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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 >
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 >
Also available as an
eBook.
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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 >
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.
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The Back Stage Guide to Stage Management, 3rd Edition
Traditional and New Methods for Running a Show from First Rehearsal to Last Performance
Written by Thomas A. Kelly
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 16, 2009
Price: $19.95
The Most Widely Used Manual For Aspiring And Veteran Stage Managers - Now Revised and Expanded
The next best thing to shadowing a Broadway stage manager, this detailed, behind-the-scenes book as been brought completely up to date. First published in 1991, it is widely used and has been lauded as the most... Read more >
Traditional and New Methods for Running a Show from First Rehearsal to Last Performance
Written by Thomas A. Kelly
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 16, 2009
Price: $19.95
The Most Widely Used Manual For Aspiring And Veteran Stage Managers - Now Revised and Expanded
The next best thing to shadowing a Broadway stage manager, this detailed, behind-the-scenes book as been brought completely up to date. First published in 1991, it is widely used and has been lauded as the most... Read more >
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Bum Rush the Page
A Def Poetry Jam
Edited by Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2009
Price: $14.95
Bum Rush the Page is a groundbreaking collection, capturing the best new work from the poets who have brought fresh energy, life, and relevance to American poetry.
“Here is a democratic orchestration of voices and visions, poets of all ages, ethnicities, and geographic locations coming together to create a dialogue and to... Read more >
A Def Poetry Jam
Edited by Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2009
Price: $14.95
Bum Rush the Page is a groundbreaking collection, capturing the best new work from the poets who have brought fresh energy, life, and relevance to American poetry.
“Here is a democratic orchestration of voices and visions, poets of all ages, ethnicities, and geographic locations coming together to create a dialogue and to... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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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 >
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.
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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 >
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.
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Mainly on Directing
Gypsy, West Side Story, and Other Musicals
Written by Arthur Laurents
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $25.00
From Arthur Laurents, playwright, screenwriter, director—a mesmerizing book about theater, the art, the artist, the insider, the outsider—and the making of two of the greatest musicals of the American stage, West Side Story and Gypsy. It is a book profoundly enriched by the author’s two loves, love for the theater and... Read more >
Gypsy, West Side Story, and Other Musicals
Written by Arthur Laurents
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $25.00
From Arthur Laurents, playwright, screenwriter, director—a mesmerizing book about theater, the art, the artist, the insider, the outsider—and the making of two of the greatest musicals of the American stage, West Side Story and Gypsy. It is a book profoundly enriched by the author’s two loves, love for the theater and... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Mainly on Directing
Written by Arthur Laurents
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $25.00
From Arthur Laurents, playwright, screenwriter, director—a mesmerizing book about theater, the art, the artist, the insider, the outsider—and the making of two of the greatest musicals of the American stage, West Side Story and Gypsy. It is a book profoundly enriched by the author’s two loves, love for the theater and... Read more >
Written by Arthur Laurents
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $25.00
From Arthur Laurents, playwright, screenwriter, director—a mesmerizing book about theater, the art, the artist, the insider, the outsider—and the making of two of the greatest musicals of the American stage, West Side Story and Gypsy. It is a book profoundly enriched by the author’s two loves, love for the theater and... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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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 >
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 >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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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 >
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 >
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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
Read more >
Visionaries of American Theater
Written by Iris Dorbian
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: August 19, 2008
Price: $19.95
Read more >
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Playwriting
The First Workshop
Written by Kathleen George
Format: Trade Paperback, 202 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2008
Price: $29.95
Read more >
The First Workshop
Written by Kathleen George
Format: Trade Paperback, 202 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2008
Price: $29.95
Read more >
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The Fourth Wall
Photographed by Amy Arbus
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $50.00
What happens when a performing actor leaves behind his lines, staging, sets, and lighting, and steps beyond the fourth wall? For three years, Amy Arbus has been exploring this question in a series of dramatic portraits of celebrated actors, both on and off Broadway. Fully costumed but stripped of their context... Read more >
Photographed by Amy Arbus
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $50.00
What happens when a performing actor leaves behind his lines, staging, sets, and lighting, and steps beyond the fourth wall? For three years, Amy Arbus has been exploring this question in a series of dramatic portraits of celebrated actors, both on and off Broadway. Fully costumed but stripped of their context... Read more >
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British Theatres and Music Halls
Written by John Earl
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $12.95
Read more >
Written by John Earl
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $12.95
Read more >
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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 >
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 >
Also available as an
eBook.
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How to Be a Working Actor, 5th Edition
The Insider's Guide to Finding Jobs in Theater, Film & Television
Written by Mari Lyn Henry and Lynne Rogers
Foreword by Joe Mantegna
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2007
Price: $19.95
The celebrated survival guide for the working actor - now completely updated and expanded with a foreword by Tony award-winning actor Joe Mantegna!
Renowned for more than two decades as the most comprehensive resource for actors, How to Be a Working Actor is a must-read for achieving success in The Business. Now... Read more >
The Insider's Guide to Finding Jobs in Theater, Film & Television
Written by Mari Lyn Henry and Lynne Rogers
Foreword by Joe Mantegna
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2007
Price: $19.95
The celebrated survival guide for the working actor - now completely updated and expanded with a foreword by Tony award-winning actor Joe Mantegna!
