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Free for All
Free for All
Written by Kenneth Turan and Joseph Papp
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780767931687
Our Price: $39.95
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Free for All
Joe Papp, The Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told
Written by Kenneth Turan and Joseph Papp


Format: Hardcover, 608 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $39.95

Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan takes you behind the scenes at the Public Theater and tells the amazing story of how Joe Papp made American theatrical and cultural history.

Free for All is the irresistible oral history of the New York Shakespeare Festival and the Public Theater-two institutions that under... Read more >
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Free for All
Free for All
Written by Kenneth Turan and Joseph Papp
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780385532044
Our Price: $39.95
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Free for All
Joe Papp, The Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told
Written by Kenneth Turan and Joseph Papp


Format: eBook, 648 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $39.95

Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan takes you behind the scenes at the Public Theater and tells the amazing story of how Joe Papp made American theatrical and cultural history.

Free for All is the irresistible oral history of the New York Shakespeare Festival and the Public Theater-two institutions that under... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover.
The Theatre of the Absurd
The Theatre of the Absurd
Written by Martin Esslin
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307548016
Our Price: $15.00
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The Theatre of the Absurd

Written by Martin Esslin


Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2009
Price: $15.00

In 1953, Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot premiered at a tiny avant-garde theatre in Paris; within five years, it had been translated into more than twenty languages and seen by more than a million spectators. Its startling popularity marked the emergence of a new type of theatre whose proponents—Beckett, Ionesco, Genet... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
Stardust Lost
Stardust Lost
Written by Stefan Kanfer
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307547477
Our Price: $16.95
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Stardust Lost
The Triumph, Tragedy, and Meshugas of the Yiddish Theater in America
Written by Stefan Kanfer


Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $16.95

In Stardust Lost, Stefan Kanfer brings the colorful Yiddish stage roaring back to life.

Born of ancient traditions stretching back to the drama of the Old Testament, the Yiddish theater was a vibrant part of the immigrant experience. Kanfer invokes the energy, belief, and pure chutzpah it took to establish and... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
The Story of 42nd Street
The Story of 42nd Street
Written by Mary C. Henderson and Alexis Greene
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780823030729
Our Price: $40.00
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The Story of 42nd Street
The Theatres, Shows, Characters, and Scandals of the World's Most Notorious Street
Written by Mary C. Henderson and Alexis Greene


Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 2, 2008
Price: $40.00

Quick! In the heart of little old New York, you’ll find a thoroughfare–what is it? Forty-second Street, of course! In this entertaining book, noted theater historian traces the rise and fall and rise of the street that symbolizes the Broadway experience. The first theater went up in 1899, and by 1920... Read more >
Great Producers
Great Producers
Written by Iris Dorbian
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781581156461
Our Price: $19.95
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Great Producers
Visionaries of American Theater
Written by Iris Dorbian


Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: August 19, 2008
Price: $19.95

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Stardust Lost
Stardust Lost
Written by Stefan Kanfer
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781400078035
Our Price: $16.95
 Quantity: 1 
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Stardust Lost
The Triumph, Tragedy, and Meshugas of the Yiddish Theater in America
Written by Stefan Kanfer


Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2007
Price: $16.95

In Stardust Lost, Stefan Kanfer brings the colorful Yiddish stage roaring back to life.

Born of ancient traditions stretching back to the drama of the Old Testament, the Yiddish theater was a vibrant part of the immigrant experience. Kanfer invokes the energy, belief, and pure chutzpah it took to establish and... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
The Theatre of the Absurd
The Theatre of the Absurd
Written by Martin Esslin
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781400075232
Our Price: $15.00
 Quantity: 1 
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The Theatre of the Absurd

Written by Martin Esslin


Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2004
Price: $15.00

In 1953, Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot premiered at a tiny avant-garde theatre in Paris; within five years, it had been translated into more than twenty languages and seen by more than a million spectators. Its startling popularity marked the emergence of a new type of theatre whose proponents—Beckett, Ionesco, Genet... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Building the Successful Theater Company
Building the Successful Theater Company
Written by Lisa Mulcahy
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781581152371
Our Price: $19.95
 Quantity: 1 
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Building the Successful Theater Company

Written by Lisa Mulcahy


Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2002
Price: $19.95

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