375 Performing Arts Books Featured
The Archers Archives
Hardcover | 224 pages | BBC Books | Performing Arts - Radio
978-1-84990-013-3 (1-84990-013-2)
November 23, 2010 | $48.50
Hardcover | 224 pages | BBC Books | Performing Arts - Radio
978-1-84990-013-3 (1-84990-013-2)
November 23, 2010 | $48.50
Who's Who in the Archers 2011
Paperback | 128 pages | BBC Books | Performing Arts - Radio
978-1-84990-015-7 (1-84990-015-9)
November 23, 2010 | $11.99
Paperback | 128 pages | BBC Books | Performing Arts - Radio
978-1-84990-015-7 (1-84990-015-9)
November 23, 2010 | $11.99
An Acrobat of the Heart
eBook | 384 pages | Vintage | Performing Arts - Acting & Auditioning; Performing Arts - Theater - Stagecraft
978-0-307-55413-0 (0-307-55413-9)
November 17, 2010 | $19.95
A Vintage Original
"The actor will do, in public, what is considered impossible." When the renowned Polish director Jerzy Grotowski began his 1967 American workshop with these words, his students were stunned. But within four weeks they themselves had experienced the "impossible."
In An Acrobat of the Heart, teacher-director-playwright Stephen Wangh reveals how...
eBook | 384 pages | Vintage | Performing Arts - Acting & Auditioning; Performing Arts - Theater - Stagecraft
978-0-307-55413-0 (0-307-55413-9)
November 17, 2010 | $19.95
A Vintage Original
"The actor will do, in public, what is considered impossible." When the renowned Polish director Jerzy Grotowski began his 1967 American workshop with these words, his students were stunned. But within four weeks they themselves had experienced the "impossible."
In An Acrobat of the Heart, teacher-director-playwright Stephen Wangh reveals how...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Acting -- Make It Your Business
eBook | 320 pages | Back Stage Books | Performing Arts - Acting & Auditioning
978-0-307-87527-3 (0-307-87527-X)
November 17, 2010 | $22.95
Acting: Make It Your Business, written by an award-winning, veteran casting director, puts the power to land jobs and thrive in any medium - stage, film, TV, or the Internet - directly into the hands of the actor. This blunt, wise, and often hilarious guide overflows with cutting-edge audition, marketing, and...
eBook | 320 pages | Back Stage Books | Performing Arts - Acting & Auditioning
978-0-307-87527-3 (0-307-87527-X)
November 17, 2010 | $22.95
Acting: Make It Your Business, written by an award-winning, veteran casting director, puts the power to land jobs and thrive in any medium - stage, film, TV, or the Internet - directly into the hands of the actor. This blunt, wise, and often hilarious guide overflows with cutting-edge audition, marketing, and...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Acting a to Z (Revised Second Edition)
eBook | 192 pages | Back Stage Books | Performing Arts - Acting & Auditioning
978-0-307-87521-1 (0-307-87521-0)
November 17, 2010 | $21.00
Lots of kids want to be actors. Thousands of them. Millions of them. The ones who are serious need a copy of Acting A to Z. Industry insider Katherine Mayfield explains exactly what it's like to be an actor, including what kind of training the young person will need, comparisons of...
eBook | 192 pages | Back Stage Books | Performing Arts - Acting & Auditioning
978-0-307-87521-1 (0-307-87521-0)
November 17, 2010 | $21.00
Lots of kids want to be actors. Thousands of them. Millions of them. The ones who are serious need a copy of Acting A to Z. Industry insider Katherine Mayfield explains exactly what it's like to be an actor, including what kind of training the young person will need, comparisons of...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Actor's Field Guide
eBook | 192 pages | Back Stage Books | Performing Arts - Acting & Auditioning
978-0-307-87529-7 (0-307-87529-6)
November 17, 2010 | $23.00
From a veteran actor, teacher, and author, here is a quick-reference guide aimed at working actors. Got a funny scene that doesn't seem very funny? Look up "comedy." Got a scene in which you're supposed to cry? Look up "cry." Each entry includes a brief introduction to the topic, followed by...
eBook | 192 pages | Back Stage Books | Performing Arts - Acting & Auditioning
978-0-307-87529-7 (0-307-87529-6)
November 17, 2010 | $23.00
From a veteran actor, teacher, and author, here is a quick-reference guide aimed at working actors. Got a funny scene that doesn't seem very funny? Look up "comedy." Got a scene in which you're supposed to cry? Look up "cry." Each entry includes a brief introduction to the topic, followed by...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Art of Alfred Hitchcock
eBook | 496 pages | Knopf Group E-Books | Performing Arts - Film - History & Criticism
978-0-307-56714-7 (0-307-56714-1)
November 17, 2010 | $26.95
This completely revised and updated edition of the classic text describes and analyzes every movie made by master filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
eBook | 496 pages | Knopf Group E-Books | Performing Arts - Film - History & Criticism
978-0-307-56714-7 (0-307-56714-1)
November 17, 2010 | $26.95
This completely revised and updated edition of the classic text describes and analyzes every movie made by master filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Art of Comedy
eBook | 208 pages | Back Stage Books | Performing Arts - Comedy
978-0-307-87515-0 (0-307-87515-6)
November 17, 2010 | $22.95
Dyin' out there? Learn how to act funny from a top Hollywood expert.
Want to know a secret? Sssshhhh. Great comedy actors aren't born...they're made. Who makes them? Paul Ryan, that's who. Now Ryan, the top comedy acting coach in Hollywood, shares his secrets in The Art of Comedy, a step-by-step guide...
eBook | 208 pages | Back Stage Books | Performing Arts - Comedy
978-0-307-87515-0 (0-307-87515-6)
November 17, 2010 | $22.95
Dyin' out there? Learn how to act funny from a top Hollywood expert.
