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At this theatre : 100 years of Broadway shows, stories and stars
Botto, Louis.
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2002; xiv, 359 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
New edition of a history in which Botto (senior editor of Playbill adds coverage of the 18 years since the original 1984 publication, six new chapters covering the Broadway theaters that have been recently renovated, and 100-plus photographs and covers that appeared on Playbill, the magazine program for America's legitimate theaters. He provides facts and stories about each theater's history and heritage, ownerships, producers and directors, playwrights, lyricists and composers, actors, transitions and renewals, and other topics that will interest fans. Heavily illustrated with about 400 b&w and color production photographs and images. Oversize: 9x11.25". Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Auditioning : an actor-friendly guide
Merlin, Joanna.
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2001; xvii, 214 p. ; 21 cm.
Theater veteran and acting teacher Joanna Merlin has written the definitive guide to auditioning for stage and screen, bringing to it a valuable dual perspective. She has spent her career on both sides of the auditioning process, both as an award-winning casting director who has worked with Harold Prince, Bernard Bertolucci, and James Ivory, and as an accomplished actor herself. In this highly informative and accessible book, Merlin provides everything the actor needs to achieve self-confidence and artistic honesty-from the most basic practical tips to an in-depth framework for preparing a part. Filled with advice from the most esteemed people in the business, such as James Lapine, Nora Ephron, and Stephen Sondheim, and charged with tremendous wisdom and compassion, this indispensable resource will arm the reader to face an actor's greatest challenge: getting the part.
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The Back stage actor's handbook : the how-to and who-to-contact reference for actors, singers, and dancers
compiled and edited by Sherry Eaker.
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2004; 415 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
In addition to listings of casting directors, unions, agents, theaters in New York and Los Angeles, and a survey of American acting markets, articles provide basic information on topics such as finding the best acting teacher, getting an agent, promoting oneself through the Web, and auditioning. Contributors to the latest edition include agents, actors, writers, educators, and specialists such as an entertainment industry accountant. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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The back stage guide to stage management
Kelly, Thomas A., 1944-
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1999; 304 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Featuring new methods using computers, this is a superb guide for both amateur and professional stage managers, complete with sample documents and charts.
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The ballet companion : a dancer's guide to the technique, traditions, and joys of ballet
Minden, Eliza Gaynor.
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2005; 331 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
The Ballet Companion is a fresh, comprehensive, and thoroughly up-to-date reference book for the dancer. With 150 stunning photographs of ballet stars Maria Riccetto and Benjamin Millepied demonstrating perfect execution of positions and steps, this elegant volume brims with everything today's dance student needs, including: Practical advice for getting started, such as selecting a school, making the most of class, and studio etiquette, Explanations of ballet fundamentals and major training systems, An illustrated guide through ballet class-warm-up, barre, and center floor, Guidelines for safe, healthy dancing through a sensible diet, injury prevention, and cross-training with yoga and Pilates, Descriptions of must-see ballets and glossaries of dance, music, and theater terms.Along the way you'll find technique secrets from stars of American Ballet Theatre, lavishly illustrated sidebars on ballet history, and tips on everything from styling a ballet bun to stage makeup to performing the perfect pirouette. Whether a budding ballerina, serious student, or adult returning to ballet, dancers will find a lively mix of ballet's time-honored traditions and essential new information. Book jacket.
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The battle of Brazil
Mathews, Jack.
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1998; 359 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
A classic in cinematic writing, a wonderfully in-depth and absorbing account of the filming of Terry Gilliam's Brazil.
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Behind the screen : how gays and lesbians shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969
Mann, William J.
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2002; xxiv, 422 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Whether in or out of the closet, gays and lesbians played an essential role in shaping studio-era Hollywood. Gay actors (J. Warren Kerrigan, Marlene Dietrich, Rock Hudson), gay directors (George Cukor, James Whale, Dorothy Arzner), and gay set and costume designers (Adrian, Travis Banton, George James Hopkins) have been among the most influential individuals in Hollywood history and literally created the Hollywood mystique. This landmark study-based on seven years of exacting research and including unpublished memoirs, personal correspondence, oral histories, and scrapbooks-explores the experience of Hollywood's gays in the context of their times. Ranging from Hollywood's working conditions to the rowdy character of Los Angeles's gay underground, William J. Mann brings long overdue attention to every aspect of this powerful creative force.
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Bernardo Bertolucci : interviews
Bertolucci, Bernardo.
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2000; xxxv, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
This volume gives a privileged view of Bertolucci's career from the days of his first radical experiments to the present, when he has become an elder statesman of world cinema. Half of these twenty-three interviews appear in English for the first time. The conversations resonate with themes that run throughout Bertolucci's work and thought from his early experimental films-Before the Revolution, The Spider's Strategem, The Conformist, and Last Tango in Paris -- to his more mainstream works -The Last Emperor; The Sheltering Sky, Little Buddha, and Besieged.These conversations with Bertolucci reveal the significance of psychoanalysis in his films, the relationship between films and dreams, his early fascination with Godard and the "New Wave, " his views on extremism and radical politics, and his personal search for cinematic truth. As the interviews progress through four decades of his filmmaking, they show his artistic evolution. In the earliest he is questing for answers to questions about the "fundamental cinema problem." In the latest he has come to recognize the need to please his audience. As Bertolucci speaks, he provides his autobiography, his psychohistory, a production journal of each of his films, a portrait gallery of his contemporaries, a compendium of film theory, and an ABC of ideas that range from auteur theory, Bazin, the camera, dance, editing, right on to Zen. He speaks of his early poetry, his fiercely revolutionary stances of the 1960s, and his gradual discovery that he always has to be in love with his audiences. In all, this is a stunning self-portrait of one of cinema's greatest filmmakers.
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The best American short plays.
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The BFI companion to Eastern European and Russian cinema
edited by Richard Taylor ... [et al.].
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2000; vii, 288 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
The BFI "Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema is an invaluable map to the rich and varied cinema of Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former U.S.S.R. Over two hundred entries cover a variety of topics spanning a whole century of varied endeavor and turbulent history from Czech animation to Soviet montage, from the silent cinemas dating back to World War I through to the varied responses to the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia. The recent work includes entries on actors and actresses, film festivals, studios, genres, directors, film movements, critics, producers, and technicians, taking the coverage up to the late 1990s. In addition to the wealth of historical material on key figures like Eisenstein and Wadja, the editors provide separate accounts of the trajectory of the cinemas of Eastern Europe and of Russia in the wake of the collapse of communism.
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The big picture : Who killed Hollywood? and other essays
Goldman, William, 1931-
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2000; 283 p. ; 24 cm.
Two-time Academy Award Screenwriter William Goldman gives "The Big Picture" on Hollywood, Screenwriting, and the future of American Cinema. Among the essays: Who Killed Hollywood? * Christmas in July * Pushing the Envelope * City of Angels * Anything but Gump * and more.
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Breakfast with sharks : a screenwriter's guide to getting the meeting, nailing the pitch, signing the deal, and navigating the murky waters of Hollywood
Lent, Michael, 1963-
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2004; xxiii, 279 p. ; 21 cm.
Not another "how to write a screenplay" book, this prescriptive guide reveals how to handle the business side of a screenwriting career, from choosing an agent to juggling three deal-making breakfasts a day.
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