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Du théâtre comique à saveur québécoise.  Vous aimez les jeux de mots ? Vous aimez les inventions ? Vous êtes plutôt du genre écologique ? Les sujets de l’actualité ne vous déplaisent pas ?  Des sujets tabous...

Drew Barrymore was quite a troubling child. She lived on her own at 14, Drew had to grow up fast to meet those early challenges in life. She was in a rehab multiple times in her teenage years. Despite the difficulties, her childhood was filled with adventures, challenges, and incredible experiences. Drew...

The highly anticipated first book by a widely respected entertainer whose career highlights include The Right Stuff, Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives, and former Miss America When Vanessa Williams was growing up, she had a plan: She’d go to college and major in musical theater; afterward...

Ukrainian publisher presents the essay "The system of theatrical improvisation,” a result of ten-year experience of actor Stanislav Hlushko in the "Black Square" theater, Kyiv. Improvisation by itself is not a novelty. It is known from performances of the antiquity by strolling comedians,...

**A diverse collection of monologues featuring the voices of women through the ages ** Drawn from poetry, fiction, diaries, journals, and documents of public record, these selections, although not originally intended for theatrical or cinematic performances, offer unique dramatic opportunities...

Television's sauciest and sexiest program is nothing less than a national phenomenon. Now, after four wildly successful and critically acclaimed seasons, the show's winning formula of sex, glamour, humor, and candor is available in a one-of-a-kind, elegant, and uniquely entertaining hardcover book. Sex...

Yoshi Oida vierte sus enseñanzas teatrales -en las que conjuga la tradición oriental junto a su experiencia occidental de más de treinta años como actor y director en Europa- en El actor invisible. Se trata de un libro de referencia teatral, traducido a más de cinco idiomas, en el que Oida, ayudado...

Actors and other professional voice users need to speak clearly and expressively in order to communicate the ideas and emotions of their characters – and themselves. Whatever the native accent of the speaker, this easy communication to the listener must always happen in every moment, onstage, in...

A Self-Help Guide--with Jazz Hands! Life is Like a Musical features 50 wry, witty tips on getting ahead in life and love--all learned in the showbiz trenches. "Hilarious, wise, and one-of-a-kind. This book is so damn brilliant I'm surprised it didn't already exist." -- Sarah Knight,...

Playing Shakespeareis the premier guide to understanding and appreciating the mastery of the world’s greatest playwright. Together with Royal Shakespeare Company actors–among them Patrick Stewart, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Ben Kingsley, and David Suchet–John Barton demonstrates how to...

F.M. Alexander developed the Alexander Technique of movement in the early 20th century. Combining vocal clarity and body movement, Alexander developed a performance coaching method that is used by dancers, actors, singers, etc. In The Actor and the Alexander Technique, Kelly McEvenue writes the first...

Detailed descriptions for executing punches, kicks, wards, throws, and falls. Firearm work includes safety, loading, stage business, and field striping.

Who was Ingrid Bergman? For much of her turbulent life, the public could not decide: Was this luminous Swedish actress the embodiment of pious devotion as portrayed in her saintly roles such as Joan of Arc? Or was she an unrepentant harlot who abandoned her husband and child to have an affair with...

En este texto, fruto de más de cuarenta años dedicados a la formación de actores, Uta Hagen define los objetivos que debe perseguir un actor y proporciona las técnicas específicas para lograrlos. Así, plantea ahondar en los sentidos físicos y en la propia psicología para ofrecer una buena...