by Robert Skotak
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Ib Melchior: Man of Imagination by Robert Skotak
Ib Melchior, novelist, short story writer, film producer, film director, and screenwriter of low-budget American science fiction movies, is best-known for The Angry Red Planet (1959), The Time Travelers (1964) and the critically acclaimed Robinson...
A Long Time Ago
Growing up with and out of Star Wars
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
"A Long Time Ago is a wonderful look back on growing up with Star Wars...Van Ert [has] written a great little memoir about life as a boy with Star Wars and his trials as an adult with his boyhood fascination." – Wired.com
"A Long Time Ago is a thoughtful, funny, and beautifully...
Performing the Progressive Era
Immigration, Urban Life, and Nationalism on Stage
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2019
The American Progressive Era, which spanned from the 1880s to the 1920s, is generally regarded as a dynamic period of political reform and social activism. In Performing the Progressive Era, editors Max Shulman and Chris Westgate bring together top scholars in nineteenth- and twentieth-century theatre...
The Perfect Stage Crew
The Complete Technical Guide for High School, College, and Community Theater
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Here is a must-have book for anyone producing a stage show without a Broadway-sized budget. Written by a technical theater veteran, The Perfect Stage Crew explains the pitfalls to avoid and provides solutions to the most common-and the most complex-stage performance problems, even for theaters with...
by D. Anthony Rivenbark
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
Thalian Hall is one of the oldest and most beautiful theaters in America. Forming the east wing of Wilmington�s iconic city hall, this dual-purpose building has been at the center of the community�s cultural and political life since it first opened in 1858. Thalian Hall is the only surviving theater...
Michael Winterbottom
Interviews
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2010
Prolific British director Michael Winterbottom (b.1961) might be hard to pin down and even harder to categorize. Over sixteen years, he has created feature films as disparate and stylistically diverse as Welcome to Sarajevo, 24 Hour Party People, In This World, Butterfly Kiss, and The Killer Inside...
Reality Television Contracts
How to Negotiate the Best Deal
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Reality television is the growth area of television today. Individuals around the country want to be involved, whether in front of the camera or behind, and those who want to produce reality television seek to attract talent-maybe from the local beauty salon or perhaps the rodeo, extermination company,...
Performing Shakespeare Unrehearsed
A Practical Guide to Acting and Producing Spontaneous Shakespeare
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018
Shakespeare’s plays can be performed effectively without rehearsal, if all the actors understand a set of performance guidelines and put them into practice. In Performing Shakespeare Unrehearsed: A Practical Guide to Acting and Producing Spontaneous Shakespeare, each chapter is devoted...
Woman with a Movie Camera
My Life as a Russian Filmmaker
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Marina Goldovskaya is one of Russia's best-known documentary filmmakers. The first woman in Russia (and possibly the world) to combine being a director, writer, cinematographer, and producer, Goldovskaya has made over thirty documentary films and more than one hundred programs for Russian, European,...