Renowned for more than two decades as the most comprehensive resource for actors, How to Be a Working Actor is a must-read for achieving success in The Business. Now... Read more >
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How to Improvise a Full-Length Play
The Art of Spontaneous Theater
Written by Kenn Adams
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $16.95
A unique guide—use improv to create an exciting evening of theater
Forget the script and get on the stage! In How to Improvise a Full-Length Play, actors, playwrights,
directors, theater-group leaders, and teachers will find everything they need to know to create comedy, tragedy, melodrama, and farce, with no scripts, no scenarios, and... Read more >
The Art of Spontaneous Theater
Written by Kenn Adams
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $16.95
A unique guide—use improv to create an exciting evening of theater
Forget the script and get on the stage! In How to Improvise a Full-Length Play, actors, playwrights,
directors, theater-group leaders, and teachers will find everything they need to know to create comedy, tragedy, melodrama, and farce, with no scripts, no scenarios, and... Read more >
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"The Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook, Updated and Expanded Edition"
"An Actor's Reference to Over 1,000 Scenes and Monologues from More than 300 Con temporary Plays"
Edited by Ed Hooks
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $19.95
Read more >
"An Actor's Reference to Over 1,000 Scenes and Monologues from More than 300 Con temporary Plays"
Edited by Ed Hooks
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $19.95
Read more >
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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 >
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.
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Careers in Technical Theater
Written by Mike Lawler
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2007
Price: $19.95
Discover exciting career possibilities behind the scenes.
Want to make it big on Broadway—as a techie? Or how about working in smaller regional theater? Careers in Technical Theater explains more than twenty different careers from the perspective of successful theater artists. Included are specialties that have been around for decades, as well... Read more >
Written by Mike Lawler
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2007
Price: $19.95
Discover exciting career possibilities behind the scenes.
Want to make it big on Broadway—as a techie? Or how about working in smaller regional theater? Careers in Technical Theater explains more than twenty different careers from the perspective of successful theater artists. Included are specialties that have been around for decades, as well... Read more >
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Let's Put on a Musical
How to Choose the Right Show for your Theater, Revised & Expanded Edition
Written by Peter Filichia
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2007
Price: $16.95
A Backstage favorite, now revised and updated to include the latest shows and the freshest ideas. So you want to do Rent... at a senior-citizen home. So you want to do Wicked... with your kindergarten class. So you want to do Cats... for an audience of allergy sufferers. Those ideas won't... Read more >
How to Choose the Right Show for your Theater, Revised & Expanded Edition
Written by Peter Filichia
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2007
Price: $16.95
A Backstage favorite, now revised and updated to include the latest shows and the freshest ideas. So you want to do Rent... at a senior-citizen home. So you want to do Wicked... with your kindergarten class. So you want to do Cats... for an audience of allergy sufferers. Those ideas won't... Read more >
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Acting Teachers of America
A Vital Tradition
Written by Ronald Rand and Luigi Scorcia
Foreword by J. Michael Miller
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 6, 2007
Price: $19.95
Acting Teachers of America presents detailed, revealing interviews with 50 of the most influential contemporary American acting teachers, as well as actors and directors who teach acting.
Michael Howard, Lloyd Richards, Olympia Dukakis, John Strasberg, Larry Moss, Anne Bogart, Zelda Fichandler, William Esper, Eric Morris, Terry Schreiber, Anne Jackson, Milton Katselas... Read more >
A Vital Tradition
Written by Ronald Rand and Luigi Scorcia
Foreword by J. Michael Miller
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 6, 2007
Price: $19.95
Acting Teachers of America presents detailed, revealing interviews with 50 of the most influential contemporary American acting teachers, as well as actors and directors who teach acting.
Michael Howard, Lloyd Richards, Olympia Dukakis, John Strasberg, Larry Moss, Anne Bogart, Zelda Fichandler, William Esper, Eric Morris, Terry Schreiber, Anne Jackson, Milton Katselas... Read more >
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Kids Take the Stage
Helping Young People Discover the Creative Outlet of Theater
Written by Lenka Peterson and Dan O'Conner
Foreword by Paul Newman
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2006
Price: $19.95
• Foreword by Paul Newman
• Completely revised and updated version of a beloved theater classic
• Replaces Kids Take the Stage, ISBN 0-8230-7742-X
• Clear, practical guide to helping kids ages 8 to 18 get a show up and running
The classic Kids Take the Stage is one of the best-selling Back Stage Books... Read more >
Helping Young People Discover the Creative Outlet of Theater
Written by Lenka Peterson and Dan O'Conner
Foreword by Paul Newman
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2006
Price: $19.95
• Foreword by Paul Newman
• Completely revised and updated version of a beloved theater classic
• Replaces Kids Take the Stage, ISBN 0-8230-7742-X
• Clear, practical guide to helping kids ages 8 to 18 get a show up and running
The classic Kids Take the Stage is one of the best-selling Back Stage Books... Read more >
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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 >
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 >
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Theater Festivals
Best Worldwide Venues for New Works
Written by Lisa Mulcahy
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2005
Price: $19.95
Here is the bible of theater festivals for any stage professional looking to showcase original work, full of expert tips on selecting festivals that are best suited to an individual's work. This directory of more than 50 festivals in the United States, Canada, and abroad covers every step of festival participation... Read more >
Best Worldwide Venues for New Works
Written by Lisa Mulcahy
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2005
Price: $19.95
Here is the bible of theater festivals for any stage professional looking to showcase original work, full of expert tips on selecting festivals that are best suited to an individual's work. This directory of more than 50 festivals in the United States, Canada, and abroad covers every step of festival participation... Read more >
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