PERFORMING & Entertainment 2019 BOOK CATALOG Including Rowman & Littlefield and Imprints of Globe Pequot CONTENTS Performing Arts & Entertainment Catalog 2019 FILM & THEATER 1 1 Featured Titles 13 Biography 28 Reference 52 Drama 76 History & Criticism 82 General MUSIC 92 92 Featured Titles 106 Biography 124 History & Criticism 132 General 174 Order Form How to Order (Inside Back Cover) Film and Theater / FEATURED TITLES FORTHCOMING ACTION ACTION A Primer on Playing Action for Actors By Hugh O’Gorman ACTION ACTION Acting Is Action addresses one of the essential components of acting, Playing Action. The book is divided into two parts: A Primer on Playing Action for Actors “Context” and “Practice.” The Context section provides a thorough examination of the theory behind the core elements of Playing Action. The Practice section provides a step-by-step rehearsal guide for actors to integrate Playing Action into their By Hugh O’Gorman preparation process. Acting Is Action is a place to begin for actors: a foundation, a ground plan for how to get started and how to build the core of a performance. More precisely, it provides a practical guide for actors, directors, and teachers in the technique of Playing Action, and it addresses a niche void in the world of actor training by illuminating what exactly to do in the moment-to-moment act of the acting task. March, 2020 • Art/Performance • 184 pages • 6 x 9 • CQ: TK • 978-1-4950-9749-2 • $24.95 • Paper APPLAUSE NEW BOLLYWOOD FAQ All That’s Left to Know About the Greatest Film Story Never Told By Piyush Roy Bollywood FAQ provides a thrilling, entertaining, and intellectually stimulating joy ride into the vibrant, colorful, and multi- emotional universe of the world’s most prolific (over 30 000 film titles) and most-watched film industry (at 3 billion-plus ticket sales). Bollywood blockbusters are simultaneously screened in theaters and cinemas in over 100 nations from the USA to Japan, New Zealand to the Netherlands, and Peru to Pakistan. Every major Hollywood studio (Warner Bros., Fox Star, Disney, Sony Pictures, and Viacom 18) is now making or distributing Bollywood films. September, 2019 • Film/Guides & Reviews 400 pages • 80 B/W Photos • 6 x 9 • CQ: TK • 978-1-4950-8230-6 • $24.95 • Paper APPLAUSE NEW BETTIE PAGE The Lost Years: An Intimate Look at the Queen of Pinups, through her Private Letters & Never-Published Photos By Tori Rodriguez. Illustrated by Ronald Charles Brem Bettie Mae Page died during the summer of 2004, but in the several years before her death, she had carefully stored heaps of incredible family photos, the bulk of which feature Bettie as either the sole subject or part of the shot. None of these hundreds of photos has ever been published until now, and few people even know they exist. Goldie also saved approximately 29 letters from Bettie spanning the years 1949 to 2000, ranging in length from note-size to 18 full pages, which tell the unknown story of Bettie’s “lost years” following her retirement from modeling in 1957. October, 2018 • Biography & Autobiography 144 pages • 78 B/W Photos • 26 Color Photos • 8 ¾ x 11 ½ • CQ: 28 • 978-1-4930-3450-5 • $27.95 • Cloth LYONS PRESS NEW BILL DUKE My 40-Year Career on Screen and behind the Camera By Bill Duke While many film fans may not be familiar with Bill Duke’s name, they most certainly recognize his face. Dating back to the 1970s, Duke has appeared in a number of popular films, including Car Wash, American Gigolo, Commando, Predator, and X-Men: The Last Stand. Fewer still might be aware of Duke’s extraordinary accomplishments off-screen—as a talented director, producer, entrepreneur, and humanitarian. Bill Duke: My 40-Year Career on Screen and behind the Camera is the memoir of a Hollywood original. November, 2018 • Biography & Autobiography 232 pages • 21 B/W Photos • 6 ¼ x 9 ½ • CQ: 32 • 978-1-5381-0555-9 • $24.95 • Cloth ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS PERFORMING ARTS CATALOG 1 Film and Theater / FEATURED TITLES NEW BROADWAY MUSICALS Show by Show Ninth Edition By Stanley Green and Cary Ginell This updated edition of one of the bestselling and comprehensive Broadway reference books, first published in 1985, has been expanded to include many of the most important and memorable productions of American musical theater, including revivals. Arranged chronologically, beginning with musicals from just after the Civil War, each successive edition of the book has added valuable updates about trends in musical theater as well as capsule features on the most significant musicals of the day. October, 2019 • Performing Arts/Theater 544 pages • 6 x 9 • CQ: 1 • 978-1-4930-4769-7 • $27.95 • Paper APPLAUSE NEW BROADWAY The American Musical Third Edition By Laurence Maslon and Michael Kantor A comprehensive companion to the six-part Emmy-winning PBS documentary series, Broadway: The American Musical is the gold standard of musical theater history books, tracing the roots of the art form at the turn of the twentieth century through the smashing