Applause Books
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Morphenomenal: How the Power Rangers Conquered the World
$24.95 Read moreWHEN IT FIRST APPEARED ON AMERICAN TELEVISION SETS IN 1993, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was like nothing else on TV. The brainchild of Israeli-American music producer Haim Saban, the show stitched to
- Author: Moore, Joshua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1493081616
- Language: English
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Women Writing Musicals: The Legacy That the History Books Left Out
$39.95 Add to cartThe first-ever book to tell the stories of over 300 inspiring women who wrote Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals that Publishers Weekly calls “an exhaustive tribute to women whose contributions to Bro
- Author: Tepper, Jennifer Ashley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1493080318
- Language: English
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Broadway: The American Musical
$49.95 Add to cartA comprehensive companion to the six-part Emmy-winning PBS documentary series, Broadway: The American Musical is the gold standard of musical theater history books, tracing the roots of the art form a
- Author: Maslon, Laurence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 520
- Publish Date: January 21 2020
- ISBN10: 1493047671
- Language: English
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The In-Between: Intimate and Candid Moments of Broadway Stars
$45.00 Add to cartIn a world of marquee names and big personalities, Jenny Anderson is a legend in her own right. As a celebrated Broadway photographer, she has worked with the most important performers in theatre and
- Author: Anderson, Jenny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1493088114
- Language: English
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Mainly on Directing: Gypsy, West Side Story and Other Musicals
$24.45 Add to cartAs a playwright, screenwriter, and director, Arthur Laurents has a unique place in the history of theater. In this moving, exhilarating, and provocative account, he presents readers with a front-row l… [more below]
- Series: Applause Books
- Author: Laurents, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: November 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1480394475
- Language: English
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I Am McLovin: How Superbad Became the Biggest Comedy Hit of Its Generation
$29.95 Read moreWhen Superbad was released on August 17th in 2007, it proved itself to be a massive success right out of the gate, especially for those in the film’s target millennial demographic.
The film wound up d… [more below]- Author: Buss, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1493079824
- Language: English
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Acting Out: How a Prison Theatre Workshop Broke Free
$27.95 Add to cartWhen Richard Hoehler first walked through the doors of a medium security prison in upstate New York, he assumed it would be a one-time thing. As a busy freelance writer, actor and teacher he had nonet
- Author: Hoehler, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1493085557
- Language: English
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Audrey Hepburn: A Life of Beautiful Uncertainty
$45.00 Add to cartThis is the definitive tribute to the glamor and character of a beloved icon, including rarely published details, photographs and stories about the lasting impact of Audrey Hepburn’s remarkable life.
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- Author: Santopietro, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1493068083
- Language: English
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Plays by American Women: 1930-1960
$29.98 Add to cartIncludes: Clare Booth’s The Women; Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes; Shirley Graham’s It’s Morning; Gertrude Stein’s The Mother of Us All; Fay Kanin’s Goodbye, My Fancy; Jane Bowles’ In the Summer H… [more below]
- Series: Applause Books
- Author: Various Authors
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 580
- Publish Date: May 01 2001
- ISBN10: 1557834466
- Language: English
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Evenings with Cary Grant: Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best
$37.48 Add to cartEVENINGS WITH CARY GRANT: RECOLLECTIONS IN HIS OWN WORDS AND BY THOSE WHO KNEW HIM BEST
- Series: Applause Books
- Author: Nelson, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 414
- Publish Date: August 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1557839239
- Language: English
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Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical
$16.99 Add to cartIn a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, swaggering, carefree carnival barker Billy Bigelow captivates and marries naive millworker Julie Jordan. Billy loses his job just as he l… [more below]
- Series: Applause Libretto Library
- Author: Rodgers, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 182
- Publish Date: December 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1495056589
- Language: English
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Running the Show: Television from the Inside
$37.43 Add to cartRunning the Show takes you inside building a show from the ground up and what a showrunner’s life looks like in Hollywood.
- Author: Melvoin, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493075292
- Language: English
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The Collected Works of Paddy Chayefsky: The Screenplays
$37.48 Add to cart- Series: Applause Books #2
- Author: Chayefsky, Paddy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: February 01 2000
- ISBN10: 1557831947
- Language: English
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] [Again]
$19.43 Add to cartThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) is not so much a play as it is a vaudeville show in which three charismatic, wildly ambitious actors attempt to present all thirty-seven of Shakesp
- Series: Applause Books
- Author: Long, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 154
- Publish Date: October 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1493077309
- Language: English
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A City Full of Hawks: On the Waterfront Seventy Years Later–Still the Great American Contender
$32.95 Add to cart“Journalist Rebello delivers a meticulous account of On the Waterfront’s bumpy path to the silver screen…. Rebello gamely traces how real-life political drama combined with rank Hollywood gamesmansh
- Author: Rebello, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1493077805
- Language: English
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Recording Broadway: A Life in Cast Albums
$45.00 Add to cart“Grammy Award-winning producer Shepard throws open the door to the recording booth in his exuberant and fine-grained debut memoir…. Broadway aficionados will find plenty to enjoy.” – Publishers Week
- Author: Shepard, Thomas Z.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 149308125X
- Language: English
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Blazing Saddles Meets Young Frankenstein: The 50th Anniversary of the Year of Mel Brooks
$29.95 Read moreAn in-depth look at the 1974 releases of Mel Brooks’s Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein that will leave cinephiles enthralled.
1974 was a busy year for Mel Brooks. Although still recovering after
- Author: Hallenbeck, Bruce G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1493078003
- Language: English
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Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean
$29.95 Read moreA fresh and long-overdue reassessment of James Dean, examining his life and legacy as a queer man.
Although he died at a heartbreakingly young age and appeared in only a handful of movies, James Dean r
- Author: Colavito, Jason
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1493085654
- Language: English
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Musical Theatre Acting
$29.93 Add to cart“Musical Theatre Acting is a practical and handy resource to supplement classes and to peruse on one’s own, even in the waiting room before an audition.” – Booklist
Musical theatre performers are akin
- Author: Mercanti, Jv
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1493077422
- Language: English
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South Pacific: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical
$16.99 Add to cartMusic by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener Winn- Series: Applause Libretto Library
- Author: Rodgers, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: October 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1480355542
- Language: English
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