Performing Arts

A coming-of-age tale from one of the most successful American producers of our time, Jeffrey Seller, who is the only producer to have mounted two Pulitzer Prize-winning musicals--Hamilton and Rent. Before he was producing the musical hits of our generation, Jeffrey was just a...

This official behind-the-scenes companion to Prime Video's second season of the hit animated series, INVINCIBLE, featuring a foreword from co-creator Robert Kirkman! The Art of Invincible Season Two features exclusive character, background, and vehicle designs along with key art and more! This volume takes...

Wind the music box and listen to the spellbinding sounds of Swan Lake as you read this enchanting story! Tchaikovsky's classic ballet is brought to life in this beautifully illustrated hardcover board book, with the addition of a hand wound music box that plays...

Author: James CurtisPublisher: Emmarac EditionsPublished: 11/26/2024Pages: 878Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.79lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.95dISBN: 9798990372108

K-pop fandom and Freaky Friday collide in a hilarious body-swap story that celebrates the fans who drive one of the biggest musical sensations in the world. Skylar is convinced that life for her as an eleven-year-old is way harder than for any adult, including...

In Flaming Tree Grove, life appears to be picture perfect. Security and privacy are coveted and seclusion is its own reward. Until the day when little Ruby sets off to visit her grandmother at the end of the cul-de-sac and is never seen again....

With the success of Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi, Universal Pictures was quick to capitalize on creating a new Lon Chaney in Bela Lugosi. Chaney had been the original choice to portray a duel role as both Dracula and Professor van Helsing, Dracula's adversary. Before...

Pulp Fiction was one of the films that defined American cinema of the 1990s, and remains one of the stand-out movies of its director Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino's style - violent, fast, funny and full of knowing pop culture references - epitomises 90s post-modernism. Pulp...

The book explores the full catalogue of the films produced by the Empire Marketing Board, General Post Office and Crown Film Units between 1930 and 1952. It identifies themes which both reflect the sponsors' demands and the anxieties of the time as well as...

Psychocinema reexamines the connection between psychoanalysis and film, arguing for a return to the universalist core of both cinema and subjectivity. It traces the history of the influence of psychoanalysis on cinema and shows how the detour into ideologies of identity and difference eclipses...

The growth of scholarly podcasting engenders radical possibilities for how we conceive of knowledge creation and peer review. By investigating the historical development of the norms of scholarly communication, the unique affordances of sound-based scholarship and the transformative potential of new modes of creating...

Second Star to the Right and Straight on 'till Morning!Soar through the skies of London and Never Land with Peter Pan and his friends! Read in Walt Disney's own words his feelings and ideas about Never Land. Discover why it took nearly twenty years...

Second Star to the Right and Straight on 'till Morning!Soar through the skies of London and Never Land with Peter Pan and his friends! Read in Walt Disney's own words his feelings and ideas about Never Land. Discover why it took nearly twenty years...

Featuring breathtaking photographs of masks created by a renowned twenty-first-century craftsman, this book provides a unique perspective into noh and kyogen, two of the oldest surviving forms of theater in the world. Kitazawa Hideta is a traditional Japanese master craftsman, Shinto-temple carver and noh...

Nickelodeon began in 1979. Since then, the network has undergone many changes. But kids have never stopped loving it! In this fun title, young readers are introduced to Nickelodeon's history, programming, and more through leveled text and vibrant photos. Special features map the brand's...

The classic guide to who-did-what-where in New York, on- and off-screen, including: Classic film and TV locations Marilyn Monroe's infamous Seven Year Itch subway grating . . . the deli where Meg Ryan famously faked an orgasm in When Harry Met Sally . ....

Misty Copeland jumped and twirled her way to the top. But the American Ballet Theatre's first female African American principal dancer didn't start her ballet journey until the late age of 13. Find out more about Misty's journey from a challenging childhood to life...

The official art book for the movie Guardians of the Galaxy, the 9th title reissue of the 24-book Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga series published as a resized matching set. The 9th of the 24 Marvel Cinematic Universe Infinity Saga film titles being published...

James Byron Dean will forever be remembered as one of the few truly iconic American figures of the 20th century. Since Dean's tragic death in 1955, his popularity has grown greater with each new generation. His name continues to appear in the lyrics of...

Indigeneity in Latin American Cinema explores how contemporary films (2000-2020) participate in the evolution and circulation of images and sounds that in many ways define how indigenous communities are imagined, at a local, regional and global scale. The volume reviews the diversity of portrayals...