Performing Arts - General

Nominated for Olivier Award, Best Comedy "Behind Nelson's] play lurks the daunting question of what we actually go to drama for. What, he asks, is its value if it doesn't modify and affect our behavior? ...Behind Mr Nelson's very good jokes reminiscent of an...

Based on dozens of interviews and extensive research, this book covers the breadth of Walter Matthau's often-complicated personal life and multi-faceted career.Author: Rob Edelman, Audrey KupferbergISBN-10: 087833274XISBN-13: 9780878332748Publisher: Taylor Trade PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/04/2002Pages: 368Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 9.20h x 6.28w x 1.01dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly...

(Music Sales America). The music and lyrics to 14 of Simon and Garfunkel's best songs. Includes: The Boxer * Mrs Robinson * Bridge Over Troubled Water * Sound of Silence * and more.Author: Simon and GarfunkelISBN-10: 0860012778ISBN-13: 9780860012771Publisher: Music SalesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1992Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Tom Stoppard is widely regarded as one of the leading contemporary British playwrights, a writer who has earned an intriguing mix of both critical and commercial success. Arcadia is considered by many critics to be Stoppard's masterpiece, a work that weds his love for...

Author: William Carlos WilliamsISBN-10: 0811218597ISBN-13: 9780811218597Publisher: New Directions Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/09/1978Pages: 324Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.73d

The Telling of Our Truths has been written in response to critics' and professionals' complaint of performers who sing or play well - yet say little with their music. In ...Truths, Peter Elkus both dissects and formulates the elements of Great Musical Performance. With...

Each part of the guitar chord title is an instruction. Learn what these instructions mean and use the two main barre chord shapes provided as the starting point, and you can make literally thousands of chords GUARANTEED CHORDMASTER Chord Theory for Guitar takes you...

We are all familiar with the phrase, "battling with my demons" whether it is from a recovering drug addict seeking help to a catholic priest conducting an exorcism. In either context, we have all heard this saying at one time or another. But is...

Honorable Mention, Barnard Hewitt Award from the American Society for Theater Research Explores the intersection and history of American literary realism and the performance of spiritual and racial embodiment. Recovering a series of ecstatic performances in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American realism, Realist...

Honorable Mention, 2020 Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theatre History, given by the American Society for Theatre Research Argues that Ricanness operates as a continual performance of bodily endurance against US colonialism In 1954, Dolores "Lolita" Lebr and other members of the...

BRAND NEW EDITION The ultimate Golden Girls guide This book contains a full episode guide, including guest star appearances, titles and first air dates. Also includes a description of each episode. Book also contains character descriptions, actor and actress work biographies and general show...

Writer, podcaster and bassist Aaron Joy presents his series of rock music crossword puzzle books. Each book looks at the bands, albums and general history, including famous and indie musicians. Great for the fan, musician or history buff. At least 14 puzzles in each...

This is a book of advice and stories by a professional film editor.Author: Troy Takaki AceISBN-10: 1365412474ISBN-13: 9781365412479Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/16/2017Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d

This book explains just what a person planning to use Hauptwerk in the creation of a virtual pipe organ needs to know. Hauptwerk is a unique piece of computer software which enables an organist to play pipe organs from all over the world, in...

There has never been a show business book quite like The Show Won't Go On, the first comprehensive study of a bizarre phenomenon: performers who died onstage. The Show Won't Go On covers almost every genre of entertainment, and is full of unearthed anecdotes,...

As a twenty-one-year-old concert pianist, Carol Rosenberger is stricken with paralytic polio-a "musical death sentence"-but instead of giving up she perseveres against all medical advice, and eventually finds her way back to piano playing.Author: Carol RosenbergerISBN-10: 1631523260ISBN-13: 9781631523267Publisher: She Writes PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/17/2018Pages: 344Format:...

Some of the most amazing secrets from Hollywood you never knew."Jimmy Stewart really was in love with me." - Kim Novak"The police accused me of killing Sharon Tate." - Cass Elliot"I want a vibrator for my birthday." - Debbie Reynolds"I'm going to throw up....

Are you searching for something to do during your weekend? Look no further Enjoy hours of crossword puzzle fun with Will Smith's Easy Crossword Puzzles Science shows that people middle-aged or older who solve word games and brainteasers have a significant cognitive advantage over...

Shakespeare's Education brings to life the educational experiences of boys in 16th century England. Monarchs from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I established hundreds of schools, and formulated a curriculum based on Latin, the reading of classical literature, and the performance of recitations and plays....

CLAWS & SAUCERS is the most complete guide to classic science fiction, horror, and fantasy films ever written. CLAWS & SAUCERS describes and critiques 1700+ films: virtually every sci-fi, horror, and fantasy film made from 1902-1982, including dozens of thrillers, exploitation films, psychedelic films,...

Originally published in 2001 and much in demand since it went out of print, this edition is a reissue with added chapters on fluency disorders. The Accent Method was pioneered by Svend Smith, with its early origins in the 1930s and developed during his...

At last a comprehensive quiz on the ska and rocksteady era, following hot on the heels of the 2020 publication Boss Skinhead Reggae Quiz Book. The book as the title suggests concentrates on the embryonic Jamaican music years of 1960-1968. Ska drew on the...

With time running out to renew their lease, the women of the beleaguered New Bunion Historical Society must find creative ways to snare new members and lure visitors to their sleepy New England town. When a set of George Washington's dentures turns up in...

This collection of seven short plays explores the many facets and platforms of social media. From Instagram to Facebook, and even a #throwback to the days when MySpace was cool, Anti-Social pokes fun at the "social" in social media.Author: Don ZolidisISBN-10: 0573707677ISBN-13: 9780573707674Publisher: Samuel...

