541 books in Performing Arts
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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: $16.00
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: $16.00
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 >
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The Intent to Live
Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor
Written by Larry Moss
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: December 27, 2005
Price: $16.00
“I call this book The Intent to Live because great actors don’t seem to be acting, they seem to be actually living.”
–Larry Moss, from the Introduction
When Oscar-winning actors Helen Hunt and Hilary Swank accepted their Academy Awards, each credited Larry Moss’s guidance as key to their career-making performances. There is a... Read more >
Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor
Written by Larry Moss
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: December 27, 2005
Price: $16.00
“I call this book The Intent to Live because great actors don’t seem to be acting, they seem to be actually living.”
–Larry Moss, from the Introduction
When Oscar-winning actors Helen Hunt and Hilary Swank accepted their Academy Awards, each credited Larry Moss’s guidance as key to their career-making performances. There is a... Read more >
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Creating Characters with Personality
Written by Tom Bancroft
Introduction by Glen Keane
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2006
Price: $19.95
From Snow White to Shrek, from Fred Flintstone to SpongeBob SquarePants, the design of a character conveys personality before a single word of dialogue is spoken. Designing Characters with Personality shows artists how to create a distinctive character, then place that character in context within a script, establish hierarchy, and maximize... Read more >
Written by Tom Bancroft
Introduction by Glen Keane
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2006
Price: $19.95
From Snow White to Shrek, from Fred Flintstone to SpongeBob SquarePants, the design of a character conveys personality before a single word of dialogue is spoken. Designing Characters with Personality shows artists how to create a distinctive character, then place that character in context within a script, establish hierarchy, and maximize... Read more >
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Jimmy Stewart
A Biography
Written by Marc Eliot
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $16.00
Jimmy Stewart’s all-American good looks, boyish charm, and deceptively easygoing style of acting made him one of Hollywood’s greatest and most enduring stars. Despite the indelible image he projected of innocence and quiet self-assurance, Stewart’s life was more complex and sophisticated than most of the characters he played. With fresh insight... Read more >
A Biography
Written by Marc Eliot
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: September 25, 2007
Price: $16.00
Jimmy Stewart’s all-American good looks, boyish charm, and deceptively easygoing style of acting made him one of Hollywood’s greatest and most enduring stars. Despite the indelible image he projected of innocence and quiet self-assurance, Stewart’s life was more complex and sophisticated than most of the characters he played. With fresh insight... Read more >
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Making Movies
Written by Sidney Lumet
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 19, 1996
Price: $15.95
From one of America's most acclaimed directors comes a book that is both a professional memoir and a definitive guide to the art, craft, and business of the motion picture. Drawing on 40 years of experience on movies ranging from Long Day's Journey Into Night to The Verdict, Lumet explains the... Read more >
Written by Sidney Lumet
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 19, 1996
Price: $15.95
From one of America's most acclaimed directors comes a book that is both a professional memoir and a definitive guide to the art, craft, and business of the motion picture. Drawing on 40 years of experience on movies ranging from Long Day's Journey Into Night to The Verdict, Lumet explains the... Read more >
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The TV Writer's Workbook
A Creative Approach To Television Scripts
Written by Ellen Sandler
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2007
Price: $16.00
Why is TV writing different from any other kind of writing? How will writing a spec script open doors? What do I have to do to get a job writing for TV? Writing for television is a business. And, like any business, there are proven strategies for success. In this unique... Read more >
A Creative Approach To Television Scripts
Written by Ellen Sandler
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2007
Price: $16.00
Why is TV writing different from any other kind of writing? How will writing a spec script open doors? What do I have to do to get a job writing for TV? Writing for television is a business. And, like any business, there are proven strategies for success. In this unique... Read more >
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Living with Shakespeare
Essays by Writers, Actors, and Directors
Written by Susannah Carson
Foreword by Harold Bloom
Format: eBook, 528 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $9.99
Why Shakespeare? What explains our continued fascination with his poems and plays? In Living with Shakespeare, Susannah Carson invites forty actors, directors, scholars, and writers to reflect on why his work is still such a vital part of our culture.
We hear from James Earl Jones on reclaiming Othello as a tragic... Read more >
Essays by Writers, Actors, and Directors
Written by Susannah Carson
Foreword by Harold Bloom
Format: eBook, 528 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $9.99
Why Shakespeare? What explains our continued fascination with his poems and plays? In Living with Shakespeare, Susannah Carson invites forty actors, directors, scholars, and writers to reflect on why his work is still such a vital part of our culture.
We hear from James Earl Jones on reclaiming Othello as a tragic... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Never Have Your Dog Stuffed
And Other Things I've Learned
Written by Alan Alda
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $16.00
He’s one of America’s most recognizable and acclaimed actors–a star on Broadway, an Oscar nominee for The Aviator, and the only person to ever win Emmys for acting, writing, and directing, during his eleven years on M*A*S*H. Now Alan Alda has written a memoir as elegant, funny, and affecting as his... Read more >
And Other Things I've Learned
Written by Alan Alda
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $16.00
He’s one of America’s most recognizable and acclaimed actors–a star on Broadway, an Oscar nominee for The Aviator, and the only person to ever win Emmys for acting, writing, and directing, during his eleven years on M*A*S*H. Now Alan Alda has written a memoir as elegant, funny, and affecting as his... 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 >
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eBook.
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Never Have Your Dog Stuffed
And Other Things I've Learned
Written by Alan Alda
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $11.99
He’s one of America’s most recognizable and acclaimed actors–a star on Broadway, an Oscar nominee for The Aviator, and the only person to ever win Emmys for acting, writing, and directing, during his eleven years on M*A*S*H. Now Alan Alda has written a memoir as elegant, funny, and affecting as his... Read more >
And Other Things I've Learned
Written by Alan Alda
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $11.99
He’s one of America’s most recognizable and acclaimed actors–a star on Broadway, an Oscar nominee for The Aviator, and the only person to ever win Emmys for acting, writing, and directing, during his eleven years on M*A*S*H. Now Alan Alda has written a memoir as elegant, funny, and affecting as his... Read more >
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