424 books in Performing Arts
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You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried
The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation
Written by Susannah Gora
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: February 9, 2010
Price: $26.00
You can quote lines from Sixteen Candles (“Last night at the dancemy little brother paid a buck to see your underwear”), your iPod playlist includes more than one song by the Psychedelic Furs and Simple Minds, you watch The Breakfast Club every time it comes on cable, and you still wish... Read more >
The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation
Written by Susannah Gora
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: February 9, 2010
Price: $26.00
You can quote lines from Sixteen Candles (“Last night at the dancemy little brother paid a buck to see your underwear”), your iPod playlist includes more than one song by the Psychedelic Furs and Simple Minds, you watch The Breakfast Club every time it comes on cable, and you still wish... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Sanford Meisner on Acting
Written by Sanford Meisner and Dennis Longwell
Introduction by Sydney Pollack
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: July 12, 1987
Price: $16.00
This book, written in collaboration with Dennis Longwell, follows an acting class of eight men and eight women for fifteen months, beginning with the most rudimentary exercises and ending with affecting and polished scenes from contemporary American plays. Throughout these pages Meisner is delight--always empathizing with his students and urging them... Read more >
Written by Sanford Meisner and Dennis Longwell
Introduction by Sydney Pollack
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: July 12, 1987
Price: $16.00
This book, written in collaboration with Dennis Longwell, follows an acting class of eight men and eight women for fifteen months, beginning with the most rudimentary exercises and ending with affecting and polished scenes from contemporary American plays. Throughout these pages Meisner is delight--always empathizing with his students and urging them... Read more >
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Walt Disney
The Triumph of the American Imagination
Written by Neal Gabler
Format: Trade Paperback, 912 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $21.00
The definitive portrait of one of the most important cultural figures in American history.
Walt Disney was a true visionary whose desire for escape, iron determination and obsessive perfectionism transformed animation from a novelty to an art form, first with Mickey Mouse and then with his feature films–most notably Snow White... Read more >
The Triumph of the American Imagination
Written by Neal Gabler
Format: Trade Paperback, 912 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2007
Price: $21.00
The definitive portrait of one of the most important cultural figures in American history.
Walt Disney was a true visionary whose desire for escape, iron determination and obsessive perfectionism transformed animation from a novelty to an art form, first with Mickey Mouse and then with his feature films–most notably Snow White... Read more >
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The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present
Written by Tim Brooks and Earle F. Marsh
Format: Trade Paperback, 1856 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $29.95
AMERICA’S #1 BESTSELLING TELEVISION BOOK WITH MORE THAN HALF A MILLION COPIES IN PRINT–
NOW REVISED AND UPDATED!
PROGRAMS FROM ALL SEVEN COMMERCIAL BROADCAST NETWORKS, MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED CABLE NETWORKS, PLUS ALL MAJOR SYNDICATED SHOWS!
This is the must-have book for TV viewers in the new millennium–the entire history of primetime programs in... Read more >
Written by Tim Brooks and Earle F. Marsh
Format: Trade Paperback, 1856 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $29.95
AMERICA’S #1 BESTSELLING TELEVISION BOOK WITH MORE THAN HALF A MILLION COPIES IN PRINT–
NOW REVISED AND UPDATED!
PROGRAMS FROM ALL SEVEN COMMERCIAL BROADCAST NETWORKS, MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED CABLE NETWORKS, PLUS ALL MAJOR SYNDICATED SHOWS!
This is the must-have book for TV viewers in the new millennium–the entire history of primetime programs in... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Futurist
The Life and Films of James Cameron
Written by Rebecca Keegan
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: December 15, 2009
Price: $24.00
With the release of Avatar, James Cameron cements his reputation as king of sci-fi and blockbuster filmmaking. It’s a distinction he’s long been building, through a directing career that includes such cinematic landmarks as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, and the highest grossing movie of all time, Titanic.
The Futurist is the... Read more >
The Life and Films of James Cameron
Written by Rebecca Keegan
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: December 15, 2009
Price: $24.00
With the release of Avatar, James Cameron cements his reputation as king of sci-fi and blockbuster filmmaking. It’s a distinction he’s long been building, through a directing career that includes such cinematic landmarks as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, and the highest grossing movie of all time, Titanic.
The Futurist is the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Audition
Written by Michael Shurtleff
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: December 2, 1979
Price: $7.99
Michael Shurtleff has been casting director for Broadway shows like Chicago and Becket and for films like The Graduate and Jesus Christ Superstar. His legendary course on auditioning has launched hundreds of successful careers. Now in this book he tells the all-important HOW for all aspiring actors, from the beginning... Read more >
Written by Michael Shurtleff
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: December 2, 1979
Price: $7.99
Michael Shurtleff has been casting director for Broadway shows like Chicago and Becket and for films like The Graduate and Jesus Christ Superstar. His legendary course on auditioning has launched hundreds of successful careers. Now in this book he tells the all-important HOW for all aspiring actors, from the beginning... Read more >
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How Not to Write a Screenplay
101 Common Mistakes Most Screenwriters Make
Written by Denny Martin Flinn
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: May 1, 1999
Price: $16.95
All good screenplays are unique, but all bad screenplays are the same. Flinn's book will teach the reader how to avoid the pitfalls of bad screenwriting and arrive at one's own destination intact. Read more >
101 Common Mistakes Most Screenwriters Make
Written by Denny Martin Flinn
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: May 1, 1999
Price: $16.95
All good screenplays are unique, but all bad screenplays are the same. Flinn's book will teach the reader how to avoid the pitfalls of bad screenwriting and arrive at one's own destination intact. Read more >
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Ball of Fire
The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball
Written by Stefan Kanfer
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $15.00
As a movie actress Lucille Ball was, in her own words, “queen of the B-pluses.” But on the small screen she was a superstar–arguably the funniest and most enduring in the history of TV. In this exemplary biography, Stefan Kanfer explores the roots of Lucy’s genius and places it in the... Read more >
The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball
Written by Stefan Kanfer
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $15.00
As a movie actress Lucille Ball was, in her own words, “queen of the B-pluses.” But on the small screen she was a superstar–arguably the funniest and most enduring in the history of TV. In this exemplary biography, Stefan Kanfer explores the roots of Lucy’s genius and places it in the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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A Practical Handbook for the Actor
Written by Melissa Bruder
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: April 12, 1986
Price: $12.00
6 working actors describe their methods and philosophies of the theater. All have worked with playwright David Mamet at the Goodman Theater in Chicago. Read more >
Written by Melissa Bruder
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: April 12, 1986
Price: $12.00
6 working actors describe their methods and philosophies of the theater. All have worked with playwright David Mamet at the Goodman Theater in Chicago. Read more >
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Kazan on Directing
Written by Elia Kazan
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: January 12, 2010
Price: $17.95
Elia Kazan was the twentieth century’s most celebrated director of both stage and screen, and this monumental, revelatory book shows us the master at work. Kazan’s list of Broadway and Hollywood successes—A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, On the Waterfront, to name a few—is a testament to his profound... Read more >
Written by Elia Kazan
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: January 12, 2010
Price: $17.95
Elia Kazan was the twentieth century’s most celebrated director of both stage and screen, and this monumental, revelatory book shows us the master at work. Kazan’s list of Broadway and Hollywood successes—A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, On the Waterfront, to name a few—is a testament to his profound... Read more >
