Performing Arts

A four-section book of acting games and improvisations to assist students in developing their creative abilities. Section one includes games for relaxing an...

Clinton Kelly won't just revamp your wardrobe — he'll revamp your life! The huddled masses yearn to be fabulous, and finally Clinton Kelly is heeding...

An up close and personal portrait of a legendary filmmaker, theater director, and comedian, drawing on candid conversations with his closest friends in sho...

the Most Complete Treatise On Sleight-of-hand Coin Conjuring, Including Best Traditional Methods And Modern Innovations. Guides You Systematically From Ba...

Foreword: Not Just A Pretty Face (or Two) / Keith R.a. Decandido -- Introduction / Supernatural.tv -- We're Not Exactly The Bradys / Tanya Huff -- The Burde...

Winner of the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best New Play Nominated for the Governor General's Award This award-winning play by Native playwright Tomson Highw...

From the author of the acclaimed Everybody Was So Young, the definitive and major biography of the great choreographer and Broadway legend Jerome RobbinsTo...

You've seen the show, now read the book! Survivor is a gripping day-by-day account of life on Pulau Tiga as sixteen men and women compete for food, shelter...

Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture addresses what may be the single most important question facing all kinds of performance today. What is the s...

In the midseventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forev...

Before Liz Lemon, Before Weekend Update, Before Sarah Palin, Tina Fey Was Just A Young Girl With A Dream: A Recurring Stress Dream That She Was Being Chased...

Mick Foley is a nice man, a family man who loves amusement parks and eating ice cream in bed. So how to explain those Japanese death matches in rings with e...

Eat What You Watch Recreates More Than 40 Recipes From Classic And Cult FilmsCategories: Humor & EntertainmentPerforming Arts

#1 New York Times Bestseller * The Compelling, Inspiring, And Comically Sublime Story Of One Man's Coming-of-age, Set During The Twilight Of Apartheid And T...

Draws On Interviews With Producers And Fans To Present A Behind-the-scenes Look At The Reality Television Phenomenon And Explores The Show's Cultural Influe...

Even the best sense of rhythm, the most careful technical training, and the most astute dance intuition aren't enough to make a dancer truly excel; you als...

a Memoir Of Betty White's First Five Decades On Television--as Irreverent And Irresistible As The Beloved Actress Herself Betty White First Appeared On Tel...

This edition covers iMovie 10.0 for Mac and iMovie 2.0 for iOS.iMovie's sophisticated tools make it easier than ever to turn raw footage into sleek, enterta...

his Wealth Was Legendary. His Passions Were Bizarre. Now, The Truth About The Money, The Madness, And The Man Behind The Enigma. howard Hughes Is One Of ...

“I remember Sarah asking me, when I’d just begun therapy with her, what I looked for in a man. After a few moments of silent, tense deliberation I had...

The Perfect Retirement Gift, or Simply a Great Read for Anyone That Loves Life and Laughter! REVISED, EXPANDED AND UPDATED ***Welcome to retirement!**** No ...

The twentieth century has given us that male phenomenon who, with the wink of an eye and the flash of a gleaming smile, can send whole populations into near...

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe BELOVED STAR OF FRIENDS takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles wi...

Melissa Joan Hart explained it all-from dating to bullies-in her groundbreaking role as Clarissa Darling on Clarissa Explains It All. She cast a spell on m...

Described by The Times as 'the national children's dramatist', David Wood has been writing, adapting, directing and acting in plays for children for more th...

A Lot Of Plays Are Bad. And One Bad Play, It Seems, Can Turn Us Off Theater For Good. So, What Can We Learn From The Bad Play? Jordan Tannahill, After Talki...

Instant New York Times Bestseller!From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply thoughtful memoir of the l...

The New York Times bestseller about two guys who went out for coffee and dreamed up Seinfeld—“A wildly entertaining must-read not only for Seinfeld fans...

101 Improv Games for Children and Adults starts with the basics of improvisational comedy, giving aspiring performers the building blocks required to thin...

“If there are shoulders modern African-American women’s literature stands upon they belong to Ntozake Shange, who revolutionized theatre and literature wit...

A diary for socially-aware hostesses, containing written entries and photographs reflecting the hectic life and unfulfilled social aspirations of Hyacinth o...

Ted Baehr is an entertainment industry professional who knows what it takes to make it in Hollywood. Moreover, he is a committed Christian who knows the pre...

The cult classic is back! This petite 15th anniversary hardcover reissue keeps all the original mystery and magic of cat dancing delightfully intact. Perpet...

Photographs, letters, and other memorabilia are combined with interviews with Groucho and comments by personalities who have been associated with the celebr...

Here, Celebrated Drama Critic John Lahr Gives Intimate Access To The Mind Of One Of The Most Brilliant Dramatists Of His Century, Whose Plays Reshaped The A...

Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. Foreword / Richard D. Parsons And Jonelle Procope -- The Apollo: A Place Of Possibility / Lonnie G. Bunch Iii -- Growing Up ...

Sling Blade, winner of the 1996 Academy Award for best screenplay, is the powerful story of Karl, who returns to his hometown after serving 25 years in a m...

Here We Can Find Out About Irony And The Meaning Of Life, The Politics Of The Nuclear Family, Marxism In Springfield, The Elusiveness Of Happiness, Popular ...

A Guide To 52 Prime Examples Of Must-see Cinema, The Essentials Vol. 2 -- Based On The Turner Classic Movies Series -- Is Packed With Behind-the-scenes Stor...

The first and only full-scale and definitive biography of the most important composer-lyricist in musical theater today. Drawing on personal conversations...

Stephen Macknik And Susana Martinez-conde, The Founders Of The New Discipline Of Neuromagic, Have Convinced Some Of The World's Greatest Magicians To Allow ...

The 90210 Superfan's Companion To The Lives And Loves Of West Beverly's In-crowd From The Creators Of The Hit Podcast Again With This Comes A Hilarious And ...

“The world has a way of defining you if you don’t know who you are before you get out there.” ―Candace Cameron BureAs a woman in today’s world, yo...

Dying is easy, comedy is hard. So keep your comedy blockbuster alive and well and buy this book. Comedy has always been the backbone of the film business. I...

I Want To Be Healthy And Fit 52 Weeks Of The Year, But That Doesn't Mean I Have To Be Perfect Every Day. This Philosophy Is A Year-round Common-sense Approa...

Castigated in his time for breaching such American conversational taboos as religion, sex, censorship, and racism, Lenny Bruce proved to be a pioneer in exp...

"A revelation."--Marc Weingarten, Washington Post Acclaimed film director Billy Wilder's early writings--brilliantly translated into English for the first...

A complete examination of the pointe technique and pointe shoes is provided in this guide. Dancers tired of their pointe shoes wearing out too quickly benef...