Performing Arts Books


Shakespeare Alive!Shakespeare Alive!
Best Price: $2.55
As an educator, I've found this helpful, lively little book is quite a bang for your buck when...
Spring Awakening: A PlaySpring Awakening: A Play
Best Price: $6.83
I heard Franzen speak about how unfaithful the recent NY production was to Wedekind's...
Understanding Interpersonal Communication: Making Choices in Changing TimesUnderstanding Interpersonal Communication: Making Choices in Changing Times
Best Price: $92.98
All in all, this text is pretty good, just a little too PC for me.
The Moving Body: Teaching Creative TheatreThe Moving Body: Teaching Creative Theatre
Best Price: $14.02
Es un excellente libro, pero es necesario haber tomado clases de la ense?anza de Lecoq para...
Rent: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical (Applause Books)Rent: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical (Applause Books)
Best Price: $10.13
Celebrating one of the most famous Broadway musicals, "Rent: The Complete Book and Lyrics...


Theatre/Theory/Theatre: The Major Critical Texts from Aristotle and Zeami to Soyinka and HavelTheatre/Theory/Theatre: The Major Critical Texts from Aristotle and Zeami to Soyinka and Havel
Best Price: $11.99
Available for the First Time in Paperback! From Aristotle's Poetics to Vaclav Havel, the debate...
Speak with Distinction: The Classic Skinner Method to Speech on the Stage (Applause Acting Series)Speak with Distinction: The Classic Skinner Method to Speech on the Stage (Applause Acting Series)
Best Price: $22.17
This is a great book for the speech student, although I would not rely on it for vocal...
Othello (Cambridge School Shakespeare)Othello (Cambridge School Shakespeare)
Best Price: $2.38
Modern editions of a popular and trusted series. This new edition of Othello is part of the...
Communicating: A Social and Career Focus (with MyCommunicationLab) (10th Edition)Communicating: A Social and Career Focus (with MyCommunicationLab) (10th Edition)
Best Price: $83.15
The Actor Speaks: Voice and the PerformerThe Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer
Best Price: $7.98
Ms. Rodenburg is one of the most wise and trusted teachers in the theater today. Her books are...


Bat Boy: The MusicalBat Boy: The Musical
Best Price: $4.94
Great script for an exciting, fun play. Definitely worth performing. In 2007, I recorded a...
Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz, from Godspell to WickedDefying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz, from Godspell to Wicked
Best Price: $16.47
Defying Gravity takes readers into the creative world of Broadway and film composer Stephen...
Communicate! (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac )Communicate! (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac )
Best Price: $19.95
The book is good but was a requirement for speech class but I don't believe I would run out and...
A Doll's House and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)A Doll's House and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $4.80
While "Penguin Classics" are generally reliable when it comes to editions, paper-type,...
Awake in the Dark: The Best of Roger EbertAwake in the Dark: The Best of Roger Ebert
Best Price: $11.41
Nice to have a comprehensive retrospective of Ebert's work in a variety of topics and formats. I...

Great Scenes and Monologues for ActorsGreat Scenes and Monologues for Actors
Best Price: $3.98
Some of the monologues are a bit more adult. If you are buying this for student actors, pick...
Stand-Up Comedy: The BookStand-Up Comedy: The Book
Best Price: $3.99
Judy Carter does an excellent job teaching the average person to understand comedy. It is full...
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (Penguin Classics)R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $4.86
Most 20th century plays are focused on the exploration of characters, not ideas. Karel Capek's...
Actor at Work, The (10th Edition)Actor at Work, The (10th Edition)
Best Price: $74.29
For over twenty years, Robert Benedetti's highly acclaimed The Actor at Work has offered...
Stage Rigging Handbook, Third EditionStage Rigging Handbook, Third Edition
Best Price: $26.55
Let's say you're in the techincal theater business and need some answers regarding old hemp...

Death and the King's HorsemanDeath and the King's Horseman
Best Price: $4.49
Excellent book. Provocative story, well written. The Norton Critical Edition is especially...
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...
An Ideal Husband (Dover Thrift Editions)An Ideal Husband (Dover Thrift Editions)
Best Price: $1.22
This book is a great nineteenth century literature of one of mi favourites writers ever . It...
The Ingmar Bergman ArchivesThe Ingmar Bergman Archives
Best Price: $126.00
The complete works of Ingmar Bergman: an homage to one of the most esteemed film and theater...
The Taming of the Shrew (Oxford School Shakespeare)The Taming of the Shrew (Oxford School Shakespeare)
Best Price: $5.47
We had to do this book for school, and i found it quite interesting. I had trouble understanding...

Angels in America, Part Two: PerestroikaAngels in America, Part Two: Perestroika
Best Price: $2.14
I read this playbook without having seen the play, which I usual don't do, but this one just...
On the Technique of ActingOn the Technique of Acting
Best Price: $8.46
This book is a must for all actors film or stage. It helps one to evaluate your method of acting...
Improvisation StartersImprovisation Starters
Best Price: $3.86
This book has a HUGE variety of improvisation starters which not only provide a scenario, but...
Creative Filmmaking from the Inside Out: Five Keys to the Art of Making Inspired Movies and TelevisionCreative Filmmaking from the Inside Out: Five Keys to the Art of Making Inspired Movies and Television
Best Price: $16.13
I teach a seminar for teenagers in digital video. When I started designing the curriculum, it...
Spring's AwakeningSpring's Awakening
Best Price: $6.99
I bought this title after hearing all the buzz about the current Broadway musical of the same...

