Entertainment & Performing Arts

In an unprecedented television program last year, Woody Allen spoke to the camera for the first time about the entire range of his work, in an interview with Richard Schickel, the distinguished film critic and historian. Mr. Allen talked about how he...

The epic biography Starring Red Wing! brings the exciting career, dedicated activism, and noteworthy legacy of Ho-Chunk actress Lilian Margaret St. Cyr vividly to life. Known to film audiences as "Princess Red Wing," St. Cyr emerged as the most popular...

In the early months of 1966, a handsome, hardworking thirty-five-year-old Canadian-born actor named William Shatner was cast as Captain Kirk in Star Trek, a troubled, low-budget science-fiction television series set to premiere that fall on NBC. Star...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493059324Author Kathy GarverFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Lyons PressPublisher Lyons PressWeight(grams) 162g

The Black Horn: The Story of Classical French Hornist Robert Lee Watt tells the story of the first African American French Hornist hired by a major symphony in the United States. Today, few African Americans hold chairs in major American symphony...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987042910Author Wayne MullerFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Fourthwall BooksPublisher Fourthwall BooksWeight(grams) 1010g

A Black dancer chronicles her career as ascholar writing the stories of global hip-hop and Black culture is the story of a dancer with a long career of artistry and activism who transitioned from performing Black dance to writing it into history as a...

From her idyllic childhood in the American Midwest to her Oscar–nominated performance in Sunset Boulevard (1950) and the social circles of New York and Los Angeles, actress Nancy Olson Livingston has lived abundantly. In her memoir, A Front Row Seat,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781557830777Author Sallie BinghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 546Imprint Applause Theatre Book PublishersPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams)...

Veit Harlan (1899--1964) was one of Germany's most controversial and loathed directors. After studying with theatre and film pioneer Max Reinhardt and beginning a promising career, he became one of Joseph Goebbels's leading filmmakers under the National...

Richard Ouzounian turns his probing questions and observational skills to the world of pop culture celebrity. He knows just what buttons to push to get larger-than-life figures to reveal things about themselves.Book InformationISBN 9781552783603Author...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781468315684Author Paul Du NoyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Harry N. AbramsPublisher Harry N. AbramsWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

How do you keep going when your world is falling apart? Discover the powerful story of stand-up comic Anthony Griffith and how to navigate grief through persistence, faith, humor and love. Now available in trade paper.Just as Anthony's career in stand-up...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780813180670Author Victoria RiskinFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint The University Press of KentuckyPublisher The University Press of...

This is a completely revised and updated edition of the 1998 book "The Encyclopedia Shatnerica", an irreverent A-to-Z encyclopedia covering all aspects of the life and career of actor William Shatner. Ten years since the publication of the original...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879103026Author Alexis GreeneFormat HardbackPage Count 376Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsWeight(grams) 730g

Joy Ride throws open the stage door and introduces readers to such makers of contemporary drama as Arthur Miller, Tony Kushner, Wallace Shawn, Harold Pinter, David Rabe, David Mamet, Mike Nichols, and August Wilson. Lahr takes us to the cabin in the...

Henry Winkler, launched into prominence by his role as 'The Fonz' in the beloved TV series Happy Days, has transcended the role that made him who he is. Brilliant, funny and widely regarded as the nicest man in Hollywood (though he would be the first to...

Cindy Williams, half of the comedic duo of Laverne & Shirley, has had a wild and lively career in show business. This book is an engaging and heartfelt journey from Williams's blue collar roots to unexpected stardom-from being pranked by Jim Morrison...

Finalist, 2021 Wall Award (Formerly the Theatre Library Association Award) The untold story behind one of America’s greatest dramas In early 1957, a low-budget black-and-white movie opened across the United States. Consisting of little more than a dozen...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788189995782Author Sanjoy Kumar MallikFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Mapin Publishing Pvt.LtdPublisher Mapin Publishing Pvt.Ltd

This hardcover edition contains with over 200 full colour pages crammed with a detailed history of De Meillon's lifetime and family lineage, along with many previously unpublished works of art and documents Henry Clifford De Meillon (1800-1859) is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788417418304Author Laura SeoaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint AlmuzaraPublisher AlmuzaraWeight(grams) 440g

For many people the greatest artist, and the quintessential Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was a painter, architect, theatre designer, engineer, sculptor, anatomist, geometer, naturalist, poet and musician. His Last Supper in Milan has...

Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of ChuckBerry draws on dozens of interviews done by the author himself and voluminous public records to paint a complete picture of this complicated figure. This biography uncovers the real Berry and...

This book explores how comedian Stephen Colbert's satiric views of American life have captured the imagination of viewers around the world-and sharpened these individuals' own critical interpretations and opinions on current events. Stephen Colbert may...

This revealing look at the life and career of Howard Stern examines his role as a champion of free speech and his amazing success at bringing his own unique brand of "reality" radio to the airwaves. First Amendment rights, particularly freedom...

This book offers the only examination of the television writing of David Milch and David Simon as significant contributions to American culture, literature, and social realism. David Milch and David Simon are two of the most prolific and successful...

This incisive book provides an in-depth critical and biographical study of the artistic range of film director Gus Van Sant. Arranged chronologically, Gus Van Sant: His Own Private Cinema provides a comprehensive overview of the life and art of this...

This collection of 51 essays contains rich memories of Singapore's broadcasting pioneers based in their station atop Caldecott Hill. ON AIR captures the breadth and depth of their experiences over 82 years on the Hill; from the founding in 1936 of...

Mulatu was the first Ethiopian jazz music-maker to study abroad and thus be exposed to Western musical trends. When he returned to Addis Ababa he pursued his dream of drawing on the musical heritage of his homeland a heritage that has been buffeted by...

Manhattanites have always had a disdain for the rearview mirror. That's where trends begin, and the citizens of Gotham are concerned with the here and now rather than the then and there. Yet Manhattan's history is rich, filled with personalities who...

'I found my power when I realized it was within me, within my skin and within my soul. It just needed to be set free.' Leigh-Anne Pinnock's life changed overnight when she became part of the first ever girl band to win the X-Factor. The multi-platinum...

A behind-the-scenes story with more than a touch of theatrical magic about it, A Year with The Producers is a book for actors and theater fans everywhere.Book InformationISBN 9781138155176Author Jeffry DenmanFormat HardbackPage Count 204Imprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780913559475Author Joseph KatzFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Birch Brook PressPublisher Birch Brook PressWeight(grams) 570g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780913559581Author Rudy BondFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Birch Brook PressPublisher Birch Brook PressWeight(grams) 560g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956267948Author Malcolm CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Music Mentor BooksPublisher Music Mentor BooksWeight(grams) 568g

This now classic portrait of Douglas Fairbanks - the swashbuckling original King of Hollywood - was first published in 1940. Long out of print and hard to find, Alistair Cooke's posthumous biography was the first serious consideration of the career of...

His father was a magician; his mother trained white doves. Russ Whitebone grew up in the colourful world of the Big Top and the vaudeville stage. Showman is his story.Book InformationISBN 9780864920881Author Russ WhiteboneFormat PaperbackPage Count...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859652704Author Paul A. WoodsFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd