Applause Books
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Titanic: The Complete Book of the Broadway Musical
$36.95 Read moreA full-color gallery with over 150 photos of the original Broadway production; color costume and set designs and sketches; the complete back-story of the production from concept to launch to hit music… [more below]
- Series: Applause Books
- Author: Stone, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 178
- Publish Date: February 01 2000
- ISBN10: 1557833559
- Language: English
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Superheroes!: The History of a Pop-Culture Phenomenon from Ant-Man to Zorro
$26.95 Read moreSuperheroes! is the ultimate reference book about the men and women in tights who fight for what’s right and the comic book phenomenon that conquered the world.
From their origins in stories created b
- Author: Solomon, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493064517
- Language: English
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How to Survive a Killer Musical: Agony and Ecstasy on the Road to Broadway
$29.95 Read moreWhen the young composer-lyricist Douglas Cohen first secured the musical rights to the novel No Way to Treat a Lady by William Goldman–the acclaimed author of The Princess Bride and Marathon Man–he
- Author: Cohen, Douglas J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493075748
- Language: English
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A Disturbance in the Force: How and Why the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened
$24.95 Read moreBea Arthur as the owner of the Mos Eisley Cantina. Long scenes entirely of Wookies bleating at each other, without subtitles. Harvey Korman, in drag, as a four-armed Space Julia Child. Six minutes of
- Author: Kozak, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1493075276
- Language: English
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Theatre Kids: A True Tale of Off-Off Broadway
$27.95 Read moreFriendship. Grief. Jazz hands.
In 2004, in a small, windowless theater in then-desolate Williamsburg, Brooklyn, an eccentric family of broke art-school survivors staged an experimental, four-hour adapt
- Author: DeVore, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 1493077767
- Language: English
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Around the World in 21 Plays: Theatre for Young Audiences
$37.48 Add to cartTHEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES AROUND THE WORLD IN 21 PLAYS
- Series: Applause Books
- Author: Swortzell, Lowell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 708
- Publish Date: February 01 2000
- ISBN10: 1557833702
- Language: English
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Shemp!: The Biography of the Three Stooges’ Shemp Howard, the Face of Film Comedy
$32.95 Read moreThe definitive biography of the great Shemp Howard, an original member of the Three Stooges, and one of Hollywood’s most influential actors that Library Journal calls “a complete portrait of a talente
- Author: Kearns, Burt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1493074210
- Language: English
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Zeppo: The Reluctant Marx Brother
$34.95 Add to cart“Marx Brothers authority Bader has done a remarkable job successfully uncovering the story of the unknown brother, revealing a genuinely complex character. This book is revelatory not just about Zeppo
- Author: Bader, Robert S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1493087967
- Language: English
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Starring Joan Crawford: The Films, the Fantasy, and the Modern Relevance of a Silver Screen Icon
$45.00 Read moreJoan Crawford: the name has an enduring fascination. Forty-five years after her death, Crawford remains a familiar icon in pop culture and the entertainment world. Certainly the camp bathos of Mommie
- Author: Bernstein, Samuel Garza
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1493074458
- Language: English
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Bruce Willis: Celebrating the Cinematic Legacy of an Unbreakable Hollywood Icon
$32.95 Read moreOn a nondescript Wednesday morning in the waning days of March 2023, one of the biggest movie stars on the planet called it quits. No press conference had been organized, the Hollywood trades received
- Author: O’Connell, Sean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1493076337
- Language: English
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The Crow: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Classic Film
$27.95 Read moreLong-anticipated remake of The Crow to hit theaters Fall, 2024 from director Rupert Sanders starring Bill Skarsg?rd
“You won’t find a more comprehensive, step-by-step account… a cult classic that co
- Author: Baiss, Bridget
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1493074113
- Language: English
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Oklahoma!: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical
$16.99 Read moreRodgers & Hammerstein’s first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative, having set the standards and established the rules of musical theatre still being followed today. Set in a Wes… [more below]
- Series: Applause Libretto Library
- Author: Hammerstein, Oscar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: April 25 2010
- ISBN10: 1423490568
- Language: English
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Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales: Selected Writings of Groucho MarxþAn
$29.98 Add to cartGROUCHO MARX AND OTHER SHORT STORIES AND TALL TALES: THE SELECTED WRITINGS OF GROUCHO M
- Series: Applause Books
- Author: Bader, Robert S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: October 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1557837910
- Language: English
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Small Explosions: Bold and Combustible New Monologues for All Ages and Genders
$22.43 Add to cartOver ninety searing new monologues from acclaimed playwright Adam Szymkowicz, traversing the extremes of heartbreak and joy across a range of moods and voices
- Author: Szymkowicz, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493071378
- Language: English
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Dimes Square and Other Plays
$34.43 Add to cartThis collection contains the plays Dimes Square, Quartet, Berlin Story, and Minotaur by dramatist Matthew Gasda, following his meteoric rise in New York’s downtown scene.
- Author: Gasda, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: May 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1493075713
- Language: English
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Creating a Character: A Physical Approach to Acting
$37.48 Add to cart- Series: Applause Books
- Author: Yakim, Moni
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: May 01 2000
- ISBN10: 1557831610
- Language: English
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Broadway Decoded: Musical Theatre’s Forgotten References
$41.93 Add to cartA lively guide to fifty popular musicals from the comedy classics of the 1930s and 1940s to the frequently-produced darlings of modern theater.
- Author: Hischak, Thomas S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493074326
- Language: English
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There’s a Body in the Window Seat!: The History of Arsenic and Old Lace
$29.93 Add to cartThere’s a Body in the Window Seat! is a detailed history of one of the most beloved American murder-mysteries and comedies, Arsenic and Old Lace.
- Author: Dennis, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1493067850
- Language: English
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The SNL Companion: An Unofficial Guide to the Seasons, Sketches, and Stars of Saturday Night Live
$55.43 Add to cart“This is a comprehensive ticket to learning more about every aspect of the late-night comedy staple and its storied history.” – Library Journal
Television history was made on October 11, 1975, when a- Author: Tropiano, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 648
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1493072609
- Language: English
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The Documentarian: The Way to a Successful and Creative Professional Life in the Documentary Business
$43.43 Add to cartIn this complete guide to making documentaries, readers will find a primer that Library Journal notes “abundantly supplies suggestions for those in the business” and says “casual readers will savor st
- Author: Nygard, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 318
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1493086227
- Language: English
