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There has been a great change in the last twenty years to actor auditions, which now require the demonstration of enormous flexibility. The actor is often expected to show more range than ever...

There has been a great change in the last twenty years to actor auditions, which now require the demonstration of enormous flexibility. The actor is often expected to show more range than ever...

There has been a great change in the last twenty years to actor auditions, which now require the demonstration of enormous flexibility. The actor is often expected to show more range than ever...

The innovative new musical that won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Book and is soon to be a Spike Lee film. "Smashes Broadway clich?s with an electric guitar and the funniest libretto I can remember."...

"Grammy Award-winning producer Shepard throws open the door to the recording booth in his exuberant and fine-grained debut memoir.... Broadway aficionados will find plenty to enjoy." - Publishers...

In the same way that Shakespeare himself continued to meditate and transform his own ideas and the shape they took, Marowitz gives us license to continue that meditation in productions extrapolated...

Television history was made on Saturday, October 11, 1975, at 11:30pm (ET), when Chevy Chase welcomed America to the first episode of a new late-night comedy series. With its cutting edge satire and...

Two stories unspool in Sideways Uncorked: the story behind Alexander Payne's modern movie classic adapted from a most unlikely source--an unpublished novel by a burnt-out ex-filmmaker and wine...

These words of Cicely Berry, the voice director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, speak to anyone who needs to speak his or her piece - in any arena, at sales meetings or religious revivals. Berry's...

ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN THE SCREENPLAYAuthor: Charles McKeownPublisher: Applause BooksPublication Date: May 01, 2000Number of Pages: 238 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

The totally restored, revamped and researched blow-by-blow recounting of the most spectacular title bout in the blood-soaked history of Hollywood. "This book documents in rare detail the back-room...

Scripts for 16 short plays complete with bios on each author. Titles include: Aryan Birth - Bondage - A Couple with a Cat - The Cowboy, the Indian and the Fervent Feminist - Dreamers - The Drowning...

Christopher Durang - Craig Fols - J.E. Franklin - David Mamet - Steve Martin - Elaine May - Max Mitchell - Rich Orloff - Jacquelyn Reingold - Ronald Ribman - Murray Schisgal - Jules Tasca - Thornton...

A collection of twelve short plays from 1995-1996. Includes: "Fitting Rooms" - Susan Cinoman; "Scribe's Paradox, or The Mechanical Rabbit" - Michael Feingold; "Home Section" - Janusz Glowacki;...

Pearl Cleage - David Dozer, Rich Orloff - Jacquelyn Reingold - Murray Schisgal - Nicky Silver - Shel Silverstein - Wendy Wasserstein - donald Steele - Billy Aronson.Author: Glenn YoungPublisher:...

Here is the first-ever collection of classic comic sketches from the bawdy, rowdy world of our slum music halls! Habitu?s of Burlesque (and sons of habitu?s) will revel in the boisterous stock scenes...

The Best New Ten-Minute Plays, 2019 presents approximately thirty of the most original and fresh ten-minute plays, selected by renowned editor Lawrence Harbison. This volume is ideal for theater...

A collection of eleven short plays from 1989. Includes: "The Author's Voice " "San Antonio Sunset " "There is No John Garfield " "The Mask of Hiroshima " "Penguin Blues " "Haiku " "Chemical Reactions...

All the farces of Russia's greatest dramatist are rendered here in the classic lively translations which audiences and scholars alike applaud on the stage and in the classroom. The blustering,...

Combine Kafka's eerie vision with a soulless world run by computers and the result is this comic nightmare of a play. Strand's play - revolving around a bug in the system - premiered at the Actor's...

Six decades of commentary on theatre, dance, music, film, art, letters, and politics from this world-renowned critic. A New York Times notable book of the year.Author: Harold ClurmanPublisher:...

THE SCREENPLAYS OF PADDY CHAYEFSKY VOL 1Author: Paddy ChayefskyPublisher: Applause BooksPublication Date: Feb 01, 2000Number of Pages: 346 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

A collection of screenplays by this brilliant writer. Includes: The Hospital, Network, and Altered States.Author: Paddy ChayefskyPublisher: Applause BooksPublication Date: Feb 01, 2000Number of...

THE COMMERCIAL CTI THEATER INSTITUTE GUIDE TO PRODUCING PLAYS AND MUSICALSAuthor: Ben HodgesPublisher: Applause BooksPublication Date: Mar 01, 2007Number of Pages: 416 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Abridged PAPER- BACK TEXT ONLYAuthor: Adam LongPublisher: Applause BooksPublication Date: Feb 01, 2000Number of Pages: 80 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

This book, by Jerome Rockwood and endorsed by actors such as Bruce Willis and Burgess Meredith, has been praised as the best acting textbook on the market today. It covers auditioning, blocking,...

Long-anticipated remake of The Crow to hit theaters Fall, 2024 from director Rupert Sanders starring Bill Skarsg?rd "You won't find a more comprehensive, step-by-step account... a cult classic that...

From Richard Hornby's preface: This book is written for those who act, those who teach acting, and those who are interested in seeing it. It is both a theoretical work and a call for action. This...

"Richly illustrated, it is ideal for fans of the show, as well as admirers of musical theatre." - Variety - "Anybody who has seen the show (who hasn't?) should read the book" - Entertainment Today -...

"The complete script to Frank Wedekind's symphony - or rather a cacophony - of deotic sexual rhetorics. Eric Bentley's achievement here as translator is a beautifully playable and juicy English; his...