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One On One hOw tO reheArse when The BesT Men’s Monologues there Is nO reheArsAl for The 21sT CenTury ACTing And The MediA edited by Joyce E. Henry, Rebecca Dunn by Alice Spivak with Robert Blumenfeld Jaroff, and Bob Shuman Limelight Editions Applause Theatre & Cinema Books Based on Spivak’s 40 years of acting, coach- Covering the best of Broadway, Off-Broad- ing, and teaching classes, this book provides way, regional, and experimental theatre a step-by-step system all actors can use for since 2000, One on One challenges actors analyzing and building a character organi- to explore the inner self, develop skill and cally. Timely advice gives tips on how to: do artistry for auditions, and deliver a knockout camera takes, interpret and follow stage di- onstage performance. These monologues rections, and prepare for auditions and work – sometimes comic, sometimes serious, and often both – tackle is- in theatre, film, commercials, soaps, sitcoms, and dramas. sues ranging from race, class, gender, relationships and romance to 00332707 ...... $19.95 coming of age, mortality, 9/11, and the Iraq war. 978-0-87910-342-2 00314751 ...... $14.95 978-1-55783-701-1 usIng the stAnIslAvsky system One On One A PrACTiCAl guide To ChArACTer The BesT WoMen’s Monologues & Period sTyles for The 21sT CenTury by Robert Blumenfeld edited by Joyce E. Henry, Rebecca Dunn Limelight Editions Jaroff, and Bob Shuman Known for his detailed approach to the Applause Theatre & Cinema Books of acting and for the authenticity of his his- A follow-up to the popular previous edition torical productions, Stanislavsky believed from the 1990s, this collection includes the that actors should immerse themselves work of over 70 playwrights, spotlighting completely in the era in which a play or film the best of Broadway, Off-Broadway, region- is set. This is a concise, clear explanation of al and experimental writings since 2000. exactly how to create a character in plays of any period, using the Stanislavsky system. 00314750 ...... $14.95 00332719 ...... $19.95 978-1-55783-700-4 978-0-87910-356-9 DuO! Accents The BesT sCenes for A MAnuAl for ACTing – TWo for The 21sT CenTury revised & exPAnded ediTion edited by Joyce E. Henry, Rebecca Dunn by Robert Blumenfeld Jaroff, and Bob Shuman Limelight Editions Foreword by Vivian Matalon This practical reference manual, with its pre- Applause Theatre & Cinema Books cise, authentic instructions on how to speak Culled from the work of over 100 playwrights in more than 100 dialects, has established and encompassing the seminal issues of our itself as the most useful and comprehensive time, this follow-up compendium is by turns guide to accents available, now increased comic and serious but always intensely hu- by a third in this revised edition. As before, man. Pieces include scenes from August: the accents range from regional U.S. and Osage County, George & Martha, Intimate Apparel, Take Me Out, British dialects to European accents that include, among others, the and Water Music. Germanic, Slavic and Romance Languages. Completing his around- 00314752 ...... $18.99 the-world journey, the author then covers the Middle East, Africa 978-1-55783-702-8 and Asia. 00332412 Book/2-CD Pack ...... $29.95 ActOrs tAlk 978-0-87910-967-7 AbOut shAkespeAre by Mary Z. Maher why Is thAt sO Funny? Limelight Editions A PrACTiCAl exPlorATion of PhysiCAl CoMedy This is a treasury of talents, tactics, and tales by John Wright from veteran performers who return often Limelight Editions to Shakespeare from careers in film and This unique exploration of the principles and television. The book features personal inter- practice of physical comedy starts with a dis- views with a stellar collection of prominent cussion of the various types of laughter that performers such as , Kenneth can be provoked by performance. It then Branagh, Stacy Keach, Derek Jacobi, and presents graduated sequences of over a hun- many more. dred games and exercises devised to dem- 00332769 ...... $18.99 onstrate and investigate the whole range of 978-0-87910-364-4 comic possibilities open to a performer. 00332710 ...... $19.95 978-0-87910-343-9

