Performing Arts Books

The police drama has been one of the longest running and most popular genres i... The police drama has been one of the longest running and most popular genres in American television. In TV Cops Jonathan Nichols-Pethick argues that perhaps more than any other genre the police series in all its manifestations-from Hill Street Blues... more

A useful practical handbook for local community groups youth theatres amateur ... A useful practical handbook for local community groups youth theatres amateur players universities and colleges students of Community Theatre/Theatre Studies and others wanting to stage a successful community play. Drawing on a wealth of personal... more

Bill Carter executive producer of CNN s docuseries The Story of Late Night and... Bill Carter executive producer of CNN s docuseries The Story of Late Night and host of the Behind the Desk: Story of Late Night podcast details the chaotic transition of The Tonight Show from host Jay Leno to Conan O Brien--and back again. In 2010... more

This study examines the major works of contemporary American television and fi... This study examines the major works of contemporary American television and film screenwriter Joss Whedon. The authors argue that these works are part of an existentialist tradition that stretches back from the French atheistic existentialist... more

This book argues that local performance events offer a way to read the world a... This book argues that local performance events offer a way to read the world and an opportunity to remake that world helping to foster a global political consciousness. Surveying a wide array of theatre dance performance and visual art as well as... more

Few individuals have positioned their work more controversially or consequentl... Few individuals have positioned their work more controversially or consequently than Richard Schechner within the pivotal debates that define Performance Studies. The Rise of Performance Studies is the first collection of essays to critically... more

Theatre Sound includes a brief history of the use of sound in the theatre disc... Theatre Sound includes a brief history of the use of sound in the theatre discussions of musicals sound effects and the recording studio and even an introduction to the physics and math of sound design. A bibliography and online reference section... more

This clear lively introduction to documentary covers its history cultural cont... This clear lively introduction to documentary covers its history cultural context and development and the approaches methods and functions inherent to non-fiction filmmaking. more

With its sharp focus on stardom during the 1920s Idols of Modernity reveals st... With its sharp focus on stardom during the 1920s Idols of Modernity reveals strong connections and dissonances in matters of storytelling and performance that can be traced both backward and forward across Europe Asia and the United States from the... more

The post-classic era of American gangster films began in 1967 with the release... The post-classic era of American gangster films began in 1967 with the release of Bonnie and Clyde achieving a milestone five years later with the popular and highly influential The Godfather. This historical study explores the structure myths and... more

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Drew Campbell stage technician designer film lighting technician videographer ... Drew Campbell stage technician designer film lighting technician videographer editor director and teacher and the award-winning author of Technical Theater for Nontechnical People offers technical expertise that will be of use to anyone working... more

Keith Johnstone s involvement with the theatre began when George Devine and To... Keith Johnstone s involvement with the theatre began when George Devine and Tony Richardson artistic directors of the Royal Court Theatre commissioned a play from him. This was in 1956. A few years later he was himself Associate Artistic Director... more

Now a two-time Academy Award winner for best director twice winner of the Dire... Now a two-time Academy Award winner for best director twice winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for best director and recipient of countless other critics prizes and nominations in multiple capacities Clint Eastwood stands alongside... more

Founder of the Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) and the Philadelphia Sc... Founder of the Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) and the Philadelphia School of Dance Arts Joan Myers Brown s personal and professional histories reflect both the hardships and the accomplishments of African Americans in the artistic and... more

Nikita Mikhalkov s film about the Stalin period has received wide attention in... Nikita Mikhalkov s film about the Stalin period has received wide attention inside and outside Russia being shown at Cannes winning an Oscar and reaching cinemas worldwide. Mikhalkov is a fine and controversial director and this KINOfile is a... more

Science Fiction explores the genre from 1895 to the present day drawing on exa... Science Fiction explores the genre from 1895 to the present day drawing on examples from over forty countries. It raises questions about the relationship between science fiction science and technology and examines the interrelationships between... more

On the hit A&E series Paranormal State Ryan Buell and his team of investigator... On the hit A&E series Paranormal State Ryan Buell and his team of investigators delve deep into the mysterious world of ghosts demonic disturbances and sixth-sense sightings that shadows our everyday reality. Now in this official companion book to... more

This revised and updated edition covers the history of avant-garde film and vi... This revised and updated edition covers the history of avant-garde film and video ranging from Cezanne and dada via Cocteau Brakhage and Le Grice to the new wave of British video artists in the 1990s. The author also reconstitutes the avante-garde... more

Examines the exchanges within and through feminist film culture to expand crit... Examines the exchanges within and through feminist film culture to expand critical horizons in film scholarship. Following in the footsteps of the filmmakers whose work it features--including Miranda July Janie Geiser Tracey Moffatt Sally Potter... more