Performing Arts Books


On DirectingOn Directing
Best Price: $7.50
ON DIRECTING By Harold Clurman Clurman's On Directing has the simplicity of an introductory...
Modern Coin MagicModern Coin Magic
Best Price: $5.94
Modern Coin Magic, or the 'Bobo Book', is one of the CLASSICS of coin manipulation and deserves...
Waiting for Lefty and Other PlaysWaiting for Lefty and Other Plays
Best Price: $6.50
As a leftist, inspiring pieces of literature are not exactly few and far between - but ones this...
Drafting for the TheatreDrafting for the Theatre
Best Price: $26.55
This book does offer a lot of basics when it comes to theatrical drafting, but there are quite a...
Ballet and Modern Dance (World of Art)Ballet and Modern Dance (World of Art)
Best Price: $10.39
Susan Au's history of ballet & modern dance is intelligent and authoritative. Where other...


The SeafarerThe Seafarer
Best Price: $7.97
I bought this because the Irish brogues were sometimes a little hard to understand on-stage,...
Remediation: Understanding New MediaRemediation: Understanding New Media
Best Price: $13.85
Not well organized, arbitrary, puffed up, dense. If writing well is writing simply and clearly,...
Self-Working Table Magic: 97 Foolproof Tricks with Everyday ObjectsSelf-Working Table Magic: 97 Foolproof Tricks with Everyday Objects
Best Price: $1.98
This book is amusing but not spectacular, I would go for the street magic, Mindfreak and blaine...
Film Scheduling: Or, How Long Will It Take to Shoot Your Movie?Film Scheduling: Or, How Long Will It Take to Shoot Your Movie?
Best Price: $14.23
Clear and elaborate explanation on breakdown and scheduling. A bit short on getting the number...
An Enemy of the People (Penguin Plays)An Enemy of the People (Penguin Plays)
Best Price: $4.95
took a litttle longer than i expected but recieved evrything a ok


Invitation to Public SpeakingInvitation to Public Speaking
Best Price: $91.83
INVITATION TO PUBLIC SPEAKING, 3e, was designed to provide you with solid public speaking skills...
Coffee at Luke's: An Unauthorized Gilmore Girls Gabfest (Smart Pop series)Coffee at Luke's: An Unauthorized Gilmore Girls Gabfest (Smart Pop series)
Best Price: $10.71
This book and the other book I ordered it with took FOREVER to come!!! And of course I had to...
Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present (World of Art)Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present (World of Art)
Best Price: $11.30
This book is a very informative. Providing a comprehensive history of performance art. This...
Interpersonal Communication and Human Relationships (6th Edition)Interpersonal Communication and Human Relationships (6th Edition)
Best Price: $63.90
Focusing on the role of communication in the coming together and the coming apart of...
Interpersonal Messages: Communication and Relationship Skills (MyCommunicationLab Series)Interpersonal Messages: Communication and Relationship Skills (MyCommunicationLab Series)
Best Price: $75.24

The Great Acting Teachers and Their Methods (Career Development Book)The Great Acting Teachers and Their Methods (Career Development Book)
Best Price: $14.75
I usually don't write reviews about instruction manuals and "self-help" books, but...
Improvise.: Scene from the Inside OutImprovise.: Scene from the Inside Out
Best Price: $14.15
I read this book while I was taking an improv class, in order to help me with my scene work. If...
Top Girls: Methuen Student Edition (Open University Set Book)Top Girls: Methuen Student Edition (Open University Set Book)
Best Price: $7.93
So deep and dense with facts, theory and symbolism that I thought she broke my brain! I have...
Forensics For DummiesForensics For Dummies
Best Price: $7.68
This book is great for anyone who is interested in the forensic field, or anyone who is just...
The Playbill Broadway Yearbook: June 2007 to May 2008: Fourth Annual Edition (Playbill Broadway Yearbook)The Playbill Broadway Yearbook: June 2007 to May 2008: Fourth Annual Edition (Playbill Broadway Yearbook)
Best Price: $23.10
Many people who work on Broadway keep scrapbooks of their experiences, with photos, signed...

