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 &...
It is hard to believe that over 25 years have passed since A Chorus Line first electrified a New York audience. The memories of the show's birth in 1975, not to mention those of its 15-year-life and poignant death, remain incandescent – and...
Paul Sills, the master of improvisation and found of The Second City and creator of Story Theatre – and who has influenced some of theatre's most important directors, writers and actors – adapts for stage one of the classic works of...
“Mr. Noonan is quite a skillful jokesmith. He has a fine ear for language...and a sense of timing that is pretty much faultless.” - New York Times
DetailsPublisher: Applause BooksPages: 96Length: 7.75 in.Width: 5.37 in.Series: Applause...
Complete screenplay from this outrageous comedy.“Wanda defies gravity, in both senses of the word, and redefines a great comic tradition.” – Time“The meanest, most consistently hysterical film in ages ... the writing is...
Ten French farces as translated by Norman R. Shapiro, including the title play by Feydeau and: The Poor Beggar and the Fairy Godmother (Allais) • Boubouroche, or She Dupes to Conquer (Courteline) • It's All Relative (Labiche) • Mardis...
Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry GelbartIntroduction by Larry Gelbart“This brazenly retro Broadway musical, inspired by Plautus, is as timeless as comedy itself.” –Vincent Canby, The New York Times“The most urbane and...
“Throwing caution to the winds, I assert that A Little Night Music comes as close as possible to being the perfect romantic comedy musical.” –Brendan Gill, The New Yorker“Heady, civilized, sophisticated and enchanting. Good...
If there has ever been a groundbreaking edition that likewise returns the reader to the original Shakespeare text, it will be THE APPLAUSE FOLIO TEXTS. If there has ever been an accessible version of the Folio, it is this edition, set for the first...
This Applause edtiion allows the reader and student to look beyond the scholarly reading text to the more sensuous, more collaborative, more malleable performance text which emerges in conjunction with the commentary and notes. Readers and students...
A Performer Prepares is a 13-part master class on how to perform on any stage from bleak rehearsal room to the Palace Theatre. The class covers the basic Broadway song numbers, from show ballad to showstopper. With precise, logical steps and dynamic...
“There is no book about Hollywood as riveting as this documentary.” - Allan Carr, Vanity Fair There is no question that the 1954 version of A STAR IS BORN holds a special place in the pantheon of classic movies. It was director George...
Winner of Best Non-Fiction for 2002 Award from the Los Angeles Times Book Review!Samuel Fuller was one of the most prolific and independent writer-director-producers in Hollywood. His 29 tough, gritty films made from 1949 to 1989 set out to capture...
When a routine burglary in an elegant, upscale Virginia mansion goes awry, career thief Luther Whitney finds himself witness to a brutal murder involving none other than Alan Richmond, the youthful, charming, and thoroughly corrupt President of the...
An exploration into the mysteries of creativity in life and art. Powerfully written of life, families, fathers, mothers, sons, of the price of talent and the burden of fame.
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