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Performing Arts Books
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.49 — 799,944 ratings — published 2016
Hamilton: The Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.45 — 54,763 ratings — published 2015
I’m Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,436,526 ratings — published 2022
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 8 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,051,945 ratings — published 2011
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 3.88 — 106,938 ratings — published 2007
Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,809,062 ratings — published 1590
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,833,324 ratings — published 2019
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 3.83 — 36,618 ratings — published 2015
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.19 — 74,456 ratings — published 2014
Funny Amazon Reviews (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 5 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 2.96 — 350 ratings — published 2017
Making It So (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.29 — 19,641 ratings — published 2023
All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.24 — 15,362 ratings — published 2021
Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 3.58 — 16,256 ratings — published 2022
Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.22 — 3,017 ratings — published 1978
Just Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.21 — 349,189 ratings — published 2010
The Empty Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,866 ratings — published 1968
Respect for Acting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,485 ratings — published 1973
Dance With Me (Dancing, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 3.97 — 6,045 ratings — published 2011
The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.32 — 123,985 ratings — published 2024
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.50 — 7,153 ratings — published 2023
The Woman in Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 3.83 — 569,169 ratings — published 2023
Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.13 — 26,930 ratings — published 2023
Broken Horses (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.39 — 35,858 ratings — published 2021
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,029,309 ratings — published 2017
Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 3.88 — 20,823 ratings — published 2019
Dancing in the Wings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,462 ratings — published 2000
The Princess Diarist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 3.70 — 90,893 ratings — published 2016
You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,680 ratings — published 2010
Wishful Drinking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 3.82 — 93,227 ratings — published 2008
The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.09 — 41,656 ratings — published 2003
Bring on the Empty Horses (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,383 ratings — published 1975
The Theater and Its Double (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.14 — 4,781 ratings — published 1938
Drama (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.18 — 160,846 ratings — published 2012
My Mother Was Nuts: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 3.84 — 14,188 ratings — published 2012
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,925 ratings — published 1979
Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,448 ratings — published 1994
Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics, 1954-1981, With Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines, and Anecdotes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.54 — 2,129 ratings — published 2009
Macbeth (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,014,089 ratings — published 1623
Cher: The Memoir, Part 1 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.23 — 34,797 ratings — published 2024
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.06 — 22,677 ratings — published 2024
The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,910 ratings — published 2024
Tom Lake (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 3.93 — 488,725 ratings — published 2023
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.59 — 10,052 ratings — published 2021
Symphony of Secrets (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.25 — 18,152 ratings — published 2023
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.44 — 166,594 ratings — published 2021
Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,140 ratings — published 2014
Clapton: The Autobiography (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 3.83 — 29,299 ratings — published 2007
The Movies, Mr. Griffith, And Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 4.14 — 297 ratings — published 1969
American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 3.93 — 24,935 ratings — published 2009
Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as performing-arts)
avg rating 3.60 — 13,147 ratings — published 2022
“Being solemn has almost nothing to do with being serious, but on the other hand, you can't go on being adolescent forever, unless you are in the performing arts, and anyhow most people can't tell the difference. In fact, though Americans talk a great deal about the virtue of being serious, they generally prefer people who are solemn over people who are serious. In politics, the rare candidate who is serious is easily overwhelmed by one who is solemn. This is probably because it is hard for most people to recognize seriousness, which is rare, especially in politics, but comfortable to endorse solemnity, which is as commonplace as jogging. Jogging is solemn. Poker is serious. Once you grasp that distinction, you are on your way to enlightenment.”
― So This Is Depravity and Other Observations
― So This Is Depravity and Other Observations
“I am interested in helping people to understand how to sell what it is they need to sell in a way that makes sense for both them and the investor. Over the years what I have been astounded that many artists and business people who produce theatre works consistently do not know how to go about funding their projects and moving them from one point to the other. There are many money sources around, but in many cases people who make theatre are not business minded to the point of developing the skills to mine money sources consistently. Ask yourself what is the motivation of this potential investor. Is it for financial return, is it for tax credit, is it just to help? or do they want to become a part of the entertainment business?
OK once you have discovered this then you need to think in terms of how do you present your case. This is what has come to be known in the world of investment as your “pitch deck.”
― The Guerrilla Guide To Being A Theatrical Producer
OK once you have discovered this then you need to think in terms of how do you present your case. This is what has come to be known in the world of investment as your “pitch deck.”
― The Guerrilla Guide To Being A Theatrical Producer