Machinal (Royal National Theatre)Machinal (Royal National Theatre)
Best Price: $11.03
I watched this play performed at a local college. The actors did a wonderful job bringing the...
On Method ActingOn Method Acting
Best Price: $3.26
This book has taught me how to be a method actor. Until I read this book I was strugglling with...
The Book of Shadows : The Unofficial Charmed CompanionThe Book of Shadows : The Unofficial Charmed Companion
Best Price: $7.99
This is a great book for all wiccans and those wanna be witches. GREAT READ!!
The Art and Craft of PlaywritingThe Art and Craft of Playwriting
Best Price: $8.75
This book really is great for anyone just starting out in the playwriting field and if you've...
Designing with LightDesigning with Light
Best Price: $59.59
This book offers a good review of the basics of stage lighting and design including information...

Acting in Musical TheatreActing in Musical Theatre
Best Price: $27.85
I am a first-time actor, performing in a community theatre production of Annie Get Your Gun (as...
Communication Theories in Action: An Introduction (with InfoTrac?)Communication Theories in Action: An Introduction (with InfoTrac?)
Best Price: $68.70
I adopted this book for my an advanced communication class and was delighted with the results. ...
Business and Professional Communication: Plans, Processes, and Performance (4th Edition)Business and Professional Communication: Plans, Processes, and Performance (4th Edition)
Best Price: $64.97
B> Centered around the notion that all business communication aims to influence the...
An Acrobat of the Heart: A Physical Approach to Acting Inspired by the Work of Jerzy GrotowskiAn Acrobat of the Heart: A Physical Approach to Acting Inspired by the Work of Jerzy Grotowski
Best Price: $8.80
I felt disappointed reading this book.... The ideas of the author are not fresh and his...
Take Ten: New 10-Minute PlaysTake Ten: New 10-Minute Plays
Best Price: $7.50
From a playwright perspective, while this is an interesting collection of work, it isn't the...

The Plays of Anton ChekhovThe Plays of Anton Chekhov
Best Price: $7.99
It neither surprises nor pleases me to learn that this is the current actor's standard for...
The Intimate Act Of ChoreographyThe Intimate Act Of Choreography
Best Price: $47.38
If you're taking a composition class or teaching a composition class, this book IS the thing to...
Appreciating Dance: A Guide to the World's Liveliest ArtAppreciating Dance: A Guide to the World's Liveliest Art
Best Price: $19.46
Achievable, comprehensive, well-paced. This is a small and affordable text which students...
Enjoyment of Theatre, The (7th Edition)Enjoyment of Theatre, The (7th Edition)
Best Price: $79.02
Let's face it. Most introductory textbooks are pretty much alike: a little history, a little...
Performance Studies 2E: An IntroductionPerformance Studies 2E: An Introduction
Best Price: $37.50
The item was in perfect condition and I received it in a timely fashion. I enjoy the reading,...

Magic for DummiesMagic for Dummies
Best Price: $3.10
This book has some amazing stuff! Although I am an introvert, and certainly not one to be in...
The Actor Speaks: Voice and the PerformerThe Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer
Best Price: $10.95
Ms. Rodenburg is one of the most wise and trusted teachers in the theater today. Her books are...
Media Effects Research: A Basic Overview (with InfoTrac?) (Wadsworth Series in Mass Communication and Journalism)Media Effects Research: A Basic Overview (with InfoTrac?) (Wadsworth Series in Mass Communication and Journalism)
Best Price: $64.30
This is a good book on media effects. It is easy to read and gives a good general background on...
History and Theory of Rhetoric, The (4th Edition)History and Theory of Rhetoric, The (4th Edition)
Best Price: $74.78
The History and Theory of Rhetoric offers an accessible discussion of the history of rhetorical...
The Art of Voice Acting, Third Edition: The Craft and Business of Performing for Voice-OverThe Art of Voice Acting, Third Edition: The Craft and Business of Performing for Voice-Over
Best Price: $17.87
James Alburger wrote this book some years ago. In fact, he's on his 3rd edition! And this book...