2 RefeRence & Business blumenFelD’s DIctIOnAry hOw tO stAge A plAy, OF ActIng AnD shOw mAke A FOrtune, busIness wIn A tOny, AnD becOme by Robert Blumenfeld A theAtrIcAl IcOn Limelight Editions by Charles Marowitz Do you know what a gimbal stage is, or a Limelight Editions gaffer? What is the Alexander technique? Based almost entirely on the author’s per- And what does it mean when a director sonal experiences, this concise handbook says, “Back to one!” or “Stop thinking!”? All follows a director’s journey from the cast- these terms and countless more are defined ing process to opening night. Marowitz in the remarkable Blumenfeld’s Dictionary discusses topics such as rehearsals, char- of Acting and Show Business. Blumenfeld acterization, blocking, tempo-rhythm, dra- combines his expertise from years of working in show business with maturgy, and actor-and-audience psychology, demystifying an art meticulous research to present a work that is comprehensive and form that is often dealt with only in abstract terms rather than the user-friendly. mundane, nitty-gritty nuts-and-bolts requirements of just “getting 00332746 ...... $19.99 the show on the road.” 978-0-87910-363-7 00332695 ...... $12.95 978-0-87910-322-4 the entertAInment sOurcebOOk 2009 lIttle musIcAls FOr lIttle by the Association of Theatrical theAtres Artists and Craftspeople A referenCe guide for MusiCAls ThAT Limelight Editions don’T need ChAndeliers or heliCoPTers To Now published on a biannual basis, this ref- suCCeed erence book is packed with more than 5,000 by Denny Martin Flinn company entries from across the country. Limelight Editions The Entertainment Sourcebook is an insider’s A comprehensive reference guide to guide to finding any item imaginable, be it over 150 small musicals that any theater a Civil War sabre, an animal to rent, a Greek or school can produce with limited re- fisherman’s hat, authentic Amish clothing, sources. Each entry includes writing cred- 19th-century chandeliers, or human skulls. It is useful for anyone its, synopsis, cast size, musical numbers, planning an event (even a wedding!) and indispensable for those production notes, and licensing information. who work in theatre, film, television, opera and print photography. 00332694 ...... $17.95 00332726 ...... $39.95 978-0-87910-321-7 978-0-87910-361-3 musIcAl scene stuDy the cOmmercIAl The MusiCAls of rodgers & hAMMersTein theAter InstItute guIDe compiled & edited by Tom Briggs tO prODucIng plAys Applause Theatre & Cinema Books AnD musIcAls This is the first book of its kind, featuring edited by Frederic B. Vogel and Ben Hodges 29 scenes for workshops and study from Forewords by Gerald Schoenfeld 10 R&H musicals (Oklahoma!, , and Jed Bernstein Allegro, South Pacific, The King and I, Me Applause Theatre & Cinema Books and Juliet, Flower Drum Song, The Sound The Commercial Theater Institute sponsors of Music, State Fair, and Cinderella). Each an annual intensive program in New York scene includes: an introduction about the for individuals interested in producing or show, a description of the characters in- investing in the theatre that attracts people volved in the scene, and a plot note, plus the dialogue, stage direc- from all over the world. This book features cream-of-the-crop ad- tions and piano/vocal score (excerpted from the vocal score) of the vice from this prestigious group of theatre professionals. music in the scene. 00314703 ...... $22.95 00314768 ...... $29.95 978-1-55783-652-6 978-1-55783-722-6 FrOm OptIOn tO OpenIng mAkIng musIcAls – revIseD AnD upDAteD An inforMAl inTroduCTion A guide To ProduCing PlAys off-BroAdWAy To The World of MusiCAl TheATer by Donald C. Farber by Tom Jones Limelight Editions Limelight Editions For the potential, as well as the professional, The lyricist/librettist of The Fantasticks, the producer and for writers, actors, directors, longest-running show in the history of the and investors, this book is for anyone want- American theater, takes on a new role as your ing or needing to understand the process of guide through the magical world of the stage producing Off-Broadway plays from start to musical. finish. Written in clear, nonlegal language, the guide contains detailed information on how to: option a property, raise money, obtain a theater, deal with the cast 00332532 ...... $16.95 and other personnel, the art of negotiation, and much more. 978-0-87910-095-7 00332690 ...... $14.95 978-0-87910-318-7

