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Twentieth Century Fox
A Century of Entertainment
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Here it is: the first-time look at the remarkable American multinational mass media empire and its century of entertainment—the story of Twentieth Century Fox (1915–2015). Or, to borrow the title of a classic 1959 Fox film, The Best of Everything. This is the complete revelatory story—bookended...
Mad Scenes and Exit Arias
The Death of the New York City Opera and the Future of Opera in America
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
From the Wall Street Journal's opera critic, a wide-ranging narrative history of how and why the New York City Opera went bankrupt—and what it means for the future of the arts
In October 2013, the arts world was rocked by the news that the New York City Opera—“the people’s opera”—had...
Digital Technical Theater Simplified
High Tech Lighting, Audio, Video and More on a Low Budget
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
The theater is in the midst of a digital revolution! This book provides readers with an easy-to-understand overview of the digital technology currently available for the stage. In clear language, Digital Technical Theater Simplified explains digital technology in the fields of lighting, audio, video,...
China's Encounter with Global Hollywood
Cultural Policy and the Film Industry, 1994-2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
In recent years, the film industry in the People's Republic of China has found itself among the top three most prolific in the world. When the Chinese government introduced a new revenue-sharing system in 1994, the nation's total movie output skyrocketed with gross box-office receipts totaling billions...
Acting in Hollywood
A Newcomer's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2012
Welcome to Hollywood! Or maybe you're not here yet? Either way, if you've got plans to act in Hollywood, there's a lot to learn: about Los Angeles, about acting, about agents and managers, about traps for the unwary. What's "pilot season"? "Hiatus"? "A deal memo"? "A...
by Stephen Horst
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Moving to NYC can be beyond excitingbut also overwhelming, extremely expensive, frustrating, and confusing. Where do you find the best apartments?and how much should you really pay a month? Where exactly should you live in order to be close to auditions? Should you live right in the City or Commute?...
Booking Performance Tours
Marketing and Acquiring Live Arts and Entertainment
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Pack up the costumes and the instruments! It's time to take your show on the road. For anyone who manages, produces, represents, or works in a repertory theater, dance company, or next-hot-thing band, Booking Performance Tours presents all the information needed to book live shows. The process is...
by Stephen Horst
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
On Broadway, your body is your instrument you play 8 shows a week to make a livingand you must Respect it. Do you know how: to stay healthy, shop economically and cook conveniently, reduce your stress, find motivation to exercise daily so your mind is fresh, body is strong, and spirit is centered? In...
The Thriving Artists
A Guide to an Inspired Life, Empowered Career, and Entrepreneurial Finances
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
What is it that distinguishes one artist from the next? Why do some seem to Thrive in every way possible while others perpetually live the life of a "starving artist"? The answer has less to do with what you are doing, and much more to do with WHO is doing it. Dressing up a pig to look like a person...
Real, Low Down, Dirty Truth about Hollywood Agenting
The Day-To-Day Inner Workings of Hollywood from a Seasoned Talent Agent's Point of View
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
In this book you'll find everything you always wanted to know about the real, honest-to-not-so-goodness, day-to-day inner workings of Hollywood. Not the glamorous Oscar-winning-Spielberg-red-carpet Hollywood, but the real-life daily grind of working Hollywood. For the very first time, a Hollywood film...
The Event Safety Guide
A Guide to Health, Safety and Welfare at Live Entertainment Events in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
The premier safety guidebook for anyone working in the event industry.
The Event Safety Guide is the United States’ first published safety guidance directed specifically at the live event industry. Culled from existing life safety standards and the insight of top professionals within the...
AC/E Digital Culture Annual Report 2014
Focus 2014: The Use of New Technologies in the Performing Arts
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
The AC/E Digital Culture Annual Report aims to become an annual document of reference that analyses the evolution of digital trends in the cultural sector (museums, libraries, publishing companies, booksellers, theatre companies, film production, music companies, etc.) It is designed to be a manual...
How to Sell Your Screenplay
The Real Rules of Film and Television
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1992
An Emmy Award nominee and former Moonlighting story editor gives smart, timely inside information on how to successfully market a film or TV screenplay in this handy guide. Abridged edition.
Magazine Publishing in Chicago
A Quest for World Class, #7
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
A history of Chicago's magazine publishing industry and how it impacted the American publishing industry.