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22) Tune it out
Author
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Lou Montgomery's life has been centered on her mother's terrifying plan to make her a singing star, but a crisis reveals Lou's sensory processing disorder and people determined to help her address it.
23) Dixie
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Dixie the puppy plays with Emma every day after school until Emma starts memorizing her lines for the school play.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play where, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play but his life as well.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Experience the magic of a Walela live in concert. Performed and recorded at the Dallas Theater Center, Kalita Humphreys Theater, Dallas, Texas. Benefiting SNPPI's diabetes awareness projects. 12 of the most beautiful and melodic songs created by Walela. An inspirational musical journey of the Spirit. Open your heart to the marvelous and magical harmony of this very special experience. This wonderful Walela live in concert release is a must-have addition...
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Eight times a week, from 1960 to 2002, the Sullivan Street Playhouse in New York City’s Greenwich Village played midwife to a musical theater ritual that attracted theater-goers from across the globe. That show was the legendary and beloved Fantasticks, and for 42 years and 17,162 performances, a legion of performers—including future luminaries such as F. Murray Abraham, Ricardo Montalban, Elliott Gould, Liza Minnelli, Glenn Close, Richard Chamberlain...
Publisher
Illuminations Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Featuring a tour de force performance from Simon Callow, BEING SHAKESPEARE is a one-man show about the life and work of the world’s greatest playwright. Written by the renowned scholar Jonathan Bate, and taking its cue from Jacques’ famous ‘Seven Ages of Man’ speech in As You Like It, the drama traces Shakespeare’s life from his birth in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 to his burial there fifty-two years later. Weaving together this story with...
29) Fosse
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
"We see Bob Fosse's legacy everywhere--from Broadway to 'Billy Jean' to Beyonce's moves in the 'Single ladies' video. Yet in spite of Fosse's deep cultural significance, no biography has ever brought him fully to life, unveiling the man behind the bowler hat and the swaggering sex appeal. Now, ... cultural historian Sam Wasson traces Fosse's numberless reinventions of himself over a career that would spawn The Pajama game, Cabaret, Pippin, Chicago,...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Between rehearsals for the school play and managing her divided family, seventeen-year-old Megan meets aspiring playwright Owen Okita, who agrees to help her attract the attention of a cute stagehand in exchange for help writing his new script.
31) Kamishibai man
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
After many years of retirement, an old Kamishibai man--a Japanese street performer who tells stories and sells candies--decides to make his rounds once more even though such entertainment declined after the advent of television.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Because she is afraid to read an essay aloud in English class, Trisha is invited to take Mr. Wayne's drama class where she paints sets, participates in fun exercises, and memorizes every part in the play the others are rehearsing.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Any time you present yourself before others, your way of interacting with your listeners is equally as important as what you say. In 24 dynamic sessions, you’ll learn how to present yourself successfully, practice exercises to develop physical and vocal freedom, and grasp how to keep your audience’s attention. With the skills you’ll develop, you can confidently offer your best self to the world.
Author
Series
Daniel Hawthorne novels volume 4
Language
English
Description
In New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz's ingenious fourth literary whodunit following The Word is Murder, The Sentence is Death, and A Line to Kill, Horowitz becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation--and only one man can prove his innocence: his newly estranged partner in solving crime, Detective Hawthorne. "I'm sorry but the answer's no." Reluctant author, Anthony Horowitz, has had enough. He tells ex-detective Daniel Hawthorne...
Publisher
Dark Star Pictures
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Follow 90-year-old Janey as she writes and directs her latest original, socially relevant community theater production for the small town in which she lives. Battling through the current recession, the colorful troupe of faithful townspeople cope with their own struggles by telling their story on stage. Nominated for Best Documentary at the **Atlanta Film Festival** and **Newport Beach Film Festival**. "*Funny and heartwarming*” – ***San Diego...
37) The Process
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
For the very first time on film, THE PROCESS gives the audience a front row seat of world-renowned acting, directing coach, and author Larry Moss, who has coached Academy Award and Golden Globe Winners, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Hilary Swank, Chris Rock, Helen Hunt, Jim Carrey, Hailee Steinfeld, and many others. "*Moss has shaped and staged some of the best solo work in the city.*" - ***The New York Times***
Publisher
Audiovisiva
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Italiano
Description
There are many ways of framing a landscape, a face. And many more as well to tell the story of a man, his life, his passions, his character and movements, sending a message to the world. “THE HIDDEN ANGLES OF LUCHINO VISCONTI” documentary deals with the man, the great man and director Visconti was, through the eyes of his closest collaborators and the never-before-seen images of Mario Tursi’s personal photographic archive. He was the photographer...
39) Twelfth
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Maren hesitantly enters summer theater camp and finds clues of a mystery about the camp's founding, linking back to the Lavender Scare in Hollywood"--
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
FIDDLER: A MIRACLE OF MIRACLES is the first in-depth documentary film that chronicles the story of Fiddler On The Roof, exploring the unexpected richness of its themes as well as its long reach across time and cultures. *"What makes it brilliant is that it demonstrates how universal this distinctly Jewish musical has become, how it has been embraced by many cultures and how it is still influential today." - G. Allen Johnson, **San Francisco Chronicle***...
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