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Reducere. Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II New book by Douglas Carter Beane Original book by Oscar Hammerstein II In March 2013, a new...

Reducere. This landmark publication is printed in clear, legible type. Each play has its own comprehensive introduction as well as extensive, expert annotati...

In the early months of 1966, a handsome, hardworking thirty-five-year-old Canadian-born actor named William Shatner was cast as Captain Kirk in Sta...

Reducere. Description"Richly illustrated, it is ideal for fans of the show, as well as admirers of musical theatre." - Variety - "Anybody who has seen the sh...

Reducere. DescriptionThe script to the Tony winning music featuring a book by Larry Gelbart, music by Cy Coleman, and lyrics by David Zippel. The book also i...

Reducere. DescriptionA terrific take on theatre singing by a master teacher. "David Craig knows more about singing in the musical theatre than anyone in this...

Reducere. DescriptionHere are the exercises which began as radical departures from standard actor training etiquette and which stand now as classic means thr...

Reducere. The complete play scripts to: The Misanthrope by Moliere, English version by Richard Wilbur; Phaedra by Racine, English version by Robert Lowell; T...

Reducere. This book traces three tumultuous decades of avant-garde theatre in the U.S. It begins with the Living Theatre, and explores diverse ensembles such...

Reducere. DescriptionFor more than 70 years, The Best American Short Plays has been the standard of excellence for one-act plays in America. From its incepti...

Reducere. Lawrence J. Quirk delves into every personal and professional aspect of Bob Hope's long, complex and dramatic life; rising by sheer dint of will to...

Reducere. Translations of four great Spanish dramas: Calderon de la Barca Life Is a Dream; Miguel de Cervantes Siege of Numantia; Lope de Vega Fuente Ovejuna...

No American composer has been more widely celebrated, nor so consistently misunderstood as Richard Rodgers. Although he was one of America's most b...

The Best New Ten-Minute Plays, 2020 presents thirty new ten-minute plays, selected by renowned editor Lawrence Harbison. This volume is ideal for t...

Reducere. DescriptionThese words of Cicely Berry, the voice director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, speak to anyone who needs to speak his or her piece - ...

Reducere. This 1995 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical was inspired by the painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat. A comp...

Reducere. "There are many accounts of the Bingham family saga, but no other by someone who was there. For the first time, a gifted writer born into a family ...

SWORD FIGHTING; A MANUAL FOR ACTORS AND DIRECTORS is a comprehensive new work on the art of creating realistic and exciting fight sequences for the...

Reducere. This book is an attempt to trace and illuminate, through interviews with colleagues, friends, and contemporaries, different perspectives about Rain...

Reducere. Renowned editor Lawrence Harbison brings together approximately one hundred never-before-published women's monologues for actors to use for auditio...

Reducere. Before the revolutionary rock musical Rent, Jonathan Larson had another story to tell... his own. tick, tick ... BOOM! is a three-chapter pop rock ...

Reducere. In a series of funny, tender, and touching dialogues, former Saturday Night Live writer Zweibel recalls his buddy-and-almost-lover friendship with ...

Reducere. Here is the original story of a true original, the celebrated and internationally renowned director, playwright and screenwriter Arthur Laurents, w...

Reducere. This book is the answer to the comedic monologue needs of kid actors - and their parents - everywhere. Kids' Comedic Monologues That Are Actually F...

Reducere. The theater of the 21st century, in many ways, is expanding to require new muscles of its actors, and so should their scene choices. Today, amid fl...

Reducere. In 10-Minute Plays for Kids, young thespians will find terrific plays by some of our most prominent playwrights - such as Sharyn Rothstein, Alex Br...

Reducere. (FAQ). Although countless books and articles have been written about Lucille Ball, most people know only the surface details of her personal life a...

Reducere. As a playwright, screenwriter, and director, Arthur Laurents has a unique place in the history of theater. In this moving, exhilarating, and provoc...

Reducere. Description (Applause Books). Foreword by Jeremy Irons, preface by Adrian Lyne. Based on the novel by Vladimir Nabokov, Schiff tells the astounding...

Reducere. DescriptionA collection of five screenplays by this Academy Award-winning writer. Includes: All the President's Men - Magic - Harper - Maverick - T...

(Applause Books). Covering the full scope of Western drama, from the ancient Greeks to the 20th century, these two volumes of Classical Monologues ...

Reducere. DescriptionBook by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart Introduction by Larry Gelbart "This brazenly retro Broadway musical, inspired by Plautus, is as...

An anthology of reviews, essays, interviews & film stories by this legendary writer.

Reducere. A favorite of film followers for 50 years, James Bond is the hero loved by everyone: Men want to be just like him, women just want to be with him. ...

Reducere. In 25 10-Minute Plays for Teens, young thespians in high school and middle school will find terrific plays by some of our most prominent playwright...

Reducere. (Applause Books). Winner of Best Non-Fiction for 2002 Award from the Los Angeles Times Book Review Samuel Fuller was one of the most prolific and i...

Reducere. Hairspray is the 2003 Tony Award(R) winner for Best Musical Based on filmmaker John Waters' affectionately subversive homage to his Baltimore youth...

Reducere. In this groundbreaking book, noted director and educator William Wesbrooks provides an exciting and eminently practical approach for singers and ac...

Reducere. The complete script to the critically acclaimed play.

Reducere. (Applause Books). To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Reduced Shakespeare Company's classic farce, two of its original writer/performers (Dani...

Reducere. "Morton has written the definitive book on this innovative movie by Steven Spielberg...Meticulous research of this caliber is not found in other bo...

Reducere. The first 30 years of the 20th-century produced a theatrical explosion whose reverberations are still felt today. Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, Vakhtang...

The most frequently asked question about writing musicals is, "Which comes first, the music or the lyrics?" As anyone on Broadway will tell you, th...

DescriptionQuentin Tarantino is a man who came to Hollywood and didn't break the rules so much as make plain that he didn't even notice them. Makin...

Reducere. "I am your accompanist. You do not know me. I am the guy who sits behind the upright in the unflattering fluorescent light of the dance studio, a b...

Reducere. "Full of brilliance It's a blockbuster and a mold-breaker. A one-of-a-kind Broadway musical. I loved it " - Clive Barnes, The New York Post "A deli...

The complete scripts to six Sam Shepard plays: The Unseen Hand - Forensic and the Navigators - The Holy Ghostly - Back Bog Beast Bait - Shaved Spli...

Reducere. "Actor, director, producer, and teacher Basil (cofounder, American Globe Theatre) offers a three-week course that demystifies the English playwrigh...

Reducere. A collection of eight plays along with accompanying critical essays. Includes: "The Oresteia" - Aeschylus; "Prometheus Bound" - Aeschylus; "Oedipus...

Here is the long overdue first biographical reference and first book of its kind to chronicle the amazing careers of nearly 300 of animation's most...

The Wizard of Oz FAQ is a fact-filled celebration of the beloved 1939 fantasy masterpiece starring Judy Garland. It's all here - from L. Frank Baum...

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Reducere. This book is not endorsed, sponsored, or affiliated with CBS Studios Inc., Paramount Pictures, or the "Star Trek" franchise. Star Trek FAQ tells th...

Reducere. There are few modern animated television shows that could survive over a decade and a half and remain as funny... or as stupid... or as sick... or ...

Reducere. DescriptionTalking Funny for Money is a two-CD voice-over workshop (with demonstrations by professional voice-over performers), accompanied by an e...