Performing Arts
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Cinema of Swords: A Popular Guide to Movies about Knights, Pirates, Barbarians, and Vikings (and Samurai and Musketeers and Gladiators a
$75.00 Add to cartA combination history, handbook, and love letter to nearly four hundred movies and television shows featuring swashbucklers
- Author: Ellsworth, Lawrence
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1493065629
- Language: English
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Inside Comedy: The Soul, Wit, and Bite of Comedy and Comedians of the Last Five Decades
$27.95 Read moreThe world of comedy and comedians of the last five decades. By the man the New York Times calls a comic institution himself, the only comedian (twenty-six years in stand-up) to have made Elie Wiesel l… [more below]
- Author: Steinberg, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0813197562
- Language: English
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The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book: The Definitive History of Television’s Most Enduring Comedy
$22.99 Add to cartThe most acclaimed comedy of TV’s golden age comes to life in The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book. The only authorized “biography” of the show, this volume — packed with rare photos and exclusive ba… [more below]
- Author: Waldron, Vince
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1569768390
- Language: English
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The Art of DreamWorks Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken
$50.00 Add to cartA new take on the legendary tale of discovery, bravery, and embracing one’s true self
Dive into DreamWorks Animation’s latest action-comedy about a family of sea monsters hiding in plain sight among- Author: Morris, Iain R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1419770209
- Language: English
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Dance Works: Stories of Creative Collaboration
$22.00 Read moreRide along with choreographer Allison Orr and her civic collaborators as they reflect on their dances together
In 2001, Allison Orr made a dance with 13 City of Austin firefighters. Over the next 20 ye
- Author: Orr, Allison
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 0819500240
- Language: English
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The Cinema of Powell and Pressburger
$48.00 Read moreMichael Powell and Emeric Pressburger were true visionaries of British cinema, creating glorious Technicolor masterpieces including A Matter of Life and Death (1946), Black Narcissus (1947) and The Re
- Author: Morris, Nathalie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1838719172
- Language: English
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American Utopia
$24.00 Read moreFrom former Talking Heads frontman and multimedia visionary David Byrne and revered bestselling author, illustrator, and artist Maira Kalman–an inspiring celebration in words and art of the connectio
- Author: Byrne, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 27 2020
- ISBN10: 1635576687
- Language: English
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13: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical
$16.99 Read more(Applause Libretto Library). One of the most frequently produced new musicals of the last decade, 13 is a rollicking musical comedy featuring a cast exclusively made up of teenagers. Thirteen 13-year-… [more below]
- Series: Applause Libretto Library
- Author: Brown, Jason Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: August 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1557837775
- Language: English
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Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home the Official Movie Special Book
$24.99 Read moreA deluxe look at the new Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man movie.
An in-depth behind-the-scenes look at Marvel Studios’ spectacular new action-packed Spider-Man movie. Includes cast interviews and production- Author: Titan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1787737187
- Language: English
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Star Trek: The Art of Neville Page: Inside the Mind of the Visionary Designer
$49.99 Read moreShowcasing his entire Star Trek career to date, this visually stunning retrospective celebrates the inventiveness of Neville Page’s designs.
During a career spanning over twenty years, visionary creat- Author: Nazzaro, Joe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1789095158
- Language: English
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The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built
$20.00 Add to cartA New York Times Bestseller
For almost a century, Americans have been losing their hearts and losing their minds in an insatiable love affair with the American musical. It often begins in childhood in- Author: Viertel, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 14 2017
- ISBN10: 0374536899
- Language: English
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All in the Family: The Show That Changed Television
$14.98 Read moreAll in the Family creator Norman Lear takes fans behind the scenes of the groundbreaking sitcom on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
The face of television was changed forever in 1971 with the pre- Author: Lear, Norman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 0789341492
- Language: English
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Becoming Nick and Nora: The Thin Man and the Films of William Powell and Myrna Loy
$29.95 Read moreAs Nick and Nora Charles in the six Thin Man movies from 1934 to 1947, the team of William Powell and Myrna Loy showed that marriage didn’t have to mean the end of the romantic comedy. From the comedi
- Author: Kozlowski, Rob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493062859
- Language: English
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Acting Naturally: The Magic in Great Performances
$30.00 Read moreFrom the celebrated film critic and author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, a fascinating look at some of the cinema’s finest actors and how they approach their craft
“Open to any page and- Author: Thomson, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 059331929X
- Language: English
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Kazuo Ohno’s World: From Without & Within
$34.95 Add to cartPhotographs and words illuminate Butoh dance.
Kazuo Ohno is one of the founders of the Japanese modern dance form, Butoh, which had a large influence on contemporary American modern and postmodern danc
- Author: Ohno, Kazuo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 343
- Publish Date: July 15 2004
- ISBN10: 0819566942
- Language: English
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The Sopranos Sessions
$22.00 Read moreIn The Sopranos Sessions, renowned television critics–and New York Times bestselling authors–Matt Zoller Seitz and Alan Sepinwall celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest television ser
- Author: Seitz, Matt Zoller
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1419742833
- Language: English
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Lost in Translation
$15.95 Add to cartSofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation (2003) brings two Americans together in Tokyo, each experiencing a personal crisis. Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), a recent graduate in philosophy, faces an uncert
- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Author: Ferriss, Suzanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1839024917
- Language: English
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Schoolhouse Rock!: The Updated Official Guide
$17.99 Read moreA revised and updated edition of the bestselling adult book, Schoolhouse Rock! The Official Guide, timed to the 50th anniversary of the premiere.
“Conjunction Junction, what’s your function?” If you d- Author: Newall, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1368077749
- Language: English
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Best Contemporary Monologues for Kids Ages 7-15
$16.99 Read moreInside these pages, aspiring young performers will find 75 challenging monologues just right for kids. All of the pieces are about subjects appropriate for production in schools – much of it “serious … [more below]
- Series: Applause Acting
- Author: Harbison, Lawrence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1495011771
- Language: English
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Frightfest Guide to Vampire Movies
$24.95 Read moreFor centuries, mankind has been chilled by tales of vampires. A fixture of literature, art, and folk tales, the vampire was a natural early choice for a movie monster at the dawn of cinema and has rem… [more below]
- Series: Frightfest Guides #6
- Author: Thompson, Nathaniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 12 2022
- ISBN10: 191305120X
- Language: English
