| | Deal of the Week | | | |  | | | FAIRLY TOLD TALES | | | By: M. Soetaert, M. Soetaert | | | For years parents have tucked their children into bed with tales of Brothers Grimm and fables from Aesop. No wonder so many kids wake up screaming from nightmares. Seriously, what was wrong with those guys? Witches eating children, rotten parents making deals with old crones, monsters and worse! It's about... read more | | | | 25% OFF | | | Regular Price: $12.95 | | | Sale Price: $9.71 | |  | |
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 | | New Books | | | | |  | | | 100 LESSONS IN CLASSICAL BALLET | | | By: Vera S. Kostrovitskaya | | | The complete 8-year curriculum of Leningrad's famed Vaganova Choreographic School, which trained Nureyev, Baryshnikov, and Makarova, including over 100 photographs. A volume which no teacher, scholar, or student of the dance can afford to miss. “A serious, indeed indispensable, textbook.” –Clive Barnes |
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| | | | |  | | | 13 BY SHANLEY | | | By: John Patrick Shanley | | | Thirteen plays by the Oscar-winning author of Moonstruck. Includes: “The Big Funk,” “Savage in Limbo,” “Danny & The Deep Blue Sea,” “Welcome to the Moon,” “The Red Coat,” “Down & Out,” “Let Us Go Out Into the Starry Night,” “Out West,” “A Lonely Impulse of Delight,” “Women of Manhattan,” “The Dreamer Examines His Pillow,”... read more |
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| | | | |  | | | ACTION! | | | By: Sandra Gordon | | | A life in the movies has been an American dream for a century. Many people dream of becoming Hollywood professionals, but either aim too high (by trying to produce their own feature film) or too low (by hanging around restaurants frequented by movie stars) and end up frustrated. Wouldn't it be great if someone who knew what to do,... read more |
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| | | | |  | | | THE ACTOR AND THE CAMERA | | | By: Dennis Lawson, Foreword by Ewan McGregor | | | Drawing on his lifetime career in front of the camera (and sometimes behind it), Denis Lawson offers a wonderfully accessible introduction to acting for film and TV. For the young actor hoping to break into the industry – whether in a drama series, soap or sitcom – this book is the ultimate insider's guide.
The author takes us on a... read more |
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| | | | |  | | | ANYONE CAN PRODUCE PLAYS WITH KIDS | | | By: L.E. McCullough | | | Anyone Can Produce Plays with Kids gives you absolute basics required to stage your own plays at home, in school, and in your community for parents and teachers who have little or no drama training.
Parts One through Seven teach the how-to basics of playmaking:
organizing a company
assembling costumes and... read more |
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| | | | |  | | | BENT | | | By: Martin Sherman | | | Martin Sherman's worldwide hit play Bent took London by storm in 1979 when it was first performed by the Royal Court Theatre, with Ian McKellen as Max (a character written with the actor in mind). The play itself caused an uproar. “It educated the world,” Sherman explains. “People knew about how the Third Reich treated Jews and, to some... read more |
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| | | | | | THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT PLAYS 2014-2015 | | | By: Edited By William W. Demastes | | | For more than 70 years, The Best American Short Plays has been the standard of excellence for one-act plays in America. From its inception, it has identified cutting-edge playwrights Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, and others who have gone on to establish award-winning careers. The Best American Short Plays 2014-2015 is... read more |
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| | | | |  | | | BEST CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUES FOR KIDS AGES 7-15 | | | By: Lawrence Harbison | | | nside 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 and challenging” – which will interest child performers without offending administrators, teachers, or parents. Some are comical, some are... read more |
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| | | | |  | | | THE BEST MEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES 2015 | | | By: Lawrence Harbison | | | Here you will find a rich and varied selection of monologues for men from plays which were produced and/or published in the 2014-2015 theatrical season. Most are for younger performers (teens through 30s) but there are also some excellent pieces for older actors as well. Some are comic, some are dramatic. Some are short, some are long.... read more |
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| | | | |  | | | THE BEST WOMEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES 2015 | | | By: Lawrence Harbison | | | Here you will find a rich and varied selection of monologues for men from plays which were produced and/or published in the 2014-2015 theatrical season. Most are for younger performers (teens through 30s) but there are also some excellent pieces for older actors as well. Some are comic, some are dramatic. Some are short, some are long.... read more |
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