Performing Arts
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Reel Mediation
A Dispute Resolution Journey Through Film by Helen Leah Lightstone
Some might concede that the seminal legal drama 12 Angry Men might have something to teach us about conflict resolution. Might the same be said, though, of Danny DeVito’s 1989 black comedy, The War of the Roses? What could Clint Eastwood’s 2008 ...
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Movies of the '90s
A Comprehensive Series of Reviews of the Best, Worst, and Many More Films from that Decade by Riley Webster
The 1990s was an amazing decade for movies, witnessing the release of dozens of incredible films, including The Matrix, The Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas, Fargo, Jurassic Park, and so many more. Despite this embarrassment of riches, ...
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The BoxWhatBox Book
Acting for the 21st Century by Michael Devine
What if an actor possessed the expressive tools to work across cultures? Actor, director, and playwright Michael Devine (Playing Outside the Lines: Collected Plays I) has spent years bridging cultures in both performance and training. Through an ...
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Two Weeks Strait
How to Succeed When Your Hands are Tied by Mark Clearview
I spent two weeks in a straitjacket. Set a world record at eighteen years old. Raised over $15,000. And donated the entire sum to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. But why did I strap myself into an antiquated medical restraint ...
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They Don't Pay Me To Say No
My Life in Film and Television Props by Dean Goodine
Props are integral to the success of any movie or TV show. Weapons, books, newspapers, eyeglasses, military gear, medical equipment—virtually anything that a character holds, reads, uses, or shoots on screen is provided by the props department. The ...
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On Acting ... and Life
A New Look at an Old Craft by William B. Davis
Dozens of books on acting exist, but none of them are quite like this. On Acting and Life provides both insightful acting advice and the memoir of an acclaimed actor of both stage and screen. Modelled after Stephen King’s bestseller, On Writing, the ...
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When Life Gives You Risk, Make Risk Theatre
Three Tragedies and Six Essays by Edwin Wong, Gabriel Jason Dean and Nicholas Dunn & Emily McClain
Creators, Innovators, and Theatremakers: Defy the Smallness of the Stage With the Greatness of Your Daring Wong’s first book upended tragic literary theory by arguing that risk is the dramatic fulcrum of the action. It also launched an international ...
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Playing Outside the Lines
Collected Plays 1 by Michael Devine
Playing Outside the Lines: Collected Plays 1 is a compilation of theatre plays created by intercultural theatre artist Michael Devine. Produced in different countries, Devine created each of the ten plays working as an outsider far from his own ...
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Don't F*ck Up Your No Budget Movie!
Inexpensive Filmmaking In This Content-Hungry Age by Ivan Peric
Don't F*ck Up Your No-Budget Movie! 1. Plan Backward 2. Target Audience and Marketing 3. Distribution 4. Film Festivals 5. Locations 6. Editing 7. Sound 8. Color & Vex 9. Casting 10. Crew 11. Budget & Financing 12. A Script You Can Afford 13. Shoot ...
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"Drop the Baby; put a Veil on the Broad!"
Marisa Pavan's story by Margaux Soumoy
THIS IS THE FIRST biography ever written about Italian-born French actress, dancer, singer, and producer Marisa Pavan, who acquired fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1950s and in American television in the 1960s and 1970s. Pavan is the ...