"If you can't appreciate what you've got, you'd better get what you can appreciate." ― George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion."Pygmalion will be a revelation to anyone familiar with My Fair Lady. The issues of class and gender that fascinated Shaw still strike a chord with...

Do you wish you were one of those people who openly sing and make it look so easy? Do you feel like you can't quite "let go" when singing? Do you suffer from feeling "not good enough" or struggle with fear of failure or...

Kamala attempts to boost Ms. Marvel's fledgling super hero profile by writing her own fan fiction. But when building a fandom becomes an obsession, Kamala's schoolwork and relationships begin to suffer. To become the Jersey City hero of her dreams, Kamala must learn to...

When it comes to bands that have been through hard times and refused to quit, they don't get any bigger or more durable than Aerosmith. Once one of hard rock's hottest acts, the group imploded in a mess of drugs and troubled records. Then,...

Are you serious You could have told me that before I fell for you. Ladies has a man ever disappeared without even giving you a notice, text, or call. There are many regrets that we feel and go through while in a relationship, dating,...

You now know the rules of chess! Well done! You have just taken a big step! Welcome to the great community of chess players. But, what to do now? Facing the chessboard, you feel a bit lost, and this is quite normal. How do...

Utilizing remarkable images from the Manning Brothers Historical Collection, the Michigan Opera Theatre Archives, and several additional collections, Michael Hauser and Marianne Weldon have captured the excitement of the shared entertainment experience in Detroit Opera House.The theater known today as the Detroit Opera House...

BEST BIRDS COLORING BOOK - Over 50 gorgeous designs! Are you bored of all the coloring books and are you looking for something new and different? Try this Birds Coloring Book to start to relax and forget about stress. This Coloring Book features: Over...

The Large Print Word Search: Random Words Volume 1, an entertaining puzzle book for adults features 75 puzzles to solve and over 800 words to find. The puzzles are printed one per page, there is plenty of room to solve the puzzles. Solutions are...

THE BLUE HORSE is the story of a horse named Ruben who dreamed of going to college while facing self-esteem and academic struggles in a school setting. Ruben is determined, despite all the obstacles presented to second-language learners, to achieve his personal and academic...

If you think about it, all languages are made up - some are just more open about it than others.In The Universal Translator, Yens Wahlgren heads up an expedition through time, space and multiple universes to explore the words that have built worlds. From...

In the early eighteenth century, a delegation of Iroquois visited Britain, exciting the imagination of the London crowds with images of the "feathered people" and warlike "Mohocks." Today, performing in a popular Afrodiasporic tradition, "Mardi Gras Indians" or "Black Masking Indians" take to the...

A practical, accessible introduction to the study of disability art and culture around the world. What does it mean to approach disability-focused cultural production and consumption as generative sites of meaning-making? Disability Arts and Culture seeks the answer to this question and more in...

A modern sports writing classic by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle tells the story of the 1992-1993 championship season of the Amherst Lady HurricanesAuthor: Madeleine BlaisISBN-10: 0802121454ISBN-13: 9780802121455Publisher: Grove PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/11/2017Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.10h x 5.40w...

Grayson Hall was a widely acclaimed New York Theatre actress, 1964 Academy Award nominee, and co-star of the 1960s-70s Gothic television serial, Dark Shadows. Here for the first time is a survey of her life and career which takes place in the world of...

The study of popular music composition is a new field in which the standard rules of traditional music theory do not apply. Learn how to write top 40 hits in every style from alternative rock to country pop. Discover the way chords are constructed...

A gallery of horror movie heroines, screaming for your attention Fascinating but disturbing, scary movies prove amazingly popular, year after year. This book features dolls of 16 actresses, each with one movie outfit, who have appeared in some of the most frightening but fun...

You are a very, very clever little girl. -- Queen Victoria to Annie OakleyHer life was the stuff of legend -- from humble Quaker origins in Darke County, Ohio, Annie Oakley (nee Phoebe Ann Moses) rose to the heights of renown as a world-famous...

Tony Kushner's complex and demanding play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes has been the most talked about, analyzed, and celebrated play of the decade. The critic Harold Bloom has included Kushner's play in his "Western canon" alongside Shakespeare and the...

Now in an updated 2nd edition, Musicology: The Key Concepts is a handy A-Z reference guide to the terms and concepts associated with contemporary musicology. Drawing on critical theory with a focus on new musicology, this updated edition contains over 35 new entries including:...

Various aspects of each of these subjects are studied: the construction of phrases, their connection, extension, overlapping; the application of legato, staccato, and other types of articulation. In this discussion the author draws upon contemporary theoretical writings and methods, as well as upon his...

Have you ever wanted to host a gathering that could have walked right out of the pages of your favorite fairytale? Have you ever wandered the woods hoping to discover an elven feast or a secret scroll? Do you want the ability to design...

A Friend's Guide to Chamber Music: World Trends Since 1900, a companion to the earlier guide European Trends From Haydn to Shostakovich, explores international developments of this unique collaborative form. Organized chronologically and by geographical regions, World Trends offers a survey of significant works...

First published in 1986, Backcloth is volume four of Dirk Bogarde's best-selling memoirsFilling the gaps left between his previous memoirs, as well as highlighting new episodes, Backcloth explores the patterns of pleasure and pain that have made up Bogarde's extraordinary life. Based on personal...

First published in 1983, An Orderly Man is volume three of Dirk Bogarde's best-selling memoirsAfter completing work on Visconti's Death in Venice, the celebrated actor seeks a refuge from 20 years of 'continual motion'. This dream of a peaceful retreat materialises itself in the...

Are you searching for something to do during your weekend? Look no further! Enjoy hours of crossword puzzle fun with Will Smith's Easy Crossword Puzzles For Adults! Science shows that people middle-aged or older who solve word games and brainteasers have a significant cognitive...