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4 theAtRe histoRy & cRiticism JOurneys In the nIght everythIng wAs pOssIble CreATing A neW AMeriCAn TheATre The BirTh of The MusiCAl follies WiTh CirCle in The squAre by Ted Chapin by Theodore Mann Foreword by Frank Rich Applause Theatre & Cinema Books Applause Theatre & Cinema Books Theodore Mann, who has been a major driv- In 1971, college student Ted Chapin found ing force behind the Circle in the Square himself front row center as a production as- since its inception, tells the fascinating be- sistant at the creation of Follies, and he kept hind-the-scenes story of this groundbreaking a journal of everything he saw and heard. theatre and its legendary productions and Everything Was Possible takes the reader on stars, which include , Dustin Hoff- a roller-coaster ride, from the uncertainties man, George C. Scott, , of casting to drama-filled rehearsals, from Vanessa Redgrave, , Joanne Woodward, James Earl the care and feeding of one-time movie and television stars to the Jones, Nathan Lane, and many more. pressures of a tryout to the exhilaration of opening night on 00314812 ...... $19.99 Broadway. 978-1-4234-8155-3 00314704 ...... $17.95 978-1-55783-653-3 spAlDIng grAy’s AmerIcA by William Demastes yeAr OF the kIng Preface by Richard Schechner An ACTor’s diAry And skeTChBook Limelight Editions by Antony Sher Spalding Gray’s America traces Gray’s life Limelight Editions and work from his days with the Perfor- In 1984 Antony Sher made his debut – on mance and Wooster Groups to his career homemade crutches – as the infamous Rich- as a storyteller who presented captivating ard III in the Royal Shakespeare Company monologues – including Swimming to Cam- production of the play. In his own words and bodia, Gray’s Anatomy, and Monster in a sketches, he chronicles his personal and Box – while sitting behind a desk on an oth- professional journey to this award-winning erwise bare stage. Gray’s stories make up a performance, from the moment he was of- quirky, full-color portrait of America. fered the role to opening night. 00332725 ...... $19.95 00332705 ...... $18.95 978-0-87910-360-6 978-0-87910-335-4 DeFyIng grAvIty The CreATive CAreer of sTePhen sChWArTz, Behind The MylAr CurTAin froM godsPell To WiCked by Gerard Alessandrini with Michael by Carol de Giere Portantiere Applause Theatre & Cinema Books Applause Theatre & Cinema Books Defying Gravity takes readers into the Forbidden Broadway is a no-holds- creative world of Broadway and film barred chronicle of the revue that has composer Stephen Schwartz, from writ- enthralled and delighted audiences in ing Godspell’s score at age 23 through , Los Angeles, London, and the making of the megahit Wicked. For all around the world for three decades, this first authorized biography, de Giere spoofing shows from Les Misérables to draws from 80 hours of interviews with Schwartz and over 100 inter- Wicked. It is a whimsical inside glimpse views with his colleagues, friends, and family. at the evolution of the show, with zany parodies, hilarious lyrics, and 00314791 ...... $24.95 behind-the-scenes stories – told by the creator/producer, Gerard 978-1-55783-745-5 Alessandrini. 00314789 ...... $24.99 OrIgInAl stOry by 978-1-55783-743-1 A MeMoir of BroAdWAy And by Arthur Laurents On the lIne – the creAtIOn Applause Theatre & Cinema Books OF A chOrus lIne Here is the original story of a true original, by Robert Viagas, Thommie Walsh, and the celebrated and internationally renowned Baayork Lee director, playwright and screenwriter Arthur Limelight Editions Laurents, whose works include West Side Originally published in 1990, the book has Story, Gypsy, Anastasia, The Turning Point, been updated to continue telling the origi- and The Way We Were. Laurents’ highly nal cast members’ stories. Author Robert praised memoir is a dazzling portrait of his Viagas collaborated with original cast mem- life – as he recounts the great moments, the bers Baayork Lee and multiple Tony winner trials and the joys of his incredible career. Thommie Walsh. 00314474 ...... $18.95 978-1-55783-467-6 00332706 ...... $20.00 978-0-87910-336-1

