Theater Instructional Books

A Performer Prepares is a 13-part master class on how to perform on any stage from bleak rehearsal room to the Palace Theatre. The class covers the basic Broadway song numbers, ...  more info

A Performer Prepares is a 13-part master class on how to perform on any stage from bleak rehearsal room to the Palace Theatre. The class covers the basic Broadway song numbers, ...  more info

This practical reference manual, with its precise, authentic instructions on how to speak in more than 100 dialects, has established itself as the most useful and comprehensive ...  more info

An exploration into the mysteries of creativity in life and art. Powerfully written of life, families, fathers, mothers, sons, of the price of talent and the burden of fame.  more info

Based on his own experience and the teachings of his celebrated but distant father, Lee, John Strasberg defines the talent of becoming real in a role. He surveys the traditional ...  more info

The art of acting in Restoration Conedy, the buoyant, often bowdy romps which celebrated the reopening of the English theatres after Cromwell's dour reign, is the subject ...  more info

While television commercials often elicit groans from the viewer, they mean work for actors and can be the bread-and-butter backbone of an actor's career, providing a safety ...  more info

Fascinating anedcotes about Adler's wit and style make this book an entertainment to read... - Choice Rotté's account creates a vivid portrait of Adler as a consummate teacher ...  more info

In this book adapted from a television master class, actress Janet Suzman has crafted a superbly concise and clearly written account of how to develop fully realized characters ...  more info

A life in the movies has been an American dream for a century. Many people dream of becoming Hollywood professionals, but either aim too high (by trying to produce their ...  more info

Includes Lillian Gish, Gregory Peck, Jose Ferrer, Sterling Hayden, Danny Kaye, Paul Winfield, Stacy Keach, Jessica Tandy, among others. Mr. Brown's volume is one of the finest ...  more info

A guide for actors, and everyone else, to getting the best for less and surviving, thriving and living the good life in the Big Apple. Here is the ultimate guidebook for ...  more info

Filmed on a shoestring budget after hours at a convenience store, Clerks was crude, realistic and, above all, hilarious. The movie's nationwide success helped launch the ...  more info

A hip compendium of cinema savvy ... perhaps the most practical battle manual available to the young filmmaker. -Newsweek.  more info

Breathing, Movement, Exploration is a groundbreaking approach to how to use your body. Barbara Sellers-Young combines body mechanics and eastern and western philosophy to ...  more info

Ginger Howard Friedman is one of the most innovative and important teachers of our time.--Jerry Orbach You got the audition. Now how do you get the part? What can you do ...  more info

In Casting Directors' Secrets, casting directors from New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, and Vancouver offer insight in their own words into the do's and don'ts of the audition ...  more info

A companion guide to one of the bestselling Limelight Edition titles, this book by Asaf Messerer, a founder of what has become known as the Bolshoi School, is one of the ...  more info

For over 20 years, Moni Yakim has taught his unique blend of physical training and emotional exploration to a generation of American actors that include Meryl Streep, Sigourney ...  more info

Every actor and director who enters the orbit of Marowitz's major work will find himself challenged to a deeper understanding of his art and propelled into further realms ...  more info