Performing Arts

Vanity Fair has, from the start, made Hollywood its stomping ground. For its readers, this star-studded book encapsulates a century of the movie mecca's gl...

The Boozy Biography of the Four Greatest Actors to Ever Walk—Or Stagger—Into a Pub. Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O’Toole, and Oliver Reed: On sc...

Introduction: The Department Of Amusement -- Nashville Contra Jaws, 1975 -- Born Again In The U.s.a., 1976-80 -- Bad Trips, 1981-82 -- I Ain't Afraid Of No ...

Film and television director Barry Sonnenfeld's outrageous and hilarious memoir traces his idiosyncratic upbringing in New York City, his breaking into fil...

Get A Handle On The World's Most Popular Saga With Quick Q&as And At-a-glance Illustrations. You'll Never Confuse A Jedi And A Jawa Again! --p.4 Of Cove...

In this fully illustrated guide to modern magic, Dynamo shows you how you can perform magic yourself. Learn how to make water freeze instantly, read your fr...

Schickel, RichardCategories: Humor & EntertainmentPerforming Arts

The Oxford Classical Texts, or Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis, are renowned for their reliability and presentation. The series consists of a ...

A Drama Set In A Medieval Village Where Three Itinerant Jewish Actors Put God On Trial To Answer For His Silence During A Pogrom Considers Post-holocaust Is...

The Actress Best Known For Her Work On Parks And Recreation And Saturday Night Live Reveals Personal Stories And Offers Her Humorous Take On Such Topics As ...

Put dullards and miscreants in their place with more than 150,000 handy mix-and-match insults in the bard's own words. This entertaining insult generator an...

"Look for me there," news legend Tim Russert would tell his son, Luke, when confirming a pickup spot at an airport, sporting event, or rock concert. After...

tangled Is The 50th Animated Feature Produced By Walt Disney Animation Studios. This Gorgeous 3-d Film Offers A Lighthearted Twist On Rapunzel, The Beloved ...

Carol Burnett spent most of her childhood in a Depression-scarred Hollywood neighborhood, where she lived in a single-room apartment with her endearingly ...

From dust jacket notes: "Flying Down to Rio, Shall We Dance?, The Band Wagon, Daddy Long Legs, Funny Face, That's Entertainment -- for seven decades, with a...

Ten Years Of Luminous Photographic Portraits Of Hollywood Celebrities Who Attended The Most Exclusive And Glamorous After-party Of The Year For The Past Dec...

Delaware Days -- Window Dressing The World -- A Glorious Garden Of Wonders -- A New Genius Rises In The Theatre -- A Small But Exquisite Talent -- A Piece O...

Documents The Actor's Career Through Behind-the-scenes Looks At All Of His Movies And Anecdotes About The Actors, Actresses, And Directors With Whom He Has ...

The English Actor Describes His Public And Private Life From His Childhood Through His Sixty-year Career. Part 1: -- How It Began -- Cradle To Choirboy -- R...

What would happen to international politics if the dead rose from the grave and started to eat the living? Daniel Drezner's groundbreaking book answers the...

The Hollywood Legend Shares The Wisdom, Stories, Insight, And Skills That Life-- And Over Six Decades As An Actor-- Has Taught Him. Coming From Humble Origi...

Two-time Peabody Award-winning writer and producer Ira Rosen reveals the intimate, untold stories of his decades at America's most iconic news show. It's ...

Originally published in 1995 to huge critical acclaim and a finalist for the NBCC Award for Nonfiction, Madeleine Blais’s In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle...

The best-selling autobiography of America’s most controversial celebrity icon, Marilyn Manson (with a bonus chapter not in the hardcover). In his twenty...

John Candy: A Life in ComedyCategories: Biographies & Memoirs Arts & LiteratureTelevision Performers

James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales's definitive oral history of Saturday Night Live, hailed as "incredible" (Vulture) and "required reading" (People). Whe...

Legendary encyclopedia for magicians contains over 150 tricks: Loop the Loop, Jamison's Severed Rope, The Tarbell Rope Mystery, The Encore Rope Trick, Eddie...

Steve Martin is one of America's treasured comedic actors, having appeared in some of the most popular movies of our time. He is also an accomplished scree...

With this book, anyone can develop a versatile repertoire of first rate card tricks. The authors, both noted authorities on magic, present complete, easy to...

Welcome To Mental Perk. Grab Yourself A Coffee, Get Comfy On The Couch And Settle In For Some Fun Friends Trivia. Inside This Book, There Are 400 Questions ...

When A Young Girl Gets Trapped In A Strange New World Of Spirits, She Must Call Upon The Courage She Never Knew She Had To Free Herself And Rescue Her Paren...

Medieval Theatre in Context is the first systematic attempt to relate the development of medieval drama – both Christian and pagan – to contemporary soc...

Timed For The Film's 30th Anniversary, The Oral History Of Disney's Hocus Pocus By Entertainment Journalist Shannon Carlin. In July 1993, Disney's Hocus Poc...

By Gary Warner. Includes Index.Categories: Humor & Entertainment Performing ArtsGeneral

he Is The Only Man I Have Ever Known Who Truly And Completely Belonged To Himself .... His Convictions About Life, Work And People Were So Strong They Wer...

Bogart paints an indelible portrait of a complex man, from the privilege and abuse he experienced in childhood to his triumphant 1935 acting breakthrough i...

At the age of 87, Mike Wallace is a legendary figure in broadcast journalism. Now, after 60 years of reporting on important events around the world, he shar...

Passion to Dance is the story of the National Ballet of Canada — the people who dreamt the company into existence, the determination needed to keep it af...

THE ESSENTIAL UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE WHEDONVERSE Joss Whedon’s importance in contemporary pop culture can hardly be overstated, but there has never b...

A detailed behind-the-scenes look at PBS Masterpiece's All Creatures Great and Small, based on James Herriott's beloved classic book series Welcome to the ...

The revised twelfth edition of Video Production: Disciplines and Techniques introduces readers to the operations underlying video production. It provides t...

In 2011, Sarah Kay performed her poem “B” at the TED conference in Long Beach, California to standing ovations. Now the video of that performance has b...

Jenna Jameson With Neil Strauss.Categories: Medical Books PsychologySexuality

This new edition builds on the book’s reputation by bringing the very latest information, insights, and advice from major writers and producers. It is a c...

Lee Lanier. A Focal Press book--Cover. Includes index.Categories: Arts & Photography Photography & VideoFilm & Video Art

Before RuPaul's Drag Race propelled the cultural phenomenon into the global spotlight, drag had been around for thousands of years. Immerse yourself in the ...

Presenting balanced coverage of skills and theory, Intercultural Competence provides readers with the knowledgeable background and necessary skills to suc...

Moviegoers know her as the housekeeper in White Christmas, the nurse in Now, Voyager, and the crotchety choir director in Sister Act. This book, filled wit...