Want to know a secret? Sssshhhh. Great comedy actors aren't born...they're made. Who makes them? Paul Ryan, that's who. Now Ryan, the top comedy acting coach in Hollywood, shares his secrets in The Art of Comedy, a step-by-step guide...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Back Stage Guide to Stage Management, 3rd Edition
eBook | 304 pages | Back Stage Books | Performing Arts - Theater - Direction & Production; Performing Arts - Theater - Stagecraft
978-0-307-87506-8 (0-307-87506-7)
November 17, 2010 | $22.95
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...
eBook | 304 pages | Back Stage Books | Performing Arts - Theater - Direction & Production; Performing Arts - Theater - Stagecraft
978-0-307-87506-8 (0-307-87506-7)
November 17, 2010 | $22.95
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...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Chris Gore's Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide, 4th edition
eBook | 320 pages | Watson-Guptill | Performing Arts - Film; Performing Arts - Film - Reference
978-0-307-87508-2 (0-307-87508-3)
November 17, 2010 | $24.99
The guerrilla guide to marketing and selling an indie film.
Some people are just there for the loot bags. But most of the people at a film festival are trying to market and sell an independent film. Don’t be just one of the horde. Use Chris Gore’s Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide...
eBook | 320 pages | Watson-Guptill | Performing Arts - Film; Performing Arts - Film - Reference
978-0-307-87508-2 (0-307-87508-3)
November 17, 2010 | $24.99
The guerrilla guide to marketing and selling an indie film.
Some people are just there for the loot bags. But most of the people at a film festival are trying to market and sell an independent film. Don’t be just one of the horde. Use Chris Gore’s Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Complete Professional Audition
eBook | 192 pages | Back Stage Books | Performing Arts - Acting & Auditioning
978-0-307-87535-8 (0-307-87535-0)
November 17, 2010 | $21.00
In the United States, there are 300,000 actors; 100,000 hold union cards. There are 184 college theater programs and 108 performing-arts high schools. There are 578 acting schools and coaches in New York City and Los Angeles alone. The Complete Professional Audition is the one book all of those actors need-because...
eBook | 192 pages | Back Stage Books | Performing Arts - Acting & Auditioning
978-0-307-87535-8 (0-307-87535-0)
November 17, 2010 | $21.00
In the United States, there are 300,000 actors; 100,000 hold union cards. There are 184 college theater programs and 108 performing-arts high schools. There are 578 acting schools and coaches in New York City and Los Angeles alone. The Complete Professional Audition is the one book all of those actors need-because...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Elements of Style for Screenwriters
eBook | 176 pages | Lone Eagle | Performing Arts - Film - Screenwriting
978-0-307-87523-5 (0-307-87523-7)
November 17, 2010 | $15.95
eBook | 176 pages | Lone Eagle | Performing Arts - Film - Screenwriting
978-0-307-87523-5 (0-307-87523-7)
November 17, 2010 | $15.95
Fangoria's 101 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen
eBook | 288 pages | Three Rivers Press | Performing Arts - Film - Guides & Reviews; Social Science - Popular Culture
978-0-307-52347-1 (0-307-52347-0)
November 17, 2010 | $15.95
A FEAST OF FRIGHTFUL FLICKS WAITING TO BE REDISCOVERED
As the leading name in the world of horror, Fangoria magazine has been the source of information for fans of fright flicks for more than twenty years—covering feature films, video games, comic books, collectibles, and all aspects of horror entertainment. Working closely with...
eBook | 288 pages | Three Rivers Press | Performing Arts - Film - Guides & Reviews; Social Science - Popular Culture
978-0-307-52347-1 (0-307-52347-0)
November 17, 2010 | $15.95
A FEAST OF FRIGHTFUL FLICKS WAITING TO BE REDISCOVERED
As the leading name in the world of horror, Fangoria magazine has been the source of information for fans of fright flicks for more than twenty years—covering feature films, video games, comic books, collectibles, and all aspects of horror entertainment. Working closely with...
The Film Director Prepares
eBook | 256 pages | Lone Eagle | Performing Arts - Film - Direction & Production; Performing Arts - Film - Reference
978-0-307-87533-4 (0-307-87533-4)
November 17, 2010 | $26.95
• Insider author gives no-nonsense advice
• Required reading for film students, educators, anyone interested in film
From script analysis to post production, here is the all-inclusive guide to directing for film and television. Written by noted director-producer Myrl Schreibman, The Film Director Prepares offers practical insights on filmmaking, using real-life examples directors...
eBook | 256 pages | Lone Eagle | Performing Arts - Film - Direction & Production; Performing Arts - Film - Reference
978-0-307-87533-4 (0-307-87533-4)
November 17, 2010 | $26.95
• Insider author gives no-nonsense advice
• Required reading for film students, educators, anyone interested in film
From script analysis to post production, here is the all-inclusive guide to directing for film and television. Written by noted director-producer Myrl Schreibman, The Film Director Prepares offers practical insights on filmmaking, using real-life examples directors...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Fortissimo
eBook | 288 pages | Three Rivers Press | Performing Arts
978-0-307-52506-2 (0-307-52506-6)
November 17, 2010 | $15.95
H. L. Mencken declared that “the opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.” It was not meant as a compliment, but to William Murray, former New Yorker staff writer and aspiring opera singer, a bawdy house is an apt metaphor for the opera: a place of...
eBook | 288 pages | Three Rivers Press | Performing Arts
978-0-307-52506-2 (0-307-52506-6)
November 17, 2010 | $15.95
H. L. Mencken declared that “the opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.” It was not meant as a compliment, but to William Murray, former New Yorker staff writer and aspiring opera singer, a bawdy house is an apt metaphor for the opera: a place of...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