Teaching Beginning Ballet TechniqueTeaching Beginning Ballet Technique
Best Price: $17.48
This book is great for the beginning teacher. I liked the suggested order and combination of...
Theatre for Community Conflict and Dialogue: The Hope Is Vital Training ManualTheatre for Community Conflict and Dialogue: The Hope Is Vital Training Manual
Best Price: $13.25
I work as a Art Focus Drama teacher for K-7 students who come from various socio-economic...
Nureyev: The LifeNureyev: The Life
Best Price: $20.99
Nureyev: The Life This is a page turner of a book- not only for the unusual life of Nureyev but...
The Zoo Story and The Sandbox.The Zoo Story and The Sandbox.
Best Price: $5.00
Edward Albee's "The Zoo Story" analyzes the mind of the emotionally and physically...
Making Sense of Messages: A Critical Apprenticeship in Rhetorical CriticismMaking Sense of Messages: A Critical Apprenticeship in Rhetorical Criticism
Best Price: $58.00
Apparently, the publisher is none too willing to do a full reprint or custom publication of this...

Performance Success : Performing Your Best Under Pressure (Theatre Arts)Performance Success : Performing Your Best Under Pressure (Theatre Arts)
Best Price: $10.34
Don Greene is good at explaining how to utilize your "right brain" for performance...
Mark Kistler's Imagination Station: Learn How to Drawn in 3-D with Public Television's Favorite Drawing TeacherMark Kistler's Imagination Station: Learn How to Drawn in 3-D with Public Television's Favorite Drawing Teacher
Best Price: $5.76
While aimed at kids, this is a great place to start at any age. If you have been looking at...
Henry IV, Part II (Folger Shakespeare Library)Henry IV, Part II (Folger Shakespeare Library)
Best Price: $2.55
Surely this is not a review of the Shakespeare's play. I am not in a position to say anything...
Humana Festival 2007: The Complete Plays (Humana Festival)Humana Festival 2007: The Complete Plays (Humana Festival)
Best Price: $16.98
The Humana Festival 2007 anthology brings together all ten scripts from the 2007 Humana...
Masterpieces of the DramaMasterpieces of the Drama
Best Price: $130.51
The book that is purchased should be the one listed. I purchased this book and the seller stated...

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...
The Art of CarsThe Art of Cars
Best Price: $5.95
From John Lasseter's foreword: It also became a journey with its own reward, one we wanted to...
Stage Management (8th Edition)Stage Management (8th Edition)
Best Price: $67.29
Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics (Cultural Studies of the Americas, V. 2)Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics (Cultural Studies of the Americas, V. 2)
Best Price: $18.00
For those of us who have been starving since finishing Mercer's 'Welcome to the Jungle' or...
The Vision of Modern Dance: In the Words of Its CreatorsThe Vision of Modern Dance: In the Words of Its Creators
Best Price: $11.53
This is the moving story of the development of modern dance as told by the visionary artists who...

The Basics of Speech CommunicationThe Basics of Speech Communication
Best Price: $37.26
Having had Mr. McLean as a teacher, I was able to enjoy his book even more than if I had just...
How to be a Working Actor, 5th Edition: The Insider's Guide to Finding Jobs in Theater, Film, & Television (How to Be a Working Actor: The Insider's Guide to Finding Jobs)How to be a Working Actor, 5th Edition: The Insider's Guide to Finding Jobs in Theater, Film, & Television (How to Be a Working Actor: The Insider's Guide to Finding Jobs)
Best Price: $12.48
As a recent graduate, starting a career in New York seems intimidating, but after reading How to...
Interpersonal Communication and Human Relationships (6th Edition)Interpersonal Communication and Human Relationships (6th Edition)
Best Price: $59.00
Focusing on the role of communication in the coming together and the coming apart of...
Cat on a Hot Tin RoofCat on a Hot Tin Roof
Best Price: $4.05
Ok, so it is an American Classic. None-the-less, it is still a story about a family of mean,...
Buried ChildBuried Child
Best Price: $7.18
It's clear to see why Buried Child won the 78-79 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play borders on...

Dramatic Theory and Criticism: Greeks to GrotowskiDramatic Theory and Criticism: Greeks to Grotowski
Best Price: $480.00
Dance Composition Basics: Capturing the Choreographer's CraftDance Composition Basics: Capturing the Choreographer's Craft
Best Price: $35.10
Text instruction can go only so far in teaching how to create dances. Dance Composition Basics ...
Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces: Includes: All That Fall; Embers; Acts Without Words, I and II; MimesKrapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces: Includes: All That Fall; Embers; Acts Without Words, I and II; Mimes
Best Price: $5.98
Krapp's Last Tape Published: 1958 Premiere: 1958 By: Samuel Beckett (1906 - 1989) ...
The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a PlayThe Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play
Best Price: $8.89
The Palm at the End of the Mind is the book referenced by Harold Bloom in his great study: ...
The Ultimate Audition Book: 222 Monologues 2 Minutes and Under (Monologue Audition Series)The Ultimate Audition Book: 222 Monologues 2 Minutes and Under (Monologue Audition Series)
Best Price: $4.73
I purchased this book after purchasing Vol. 4 (222 Comedy Monologues 2 Minutes & Under)....

The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre (Oxford Illustrated Histories)The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre (Oxford Illustrated Histories)
Best Price: $15.00
This recopilation of 13 essays by 16 different writters is one of the most outstanding pieces...
Blockbuster Plots: Pure & SimpleBlockbuster Plots: Pure & Simple
Best Price: $15.95
Blockbuster Plots: Pure & Simple is my security blanket for writing novels, short stories,...
   
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