successes of the new millennium. November, 2019 • Performing Arts/Theater 512 pages • 9 ½ x 10 ¼ • CQ: 1 • 978-1-4930-4767-3 • $44.95 • Paper APPLAUSE FORTHCOMING CLIMBING REJECTION MOUNTAIN CLIMBING An Actor’s Path to Success, Stability, and Self-Esteem REJECTION By Nick Wyman. Illustrated by Michael X. Martin MOUNTAIN How do I get an agent?” “How do I get in the room where it happens?” “How do I hang on to my happiness, confidence, and An Actor’s Path to self-esteem?” The answers to these questions, and other ideas and suggestions, are all waiting inside Climbing Rejection Success, Stability, and Self-Esteem Mountain by Broadway veteran and former Equity President Nick Wyman. This is a book for everyone who loves theater and wonders how actors make a living, but it is most especially a book for those who are trying to make (or hoping to make) a life By Nick Wyman. in theater. Illustrated by Michael X. Martin April, 2020 • Acting & Auditioning 224 pages • 27 B/W Illustrations • 13 B/W Photos • 6 x 9 • CQ: 1 • 978-1-4930-5165-6 • $24.95 • Paper APPLAUSE NEW CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUES FOR A NEW THEATER Edited by Cate Cammarata The almost one hundred monologues in this collection prove that contemporary theater is alive, vibrant, and vital to our culture. The human experiences depicted in the works expose our hopes and fears, our bravado and our masks, as we live life in the first quarter of this new millennium. Divided into monologues for men and women, the selected pieces in Contemporary Monologues for a New Theater draw on the many diverse stories that weave the tapestry of our experience in this exciting new time. September, 2018 • Acting & Auditioning 216 pages • 5 ⅜ x 7 ¾ • CQ: 40 • 978-1-4950-6978-9 • $16.99 • Paper APPLAUSE 2 PERFORMING ARTS CATALOG Film and Theater / FEATURED TITLES NEW COWBOYS, CREATURES, AND CLASSICS The Story of Republic Pictures By Chris Enss and Howard Kazanjian Cowboys, Creatures and Classics: The Story of Republic Pictures is for anyone who likes B movies magic. It is the honest account of an extraordinary production house, one whose ability to turn out films quickly boded well for its transition into television production. Not only were its sets used for such shows as Leave it to Beaver and Gilligan’s Island, stock footage from Republic’s movies was used on such shows as Gunsmoke and The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. September, 2018 • Film History & Criticism 264 pages • 83 B/W Photos • 8 ¾ x 11 ¼ • CQ: 12 • 978-1-4930-3128-3 • $35.00 • Cloth LYONS PRESS NEW DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS The Fourth Musketeer By Ralph Hancock and Letitia Fairbanks. Edited by Kelley Smoot Garrett Few people have influenced Hollywood history than Douglas Fairbanks. And who better than his niece and Fairbanks family historian, Letitia, to relate that story? This updated version of the original 1953 biography has been expanded by the Fairbanks family with archival materials as well as never-before-seen photographs from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the Margaret Herrick Library. February, 2019 • Performing Arts/Film 296 pages • 125 Color Photos • 8 ¼ x 10 ¼ • CQ: 12 • 978-1-4930-3992-0 • $29.95 • Cloth LYONS PRESS NEW EASY RIDER 50 Years Looking for America By Steven Bingen Easy Rider: 50 Years of Looking for America will tell the story of Easy Rider on the fiftieth anniversary of its explosive release. Through published interviews, previously undiscovered archival materials, and new reflections by the participants, the whole story of Hollywood’s first true counterculture movie will be revealed for the first time ever. November, 2019 • Film History & Criticism 200 pages • 30 B/W Photos • 6 x 9 • CQ: 1 • 978-1-4930-4643-0 • $24.95 • Cloth LYONS PRESS NEW ELVIS THROUGH THE AGES Images from the Hollywood Photo Archive By Colin Slater and The Hollywood Photo Archive From the beginning of his career to his death as the Hollywood icon Elvis Presley sang and enchanted thousands of people. Publicity photos and behind-the-scenes shots from the Hollywood Photo Archives include scores of long been forgotten or abandoned images in neglected studio archives. This book collects 100 of the rarest of the rare, seldom previously seen images of his career. For the Elvis fans who think that they have seen it all, this book will provide a new lens on a beloved American icon. September, 2019 • Performing Arts/Film 120 pages • 108 Color Illustrations • 8 x 10 • CQ: 1 • 978-1-4930-3349-2 • $24.95 • Cloth LYONS PRESS PERFORMING ARTS CATALOG 3 Film and Theater / FEATURED TITLES FORTHCOMING ERROL FLYNN ERROL FLYNN The Illustrated Life Chronology The Illustrated Life By Robert Florczak Chronology Culled from over 11,000 images in the author’s personal collection (many rarely or never before published), from the author’s By Robert Florczak own travels around the world to photograph locations key to Flynn’s life, and with text gathered from four years research in the Warner Bros.