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Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[1974]
Language
English
Description
For over two decades, the art of the interview was very nearly the sole province of Rex Reed, the Master of the Celebrity Profile. While still in his twenties Rex Reed became the widely-syndicated film critic for a succession of high-profile magazines and newspapers and from that vantage point began to interview everyone in the film and theater worlds who mattered. In People Are Crazy Here Rex Reed writes a long and intimate profile of Tennessee Williams,...
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Language
English
Description
"Every weekday for decades, a kind man named Mister Rogers stepped through a door in his TV house, spoke directly into the camera while he changed from street clothes into a cardigan and sneakers, and sang, "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood." Offering unconditional love, this soft-spoken icon was a household name for tens of millions of children, as well as their parents who grew up with this friendly neighbor themselves. Fred Rogers (1928-2003)...
3) Caraval
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
"Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with their ruthless father. Now Scarlett's father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval, the legendary, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show, are over. But this year, Scarlett's long-dreamt-of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor who she has just met, Tella whisks...
4) The world's your stage: how performing artists can make a living while still doing what they love
Author
Publisher
AMACOM, American Management Association
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
If you're like most performing artists, you're not in it for the money. Whether you're a musician, a dancer, or an actor, you've spent years mastering your craft. But to make it your career-you need to figure out how to get paid. Jobs are scarce and talent alone no longer assures success. Today's performers need to hone their entrepreneurial skills and create their own careers. Inspired by the celebrated Juilliard course, The World's Your Stage explains...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"In an American suburb in the early 1980s, students at a highly competitive performing arts high school struggle and thrive in a rarified bubble, ambitiously pursuing music, movement, Shakespeare, and, particularly, their acting classes. When within this striving "Brotherhood of the Arts," two freshmen, David and Sarah, fall headlong into love, their passion does not go unnoticed--or untoyed with--by anyone, especially not by their charismatic acting...
Author
Series
Caraval ; 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"Even though Caraval is over, the three major players all have life-changing decisions to make: Tella, Scarlett, and Legend have yet to settle into the roles that past events have placed them in, or how those events have shaped them. There are no spectators this time, but the stakes are all-or-nothing." --
7) Fox on stage
Author
Series
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1993.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Fox makes a film for Grannie, takes part in a magic show, and puts on a play.
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Language
English
Description
"In this newly revised book, Harold L. Vogel examines the business economics of the major entertainment enterprises : movies, music, television programming broadcasting, cable, casino, gambling and wagering, publishing, performing arts, sports, theme parks, and toys and games. The sixth edition differs from its predecessors by the inclusion of a new section pertaining to recent theoretical work on box office behavior, expanded coverage of deal elements...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"No art form is as instantly and continuously gratifying as film. When the house lights go down and the lion roars, we settle in to be shocked, frightened, elated, moved, and thrilled. We expect magic. While we're being exhilarated and terrified, our minds are also processing data of all sorts--visual, linguistic, auditory, spatial--to collaborate in the construction of meaning. Thomas C. Foster's Reading the Silver Screen will show movie buffs,...
Author
Series
Caraval ; 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister Scarlett from a disastrous arranged marriage. The girls should be celebrating, but Tella isn't yet free. She made a desperate bargain with a mysterious criminal, and what Tella owes him no one has ever been able to deliver: Caraval Master Legend's true name. The only chance of uncovering Legend's identity is to win Caraval, so...
12) Raising a star: the parent's guide to helping kids break into theater, film, television, or music
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
So your child wants to be a star? But what does it really take? Money? Looks? Tons of time? Not necessarily.
Nancy Carson, a children's agent who has worked in the industry for more than twenty-five years and has guided the careers of such celebrities as Britney Spears, Mischa Barton, and even a young Cynthia Nixon, dishes the facts on what it takes to break your child into the entertainment industry. The first parents' guide to getting kids into...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"What happens when musical instruments can't make the sounds we expect them to make? Is music still possible? The schools of Philadelphia were filling up with broken violins, drums, pianos, and more, making it difficult for students to learn to play. This sparked an idea for a symphony, played entirely with the broken instruments, that would raise funds to repair the instruments themselves. Musicians young and old volunteered, and their captivating...
14) Power chord
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Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourteen-year-old Ace starts a band and learns a tough lesson about plagiarism.
Author
Language
English
Description
"An oral history by the best-selling co-author of Those Guys Have All the Fun chronicles the revolutionary role of the forefront Hollywood talent agency through the stories of its influence on major film, television, sports, music and business ventures throughout the past half century." --
Author
Series
Publisher
Red Chair Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Are you interested in performing? Do you like dancing or singing? You might wonder how the stage gets set. How do the actors know where to go? So many workers behind the scene. Let's jump in and go On the Job in the Theatre."--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
"The Twentieth Century Performance Reader provides a pioneering introduction to all types of performance - dance, drama, music, opera and live art. It presents a selection of texts by over thirty practitioners, critics and theorists, which together affirm performance as a discipline in its own terms. The Twentieth Century Performance Reader features: contextual summaries and suggestions for further reading; a definitive bibliography; and an invaluable...