Creating Unforgettable CharactersCreating Unforgettable Characters
Best Price: $6.86
I thought this would be a great book, but it really wasn't up there in terms of being helpful....
Playing Shakespeare: An Actor's Guide (Methuen Paperback)Playing Shakespeare: An Actor's Guide (Methuen Paperback)
Best Price: $7.68
I am currently in a Production of Henry V, or was depending on when this is read, and this book...
The Articulate Voice: An Introduction to Voice and Diction (4th Edition)The Articulate Voice: An Introduction to Voice and Diction (4th Edition)
Best Price: $70.56
This book has helped increase my vocabulary and improve my diction greatly, I heartily recommend.
Tips : Ideas for ActorsTips : Ideas for Actors
Best Price: $14.41
In my opinion, this is a book every serious actor needs to have. I've been lucky enough to have...
The Playboy of the Western World and Riders to the Sea (Dover Thrift Editions)The Playboy of the Western World and Riders to the Sea (Dover Thrift Editions)
Best Price: $1.00
It is undeniable that J.M. Synge was a very important Irish playwright of the early 20th...

The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 5: Mezzo-Soprano Book/2 CDs Pack (Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology (Songbooks))The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 5: Mezzo-Soprano Book/2 CDs Pack (Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology (Songbooks))
Best Price: $26.37
More great songs for theatre singers of every description from contemporary withselections from...
Antony and Cleopatra (Folger Shakespeare Library)Antony and Cleopatra (Folger Shakespeare Library)
Best Price: $2.88
Each edition includes: ? Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the...
Bodystories: A Guide to Experiential AnatomyBodystories: A Guide to Experiential Anatomy
Best Price: $18.45
This is a very good book. It is an excellent how to guide for growing to understand your body...
DogeatersDogeaters
Best Price: $7.74
People condemned colonialism as being the exploitation of one country by another. The dominant...
Management and the Arts, Third EditionManagement and the Arts, Third Edition
Best Price: $45.30
I used this book in an introductory course to arts management. Though it can be very dry, the...

Costume Designer's Handbook: A Complete Guide for Amateur and Professional Costume DesignersCostume Designer's Handbook: A Complete Guide for Amateur and Professional Costume Designers
Best Price: $23.90
This book unfortunately was not what I wanted. However, this book is extremely detailed, and for...
A Source Book in Theatrical History: Twenty-five centuries of stage history in more than 300 basic documents and other primary materialA Source Book in Theatrical History: Twenty-five centuries of stage history in more than 300 basic documents and other primary material
Best Price: $11.85
So...what was Euripides like during rehearsal? Kind of cranky, it appears. What did they do for...
Performance: Richard AvedonPerformance: Richard Avedon
Best Price: $47.25
"We all perform. It's what we do for each other all the time, deliberately or...
Experiencing the Art of Theatre: A Concise Introduction (Wadsworth Series in Theatre)Experiencing the Art of Theatre: A Concise Introduction (Wadsworth Series in Theatre)
Best Price: $78.00
This invigorating new introductory text makes timely and relevant connections between theatre...
The Comedy of Errors (Folger Shakespeare Library)The Comedy of Errors (Folger Shakespeare Library)
Best Price: $2.75
A tale of woe, with twins seperated at birth, children lost to their parents and a man whose...

The Costume Technician's Handbook 3/eThe Costume Technician's Handbook 3/e
Best Price: $39.48
For intermediate level constume construction, but highly inspiring to the novice. Helpful for...
The Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers: A Legal Toolkit for Independent ProducersThe Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers: A Legal Toolkit for Independent Producers
Best Price: $20.89
This book helps anyone who wants to do or is doing anything in entertainment be on top of their...
A History of Film (History of Film)A History of Film (History of Film)
Best Price: $83.00
Though less formal than a typical textbook, this book practically functions as one. The reading...
The Art of Theatre: Then and NowThe Art of Theatre: Then and Now
Best Price: $71.61
This invigorating new introductory text makes timely and relevant connections between theatre...
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Secret Life of Raymond BurrHiding in Plain Sight: The Secret Life of Raymond Burr
Best Price: $15.54
One of the all time worst book I have ever read. Nothing about him as a person. I did not get to...
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