Performing

Patsy Rodenburg

Speaking Shakespeare

Rodenburg tackles one of the most difficult acting jobs--speaking Shakespeare's words both as they were meant to be spoken and in a dramatic way. She teaches actors dramatic resonance, breathing, and placement to show how to bring famous characters to life.

Rebecca Clark Carey, David Carey

The Verbal Arts Workbook: A Practical Course for Speaking Text with Clarity and Expressive Power

Written by tutors at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and authors of the successful companion title, "The Vocal Arts Workbook and DVD," this book trains actors to learn not only how to use their voice, but to use voice and language together and how to reach the expressive potential of language. This book puts it all together using one classical and one modern scene as examples.

Harry Huryk

The Golden Girls - The Ultimate Viewing Guide

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 info! This guide contains trivia, and a "Goofs" (show inconsistencies) guide. This is the most amazing book for any Golden Girls Fan! You will not be disappointed!

Twyla Tharp

The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working Together

The sequel to Tharp's acclaimed national bestseller, "The Creative Habit," explores the art of working with others.

Hayao Miyazaki

Starting Point: 1979-1996

R to L (Japanese Style). A hefty compilation of essays (both pictorial and prose), notes, concept sketches and interviews by (and with) Hayao Miyazaki. Arguably the most respected animation director in the world, Miyazaki is the genius behind "Howl's Moving Castle," Princess Mononoke" and the Academy Award-winning film, "Spirited Away."

Rent: Movie Vocal Selections

In these pages, Rent offers what most theater books can't: a chance to step behind the curtain and feel the electricity of a stage phenomenon as it unfolds. Rent captures the heart and spirit of a generation, reflecting it onstage through the emotion of its stirring words and music, and the energy of its young cast. Now, for the first time, Rent comes to life on the page - through vivid color photographs, the full libretto, and a behind-the-scenes oral history of the show's creation.

Stanley Green

Show by Show Deluxe Set

Broadway Musicals: Show-by-Show is the bestselling, most comprehensive Broadway reference book today. In this new and expanded edition you'll find over 300 of the most important and memorable productions of the American musical theatre. In Hollywood Musicals: Show-by-Show, you'll also find over 300 movies documented including screenplay writer, director, choreographer, cast list, song list, release date, plot summary and much more. This is also a completely new and expanded edition.

Peter Filichia

Broadway Musicals: The Biggest Hit and the Biggest Flop of the Season, 1959 to 2009

Octavio Roca

Cuban Ballet

Cubans are a dancing people. Dance matters to us, and it matters deeply. Alicia Alonso It's impossible not to notice when a Cuban dancer walks into the studio . . . It's been said before that no one is born a dancer; you have to want it more than anything. These Cubans want it and feel privileged to be a part of it. They give themselves completely. Mikhail Baryshnikov

Elizabeth Gibbons

Teaching Dance: The Spectrum of Styles

Mickey Rapkin

Theater Geek: The Real Life Drama of a Summer at Stagedoor Manor, the Famous Performing Arts Camp

"Theater Geek" takes a thrilling, dramatic, and inspiring look behind the curtain of Stagedoor Manor, the famed theater camp in the Catskills.

Brian Wolfe, Nick Wolfe

Extreme Face Painting: 50 Friendly & Fiendish Step-By-Step Demos [With DVD]

Muriel Gold C. M. Ph. D.

The Dramatic Legacy of Dorothy Davis and Violet Walters: The Montreal Children's Theatre, 1933-2009

National Ballet School, Deborah Bowes, National Ballet School of Canada

The Ballet Book: The Young Performer's Guide to Classical Dance

Lavishly illustrated with charming b&w photos of students in action, complemented by explanatory text, this ballet guide illustrates in detail the positioning of the arms and the feet, barre work, pointe work, alignment, classical ballet poses, attitudes, allegros, batteries and arabesques. A beautifully illustrated motivational tool for young dancers.

Reginald Nelson

How to Start Your Own Theater Company

With advice and instruction from an experienced actor and theater director, this pragmatic, authoritative guide imparts backstage know-how for would-be playhouse practitioners on everything from fundraising and finding a space to selecting plays and navigating legal issues.

Tom Clavin

That Old Black Magic: Louis Prima, Keely Smith, and the Golden Age of Las Vegas

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

In the new Charlie Kaufman film directed by Michel Gondry, Joel (Jim Carrey) is stunned to discover that his girlfriend Clementine (Kate Winslet) has had her memories of their tumultuous relationship erased. This shooting script includes the complete screenplay, a selection of b&w movie stills, selected production notes, and complete cast and crew credits.

Daniel Wallace, John August

Big Fish

Guillermo Arriaga

The Burning Plain: The Shooting Script

Slumdog Millionaire

The official screenplay book tie-in to the acclaimed new film from director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (The Full Monty).