5 theAtRe histoRy & cRiticism continued the greAt AmerIcAn I’m the greAtest stAr bOOk musIcAl BroAdWAy’s ToP MusiCAl legends A MAnifesTo, MonogrAPh, And MAnuAl froM 1900 To TodAy by Denny Martin Flinn by Robert Viagas Limelight Editions Applause Theatre & Cinema Books Devoted theatergoers fondly remember Here is the first major survey of Broadway Broadway’s Golden Age – when musical musical theatre stars, telling the life sto- theatre reached its apex and creativity was ries of 40 stage luminaries from Al Jolson, infused into every time signature, witty re- Fanny Brice, and Gwen Verdon to Nathan mark, and kick-ball-change. Denny Martin Lane, Patti Lupone, and Audra McDon- Flinn analyzes the classic musicals of that ald. Author Robert Viagas describes each era, outlining the unique artistic and theatri- star’s most important stage roles as well cal qualities that elevate these great American book musicals. as the triumphant, tragic, inspiring, and cautionary tales of how they 00332728 ...... $19.95 achieved – and maintained – their status as top Broadway stars. 978-0-87910-362-0 00314773 ...... $29.99 978-1-55783-727-1 pulItzer prIze plAys: The firsT fifTy yeArs 1917-1967, reADIng the plAys OF A drAMATiC refleCTion of AMeriCAn life wenDy wAssersteIn by Paul Firestone by Jan Balakian Limelight Editions Applause Theatre & Cinema Books Insightful and inspiring analysis of the plays Playwright Wendy Wasserstein is, above that won the Pulitzer Prize during the first 50 all, a social historian. From the first waves years of its existence (1917-1967). In a series of feminism to the post-feminist genera- of accessible and straightforward essays, tion, Jan Balakian’s essays place Wendy Paul Firestone reveals how these dramas re- Wasserstein’s seven major plays, includ- flect America’s cultural values and mores, or- ing the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Heidi ganizing them by their major themes: family Chronicles, in a historical context, showing life, social protest, political heroes, the spiritual condition of man, a connection between the evolution of the and morality in a materialistic society. women’s movement in America and the conflicts within her plays. 00332724 ...... $19.95 00314771 ...... $19.99 978-0-87910-355-2 978-1-55783-725-7 the Alchemy OF theAtre OutsIDer – the DIvIne scIence John roCkWell on The ArTs, 1967-2006 essAys on TheATre And by John Rockwell The ArT of CollABorATion Limelight Editions edited by Robert Viagas “Hardly anyone writing on the arts in recent Applause Theatre & Cinema Books decades has shown Rockwell’s breadth of in- The editor of Playbill’s At This Theatre and terests and taste, nor his sheer intelligence, founding editor of the Playbill Broadway whether his subject be Philip Glass, the Sex Yearbook offers a collection of 26 essays Pistols or Mikhail Baryshnikov. This is a book on theatre by the top pros in their fields. to be savored.” – Michael Anthony, Minne- Includes contributions by playwright apolis Star-Tribune Wendy Wasserstein, songwriter Cy Cole- man, Chita Rivera, , costume designer William Ivey 00332781 ...... $19.99 Long, set designer Robin Wagner, and director and choreographer 978-0-87910-367-5 Susan Stroman. 00314748 ...... $29.95 the seAsOn 978-1-55783-698-4 A CAndid look AT BroAdWAy by William Goldman the cOllecteD wOrks Limelight Editions OF hArOlD clurmAn Playwright/novelist/screenwriter Goldman edited by Marjorie Loggia analyzes Broadway from the perspective of and Glenn Young the audiences, playwrights, critics, produc- Applause Theatre & Cinema Books ers and actors. “Very nearly perfect ... It is For six decades, Harold Clurman illumi- a loose-limbed, gossipy, insider, savvy, nuts- nated our artistic, social, and political and-bolts report on the annual search for awareness in thousands of reviews, es- the winning numbers that is now big-time says, and lectures. The Collected Works American commercial theatre.” –Christo- of Harold Clurman captures over six hun- pher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times dred of Clurman’s encounters with the 00332631 ...... $20.00 most significant events in American theatre – as well as his regular 978-0-87910-023-0 passionate embraces of dance, music, art and film. This chronologi- cal epic offers the most comprehensive view of American theatre seen through the eyes of our most extraordinary critic. 00314244 ...... $27.95 978-1-55783-264-1

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