Performing Arts

For over 50 years, Albert R. Broccoli's Eon Productions has navigated the ups and downs of the volatile British film industry, enduring both critical wrath and acclaim in equal measure for its now legendary James Bond series. Latterly, this family-run business has been crowned...

Renowned master teacher Eric Franklin has thoroughly updated his classic text, Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance, providing dancers and dance educators with a deep understanding of how they can use imagery to improve their dancing and artistic expression in class and in performance....

Need a little help taking your musical theatre classes to the next level? Introducing Teaching Musical Theatre: The Essential Handbook, a new resource packed with 16 ready-to-go lesson plans that will turn your young performers into musical theatre triple-threats. This book is the highly...

"If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle," Marilyn Monroe once said of fame, an overriding theme in this collection of essays, profiles, and memoir by showbiz survivor Duke Haney. Fame proved faithful, of course, to Monroe, the book's most iconic subject,...

Developed by Benjamin Mathes in one of Los Angeles's most prestigious underground acting studios, "You, the Career" will revolutionize the way you relate to the hustle, the industry, and the actor you want to become. Drawing from 25 years in the industry as an...

You all know... Do Your Ears Hang Low? and Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, but what about Are You Quite Polite? and Quiet in the Library ? Songwriter and comedy writer extraordinaire Alan Katz has done it again Turning his attention to the subject of...

It's fun to tell time as you dance around the clock Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to boogie It's American Batstand - a twelve-hour rock and roll extravaganza with Click Dark as your host. Decked in go-go boots and bobby sox,...

Author: Lara P. JohnsonPublisher: Rapture ArtsPublished: 08/30/2022Pages: 102Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.21dISBN: 9780645017649This title is not returnable

If you were a fan of the SAW movies, you will love this book. If you weren't a fan, this will change your mind. The Cutting Edge: Philosophy of the SAW Films analyzes the SAW movies, revealing their deeper meaning, comparing their philosophical concepts...

Hands down, the fastest way to get your filmmaking game up to speed! Easy-to-read text designed to increase your ability and confidence as a filmmaker with each chapter. Whether you are an aspiring independent filmmaker, currently enrolled in film school, or an instructor of...

Love is a Blue Tick Hound is a collection of four one-acts, three of which have received New York premieres, and all of which have won multiple festivals throughout the U.S. and Canada. All four pieces feature challenging roles for women and lend themselves...

Premiering in 1975 and the hit of the 1997 Broadway season in a production that originated at City Center's Encore series, Chicago won six Tony Awards including Best Revival and later the Academy Award as Best Picture of the Year. In roaring twenties Chicago,...

Comic Drama / Casting: 4m, 3f / Interior SceneryWinner of the 1991 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award By America's great comic playwright, this memory play is set in a Yonkers in 1942. The hit Broadway production featured Irene Worth, Mercedes Ruehl and Kevin Spacey...

Rock Musical Characters: 7 males, 3 females Scenery: InteriorThat sweet transvestite and his motley crew did the time warp on Broadway in a 25th anniversary revival. Complete with sass from the audience, cascading toilet paper and an array of other audience participation props, this...

Dramatic Comedy / 2m, 4f / Unit SetAn incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet caf . A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And a dead man-with a lot of loose ends. So begins Dead Man's Cell Phone, a wildly...

Full Length, Dark Comedy 3m., 2f. Various, Unit set Amanda, twenty-five, wants to be a great composer. But at the moment, she's living in New York City and writing advertising jingles to pay the rent while her fianc , Jack, pursues his singing career....

Did you know that most of the biggest indie filmmakers, screenwriters, and producers working today each made the same avoidable mistakes early on in their careers? The Reel Truth details the pitfalls, snares, and roadblocks that aspiring filmmakers encounter. Reed Martin interviewed more than...

The screenplay for the cult film that took audiences by storm Memento is a remarkably layered, psychological-puzzle film that explores the narrative possibilities of noir, turning its detective into a surrogate for the spectator while forcing the audience to embark on the same kind...

Getting Away with It is a hilarious, insightful conversation between two visionary directors, Steven Soderbergh and Richard Lester, about the manifold joys and hardships of being a filmmaker. Though a generation apart, both share the infectious passion of cinephilia and have had a wide...

The rhythmic, onomatopoeic text dances across exuberant watercolors with lots of movement. This celebration of a child's agency in choosing a means of artistic expression strikes just the right note. --Kirkus A delightful offering for reading aloud, especially during music-themed storytimes.--School Library Journal From...