Dictionary of the Performing Arts/Diccionario de Las Artes Escenicas
by Jose Luis Ferrera Esteban
Memoranda On Shakespeare's Comedy Of Measure For Measure (1880)
by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps
New York City Model and Talent Agency Directory (New York City Model & Talent Agency Directory)
by Gregory James
The Best Plays Theater Yearbook 2007-2008 (The Best Plays Theater Yearbook)
Cat People (1942) and I Walked with a Zombie (1943) established Val Lewtons hauntingly graceful style where suggestion was often used in place of explicit violence. His stylish B thrillers were imitated by a generation of filmmakers such as Richard Wallace, William Castle, and even Walt Disney in his animated Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949). Through interviews with many of Lewtons associates (including his wife and son) and extensive research, his life and output are thoroughly examine...
Rogue One marks not just the origination of a new Star Wars story, but an entirely new approach to Star Wars storytelling-breaking away from the Skywalker saga and exploring new heroes, new tales, and new corners of the iconic "galaxy far, far away." Featuring personal recollections and anecdotes from designers, creators, cast, and crew, at all stages of production-as well as concept art and behind-the-scenes photos-this book offers an immersive look at Rogue One' journey to the screen. From the...
Comics through Time
Focusing especially on American comic books and graphic novels from the 1930s to the present, this massive four-volume work provides a colorful yet authoritative source on the entire history of the comics medium. Comics and graphic novels have recently become big business, serving as the inspiration for blockbuster Hollywood movies such as the Iron Man series of films and the hit television drama The Walking Dead. But comics have been popular throughout the 20th century despite the significant...
There is a secret to winning an audience -- any audience, whether you're standing before them to sing a song, give a speech, or sell an idea. In his hugely popular Stage Performance class at Boston's renowned Berklee College of Music, singer-songwriter Livingston Taylor teaches students how to take center stage without fear and deliver a natural performance that is rewarding for both the artist and the audience. Follow Livingston's unique approach to being comfortable in the spotlight, and disco...
Author Rich Dionne reframes the theatre production as a project and provides essential tools for understanding and managing it efficiently, whether it be a stage play, an opera, a dance piece, or other performance that requires the collaboration of the artists and artisans creating the visual and aural landscape for it. Project Planning for the Stage is organized into four sections corresponding to the life cycle of a theatre production: defining the goals and scope of the production and assemb...
Books for All Kinds of Readers. ReadHowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand, accessible format editions on the market today. Our 7 different sizes of EasyRead are optimized by increasing the font size and spacing between the words and the letters. We partner with leading publishers around the globe. Our goal is to have accessible editions simultaneously released with publishers' new books so that all readers can have access to the books they want to read.
How to Make a Living as a Professional Magician: Business First, Sleight-of-Hand Later
by Matt Patterson
"Rock 'n' roll was loud, brash, and impudent; TV was soothing and polite. Rock 'n' roll was sex; TV was violins. Rock 'n' roll was Elvis Presley; TV was Robert Young." -- from Station to Station Television and rock 'n' roll: a combative yet profitable marriage of convenience that shapes fashion, attitude, talk, and music itself. In Station to Station, the first book to fully chronicle the evolution of televised rock, renowned music journalist Marc Weingarten brings to life all the defining m...
The Light Sovereign: A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts (Classic Reprint)
by Henry Harland
In the Company of Actors is a wonderful ensemble of entertaining and illuminating discussions with sixteen of the most celebrated and prestigious actors in contemporary theatre, film and television. The impressive list of actors includes: Eileen Atkins, Alan Bates, Simon Callow, Judi Dench, Brenda Fricker, Nigel Hawthorne, Jane Lapotaire, Janet McTeer, Ian Richardson, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Anthony Sher, Janet Suzman, David Suchet, and Penelope Wilton. Carole Zucker covers...
The Methuen Drama Handbook of Interculturalism and Performance (Methuen Drama Handbooks)
The Methuen Drama Handbook of Interculturalism and Performance explores ground-breaking new directions and critical discourse in the field of intercultural theatre and performance while surveying key debates concerning interculturalism as an aesthetic and ethical series of encounters in theatre and performance from the 1960s onwards. The handbook's global coverage challenges understandings of intercultural theatre and performance that continue to prioritise case studies emerging primarily from t...