Performing Arts

The Slingerland Book is a Slingerland family and business history. Slingerland was the world's largest drum company in two eras; the 1920s and 1960s. The company was family owned through both eras. While no Slingerland family members were actually drummers, most company executives were,...

The rhythmic lullaby of 'North Utsire, South Utsire' has been lulling the nation's insomniacs to sleep for over 90 years. It has inspired songs, poetry and imaginations across the globe - as well as providing a very real service for the nation's seafarers who...

The Routledge Companion to African American Theatre and Performance is an outstanding collection of specially written essays that charts the emergence, development, and diversity of African American Theatre and Performance-from the nineteenth-century African Grove Theatre to Afrofuturism. Alongside chapters from scholars are contributions from...

Aria is thrilled to return to Camp Whispering Woods with her viola. She practices late at night and her music is joined by the haunting notes of a piano. But no one is playing the piano. Could it be a trick or something even...

One competition, two girls, and a love neither expects to find... Attending Dukes Academy is every young musicians dream. Each July, gifted teens from across the country flock to its famous summer camp desperate to scoop the ultimate prize - a fully funded place...

Vincenzo Tomeo's pioneering research in the 1960s and 1970s drew attention to the importance of popular culture in our understanding of the operation of the justice system. He was the first to recognize that how laws are interpreted and put into effect depends heavily...

Author: Bart AndrewsPublisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)Published: 08/13/1985Pages: 422Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.43lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.14w x 1.21dISBN: 9780385190336About the AuthorBart Andrews (1945-2010) was born in New York City and became a prolific author of television trivia books. He wrote four books solely on the...

The Chosen brings Jesus' teachings to the screen. Now bring additional understanding of His teachings to your life. A captivating exploration of New Testament living and traditions, this immersive book from one of the most popular commentators on the beloved television series takes readers...

A recurrent and popular setting in American cinema, the dressing room has captured the imaginations of filmmakers and audiences for over a century. In The Dressing Room: Backstage Lives and American Film, the only book-length study of the space, author Desir?e J. Garcia explores...

From the petroleum used to make film stock to the carbon and tungsten needed for studio lights and theater projectors, every movie relies on extractive processes. The film industry of Hollywood, moreover, rose alongside the oil and aeronautics industries that transformed Southern California. In...

The BTS ARMY provides an inside look at the powerful fandom of BTS. Readers will get hooked on this hi-lo title, covering facts about and insights into the group of fans who aren't afraid to make their support of this K-pop boy band known.Author:...

A collection of the New Yorker critic's finest essays, which examine the books that reveal and record our world. Joan Acocella was "one of our finest cultural critics" (Edward Hirsch), and she had the rare ability to examine literature and unearth the lives contained...

If a child can watch Barney, can't that same child also enjoy watching Charlie Chaplin or the Marx Brothers? And as they get older, wouldn't they grow to like screwball comedies (His Girl Friday), women's weepies (Imitation of Life), and westerns (The Searchers)? The...

This updated 4th edition of Theatre Histories offers a critical overview of global theatre, drama, and performance, spanning a broad wealth of world cultures and periods, integrating them chronologically or thematically, and showing how they have often interacted.Author: Tobin Nellhaus, Daphne P. Lei, Tamara...

This is the first book in more than twenty-five years to examine the complex historical, cultural, and aesthetic relationship between theater and film, and the effect that each has had on the other's development.Robert Knopf here assembles essays from performers, directors, writers, and critics...

In this must-have book for all fans of Oz big and small, artist and visionary Gabriel Gale brings to vivid life all the creatures from L. Frank Baum's beloved series, from the iconic characters in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to many others that...

An exciting and varied collection of contemporary one-act plays from some of today's best playwrights.Author: Eric LanePublisher: Penguin Adult Hc/TrPublished: 03/01/1993Pages: 432Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 8.23h x 5.18w x 0.95dISBN: 9780140482379Audience: Young AdultAbout the AuthorEric Lane has edited 12 contemporary play anthologies for Viking...

Why do Japanese people love tango? Starting with this question, which the author frequently received while working as a tango violinist in Argentina, Tango in Japan reveals histories and ethnographies of tango in Japan dating back to its first introduction in the 1910s to...

Celebrate 40 years of animated filmmaking magic with Studio Ghibli Dream Artists! Since 1985, Studio Ghibli has brought big dreams to the big screen--now, peek behind the curtain to discover the team of artists responsible for Japan's most iconic animated films. Both a history...

A special souvenir hardcover collection themed around the dark side of the Force. An in-depth look at the sinister practitioners of the dark side of the Force--from Darth Sidious to Darth Vader--this deluxe edition spotlights infamous Sith Lords and galactic villains with revealing interview...