Performing Arts category: 25753 books
Woody
The Biography
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
In this first biography of Woody Allen in over a decade, David Evanier discusses key movies, plays and prose as well as Allen's personal life. Evanier tackles the themes that Allen has spent a lifetime sorting through in art: morality, sexuality, Judaism, the eternal struggle of head and heart. Woody...
Orchestra...5 Minutes!
My Crazy Life in the Phoenix Symphony
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2010
This book follows the life of , Damien Shindelman and the bizarre series of events that shaped his unique personality and path to be coming a professional oboist. From his abusive grandmother, deplorable grade school years, to his early childhood adventures, his unique story is a cleverly woven saga...
by HowExpert
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
This book is a general How-to about becoming a professional dancer. The term “Professional Dancer” is an all-encompassing term, used to describe individuals who are currently using dance training and dance performance to make a living. Professional dancers perform in Musical theater, on television...
Showman of the Screen
Joseph E. Levine and His Revolutions in Film Promotion
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Short, immaculately dressed, and shockingly foul-mouthed, Joseph E. Levine (1905--1987) was larger than life. He rose from poverty in Boston's West End to become one of postwar Hollywood's most prolific independent promoters, distributors, and producers. Alternately respected and reviled, this master...
Silent Players
A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
" From his unique perspective of friendship with many of the actors and actresses about whom he writes, silent film historian Anthony Slide creates vivid portraits of the careers and often eccentric lives of 100 players from the American silent film industry. He profiles the era's shining stars...
Vincente Minnelli
Hollywood's Dark Dreamer
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009
Vincente Minnelli, Hollywood's Dark Dreamer is the first full-length biography of Vincente Minnelli, one of the most legendary and influential directors in the twentieth century, encompassing his life, his art, and his artistry. Minnelli started out as a set and costume designer in New York, where...
Voiceovers
Techniques and Tactics for Success
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Ever been told you have a great voice? Put it to use with a career as a voice-over actor! In Voice-Overs, a veteran voice-over actor, writer, producer, and voice-over teacher provides the inside scoop on the industry and gives all the tools needed for personal training. A treasure trove of exercises,...
by Margaret Eddershaw
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2002
Performing Brecht is an unprecedented history of the productions of Brecht's plays in Britain over forty years. Margaret Eddershaw surveys all aspects of Brecht in performance, from his methodologies to his place in postmodernist theatre and beyond.
She focuses on key productions by directors including...
by Pasha Kovalev
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Pasha Kovalev has led an extraordinary life. His talent and determination have led him from the stark landscape of his Siberian hometown to dance in Moscow, New York, LA and finally in London, where he now lives. Best known for Strictly Come Dancing, which he won in 2014 with Caroline Flack (having...
by John C. Tibbetts, James M. Welsh
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
Douglas Fairbanks and the American Century brings to life the most popular movie star of his day, the personification of the Golden Age of Hollywood. At his peak, in the teens and twenties, the swashbuckling adventurer embodied the new American Century of speed, opportunity, and aggressive optimism....
Orson Welles
Power, Heart, and Soul
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
This incisive introduction to the life and work of Orson Welles is an essential study of one of the most important American artists of the twentieth century. With special attention paid to the political, social, and cultural milieus in which Welles lived and worked, this in-depth personal essay and...
Marilyn Monroe
A Life of the Actress, Revised and Updated
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
In American popular culture, Marilyn Monroe(1926-1962) has evolved in stature from movie superstar to American icon. Monroe's own understanding of her place in the American imagination and her effort to perfect her talent as an actress are explored with great sensitivity in Carl Rollyson's engaging...
Hollywood Enigma
Dana Andrews
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Dana Andrews (1909-1992) worked with distinguished directors such as John Ford, Lewis Milestone, Otto Preminger, Fritz Lang, William Wyler, William A. Wellman, Mervyn Le Roy, Jean Renoir, and Elia Kazan. He played romantic leads alongside the great beauties of the modern screen, including Joan Crawford,...
A Real American Character
The Life of Walter Brennan
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015
Walter Brennan (1894-1974) was one of the greatest character actors in Hollywood history. He won three Academy Awards and became a national icon starring as Grandpa in The Real McCoys. He appeared in over two hundred motion pictures and became the subject of a Norman Rockwell painting, which celebrated...