Performing Arts:

John Osborne
The Many Lives of the Angry Young Man
Written by John Heilpern

Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2009
Price: $16.95

John Osborne, the original Angry Young Man, shocked and transformed British theater in the 1950s with his play Look Back in Anger. This startling biography–the first to draw on the secret notebooks in which he recorded his anguish and depression–reveals the notorious rebel in all his heartrending complexity.

Through a working-class... Read more >

Playwriting
The First Workshop
Written by Kathleen George

Format: Trade Paperback, 202 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2008
Price: $29.95

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John Osborne
The Many Lives of the Angry Young Man
Written by John Heilpern

Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $16.95

John Osborne, the original Angry Young Man, shocked and transformed British theater in the 1950s with his play Look Back in Anger. This startling biography–the first to draw on the secret notebooks in which he recorded his anguish and depression–reveals the notorious rebel in all his heartrending complexity.

Through a working-class... Read more >

Letters from Backstage
The Adventures of a Touring Stage Actor
Written by Michael Kostroff

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2005
Price: $19.95

• Part backstage tour, part travelogue, part social commentary, all funny and insightful


• Adventures in more than 20 US cities,
large and small


• Anecdotes about celebrities, including
Mel Brooks, Susan Stroman, Jason Alexander, and Martin Short


Ever wonder what it’s like to be a real working actor? Wonder no more! Michael Kostroff... Read more >