Performing Arts

Through its traveling events and enormously popular series on PBS, Antiques Roadshow has taught us to look for hidden treasures in our attics--perhaps to f...

New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics provides a comprehensive lexicon of semiotic concepts, defining over 500 critical terms. The authors address key aspects ...

"Just when you think there aren't anymore books to write about filmmaking, here comes D.B. Gilles' The Portable Film School: a wonderful on-paper process ...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Like Fire & Fury, the gossipy real-life soap opera behind a serious show. When Barbara ...

“An extraordinary accomplishment. . . . A remarkable book that will be of great value to people who feel isolated, alienated and overwhelmed by the circu...

Empire of Dreams is the first definitive look at all of the science fiction, fantasy, and horror films directed by Steven Spielberg, one of the most popul...

This compilation showcases the most famous murders, suicides, unexplained deaths, scandalous romances, illegitimate children, cover-ups, and more. Starting ...

From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date--a brutally honest, surprisingly poignan...

The Definitive Biography Of Sir Ian Mckellen From An Acclaimed Biographer In 2001, Ian Mckellen Put On The Robe And Pointed Hat Of A Wizard Named Gandalf An...

Dick Van Dyke, indisputably one of the greats of the golden age of television, is admired and beloved by audiences the world over for his beaming smile, his...

Television Entertainment Rules Supreme, One Of The World's Most Important Disseminators Of Information, Ideas, And Amusement. More Than A Parade Of Little F...

The first book in twenty-five years from Jerry Seinfeld features his best work across five decades in comedy. Since his first performance at the legendary N...

Can’t get enough of The Crown? In this must-have exploration of the history behind seasons 2 and 3 of Peter Morgan’s Emmy-winning Netflix drama, the sh...

Decades ahead of the amusing but distorting buffoonery of Blackadder Goes Forth, this complete edition of the Wipers Times, the famed trench newspaper of th...

The definitive biography of the creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, and A Clockwork Orange, presenting the most in-depth portrait yet of the grou...

An eminent film historian illuminates the stars of silent film. Salon - Steve Vineberg The heyday of silent movies began in 1915, when D.W. Griffith rele...

Product Description New York Times bestseller An unprecedented behind-the-scenes view into the life of Anthony Bourdain from the people who knew him be...

The Oprah Winfrey Show came to an end on May 25, 2011, after 25 years on television. Arguably the most influential television personality of all time, Ms. ...

Moss Hart's Act One, which Lincoln Center Theater presented in 2014 as a play written and directed by James Lapine, is one of the great American memoirs, a ...

Corpus Delecti is an unprecedented event in the history of Latino performance art. Assembled and edited by one of the foremost practitioners and theorists ...

A beautifully illustrated look at the art, design and making of DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming movie Boss Baby, a family film about a young boy and his f...

Did you know it rains diamonds on the planet Uranus? Did you know mosquitoes don’t just bite you and suck your blood, they urinate on you before flying of...

Sukeroku: Flower Of Edo.--saint Narukami And The God Fudō.--chronicle Of The Battle Of Ichinotani.--love Letter From The Licensed Quarter.--the Scarlet Pri...

Since the first screening of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in 2001, New Zealand has become the embodiment of "Middle-earth" to millions...

Lost in Space was the first prime time weekly television series to take viewers into outer space’s strange new alien worlds – something the networks bel...

Captain America: the First Avenger was Marvel Studios' breakout smash hit fi lm of 2011. Now, relive all the shield-slinging excitement with the film's offi...

Lisa Stein Haven. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Ipswich, Ma Available Via World Wide Web.Categories: Humor & E...

Ideal choice for fans of the LEGO movie who want to try stop-motion animation in their own movies Provides practical tips on how to film using stop-motion...

Biography -- Judy Garland's Book Of Poems -- Films Of Judy Garland -- Records Of Judy Garland -- Television Appearances -- Radio Appearances -- The Main Con...

Roger Lewis, in his no-holds-barred biography, exposes a Peter Sellers the world little knows. Recognized as the greatest British comic since Charlie Chapli...

Lion of Hollywood is the definitive biography of Louis B. Mayer, the chief of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer—MGM—the biggest and most successful film studio of Ho...

Discover songwriting techniques from the hit makers! Unlock the secrets of hit songs, examining them, and learning why they succeed. Fine-tune your craft an...

Hollywood Blockbusters : Historical Dimensions / Steve Neale -- Following The Money In America's Sunniest Company Town : Some Notes On The Political Economy...

One of the most alluring, enigmatic, and simply irresistible movie icons of all time, Rudolph Valentino continues to inspire generation after generation of ...