Performing Arts

Discover the life of Audrey Hepburn--a story about grace, passion, and helping others for kids ages 6 to 9 Audrey Hepburn was a famous actress, fashion icon, and humanitarian. Before she became a movie star, she was a young girl in Belgium who wanted...

This is a timely update of a seminal text which re-interprets key films of the horror genre, including Carrie, The Exorcist, The Brood and Psycho.In the first edition, Creed draws on Julia Kristeva's theory of abjection to challenge the popular view that women in...

Here at last is the definitive opera story collection, the only one now authorized by the Metropolitan Opera. Written by the associate editor of Opera News magazine, the volume includes the complete plots of 150 different operas, biographical information on all of the 72...

Two disabled queer teens find belonging in this poignant platonic love story about singing, signing, and solidarity. Sixteen-year-old Casey Kowalski once dreamed of becoming a professional singer. Then the universe threw her a life-altering curveball--sudden, permanent, and profound hearing loss--mere months before her family's...

The Improv Dictionary: An A to Z of Improvisational Terms, Techniques, and Tools explores improvisational approaches and concepts drawn from a multitude of movements and schools of thought to enhance spontaneous and collaborative creativity.Author: David CharlesPublisher: RoutledgePublished: 04/04/2024Pages: 312Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.60lbsSize: 11.00h x...

A joyous exploration of imagination and finding inspiration, The Idea in You is the debut picture book from Questlove--New York Times bestselling author, six-time GRAMMY Award-winning drummer, producer, and Academy Award-winning filmmaker--and Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winning illustrator Sean Qualls An idea can come...

Continuing the pitch-perfect critiques begun in The Great Movies, Roger Ebert's The Great Movies II collects 100 additional essays, each one of them a gem of critical appreciation and an amalgam of love, analysis, and history that will send readers back to films with...

From legendary entertainment journalist and author of Caddyshack comes a rollicking history of 1980s cinema--how eight legendary sci-fi films changed Hollywood forever In the summer of 1982, eight science fiction films were released within six weeks of one another. E.T., Tron, Star Trek: Wrath...

The legendary Dow Twins dominated the world of Black disco and entertainment for an unprecedented fifty years. Attractive, charismatic, and identical, they had a Midas touch when it came to business ... and women. This memoir tells their amazing story from their beginnings hosting...

Matthew Forsythe meets Richard Scarry in this stunning debut that celebrates embracing your voice and finding a place in your community! In a town bursting with music, everyone marches to the beat of their own drum. Except for a quiet mouse named Bell, who...

Godzilla is a franchise we all have come to love With the announcement of an upcoming film, many people may be wondering where this whole saga started from? Well it did in 1954 in Japan. Since then it has been growing steadily to the...

The Best New Ten-Minute Plays, 2019 presents approximately thirty of the most original and fresh ten-minute plays, selected by renowned editor Lawrence Harbison. This volume is ideal for theater enthusiasts looking for new and compelling short pieces from some of the finest playwrights of...

Theatre Work: Reimagining the Labor of Theatrical Production investigates both the history and current realities of life and work in professional theatrical production in the United States and explores labor practices that are equitable, accessible, and sustainable.In this book, Brídín Clements Cotton and Natalie...

The Art of Broadsword Fighting for Stage and Screen provides historical and contemporary techniques and styles for the safe training and use of the European broadsword in a theatrical setting.Author: Erick Vaughn WolfePublisher: RoutledgePublished: 04/04/2024Pages: 188Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.62lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43dISBN:...

The 90-Day Screenplay is a day-by-day guide to the completion of your screenplay in three months.Author: Alan WattPublisher: Writers Tribe BooksPublished: 10/13/2014Pages: 286Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60dISBN: 9780983141235

Cinema's multiple lives as an art, a form of entertainment, an industry, or a tool for education and propaganda all share one thing: they rely on machines and technical objects. For more than a century, this essential fact has shaped the life cycle of...

First comprehensive overview of improvisation in dance.This collection of classic and new writings on dance improvisation brings together 21 essays by prominent dancers, scholars and historians. Until now, discussion of improvisation in dance has focused mainly on the postmodern form known as contact improv....

From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full To the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova. He landed his first leading role, in The Panic...

Songbirds is a book for lovers of the female singing voice. It is a platform that allows readers to agree or disagree with the author's selections, whichmakes it a fun read.From the Motown sound to country to folk, pop and jazz, Songbirds features singers...

This engaging book showcases the life and work of musician and actress Selena Gomez, explaining her early life, rise to fame, and most influential works. Short paragraphs provide easy-to-read text, while vivid photographs make the book engaging and accessible. The book also includes informative...