Performing Arts category: 25753 books

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Fern

My Story

by Fern Britton
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2008

The much-loved TV star Fern Britten tells her story for the first time in her Sunday Times bestselling memoir. For years now, Fern Britton has been widely loved as the presenter ofReady Steady Cook, and, more recently, co-presenter of This Morning with Philip Schofield. Never one to shy away...
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Running Theaters

Best Practices for Leaders and Managers

by Duncan M. Webb
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012

Advice culled from interviews with more than 100 experts in the field The best practices that consistently lead to successful theater operation are now revealed in this comprehensive resource. Culled from surveys and interviews with theater managers and experts in crucial functional areas,...
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The Autobiography of Liza Goddard

Working with Children and Animals

by Liza Goddard
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2011

Liza Goddard is one of the country’s best loved and hardest working actresses, but few people know the real woman behind the ‘dizzy blonde’ image. In this much-anticipated autobiography, Liza talks about her work, her loves and the real-life dramas that have shaped her as a woman and an actress....
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by John Altman
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016

From the moment he exploded onto our screens in 1985 as 'Nasty' Nick Cotton, uttering the infamous phrase 'Alright, Ma?' John Altman changed the face of TV villains for good. As one of the show's original cast members, he is much admired for his role as the leather-jacketed, chain-smoking son...
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by Derek Martin
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010

As long-suffering EastEnders patriarch Charlie Slater, Derek Martin has become one of British TV s best loved stars. Now in this witty and revealing memoir, Derek tells of his extraordinary journey from growing up in the real East End of London during the Blitz to taking up residency in Albert Square....
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Starmaker

Life As a Hollywood Publicist with Farrah, The Rat Pack and 600 More Stars Who Fired Me

by Jay Bernstein, David Rubini
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011

This memoir by the legendary publicist offers “an intimate glimpse into the best and the worst of the golden age of Hollywood” (Stacy Keach, Golden Globe Award–nominated actor).   Jay Bernstein, an entertainment industry fixture who helped launch the careers of celebrities including Farrah...
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Flip

The Inside Story of TV's First Black Superstar

by Kevin Cook
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013

The first biography of the beloved entertainer who broke the prime-time color barrier   When The Flip Wilson Show debuted in 1970, black faces were still rare on television and black hosts nonexistent. Then came Flip—to instant acclaim. His show dueled Marcus Welby, M.D. for the top spot in the...
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by Steve Guttenberg
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012

"Forget being an actor. You don't have the look, you don't have the talent, and your name is ridiculous. You are the last guy I would ever pick to be a movie star." This was the first piece of advice Steve Guttenberg ever received from an agent. Like many other times in his life,...
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The Canadian Kings of Repertoire

The Story of the Marks Brothers

by Michael V. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2001

The Marks Brothers may well have been the most remarkable theatrical family in Canadian history. A phenomenon on the vaudeville circuit, the seven brothers left the farm and took to the boards and the footlights throughout the latter part of the 19th century and into the 1920s. The brothers from Christie...
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Clint Eastwood

A Biography

by Richard Schickel
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011

Through extensive, exclusive interviews with Eastwood (and the friends and colleagues of a lifetime), Time magazine film critic Richard Schickel has penetrated a complex character who has always been understood too quickly, too superficially. Schickel pierces Eastwood's monumental reserve to reveal...
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Leading Actors & Actresses

Biographies of Famous and Influential Americans for English Learners, Children(Kids) and Young Adults

by Oldiees Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015

Timeless collection of American actors & actresses biographies. American Biographies Series provides descriptions and stories of people important in the history of the United States. Including the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death, the series also presents highlights...
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The Peter Lawford Story

Life with the Kennedys, Monroe, and the Rat Pack

by Patricia Lawford Stewart, Ted Schwarz
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015

As the brother in law to JFK and a member of the Rat Pack, Peter Lawford was one of America's most acclaimed movie stars. Lawford led an extraordinary life. His story, as told by the woman who knew him best, is the always candid, sometimes shocking unveiling of the most intriguing show business...
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by Helen Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012

Joe Papp: An American Life by Helen Epstein (228,000 words, 116 photographs and theater posters by Paul Davis) Joseph Papp (1921-1991), theater producer, champion of human rights and of the First Amendment, founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival and Public Theater, changed the American...
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Jump Up - The Rise of the Rolling Stones

The First Ten Years: 1963-1973

by Nigel Goodall
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2013

Jump Up The Rise of the Rolling Stones was originally a coffee-table illustrated softback that traced the band’s first ten years from 1963 onwards. Now available in digital format for the first time since it was published in 1995, the book, taken from author Nigel Goodall’s original unedited manuscript,...
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