Theatre and Music Theatre: Most-used Books

Surveys fashion trends from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.

58 great audition pieces for women from the 1993 theatrical season.

"Explores the development of fashion from its simple and practical beginnings to the growth of the multibillion dollar global industry that it is today"--Jacket.

Written from the 15th through the late 20th century, these excerpts derive from some of the world's great dramatists, including Moliere, Mercy Warren, Oscar Wilde, Eugene O'Neill, Christopher Durang, and Harold Pinter.

Brings together the texts of Simon's plays, including Barefoot in the park, The odd couple, California suite, The sunshine boys, Brighton Beach memoirs, and Laughter on the 23rd floor.

113 classical audition pieces from around the world, including selections from "Antigone," "The Cid," "Uncle Vanya," and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."

"100 winning new audition pieces for women from the best plays of the decade" --Cover."Smith and Kraus book."

From the austerity of the post-war years to diffusion and a seventies-revival in the late nineties, from New Look extravagance to punk and protest, Deirdre Clancy captures in drawings and text the subtle changes of mood and style in dress over fifty years, with an intelligent and sympathetic assessment of such new social phenomena as the invention of the teenager and the feminist movement. Dividing the book into five-year periods, she presents a vivid cross-section of clothing and the people who wore it, from haute couture, through street fashions and formal wear; leisure wear and teenage trends, to the extremes of anti-fashion.This essential reference book will be an inspiration to fashion and theatre designers as well as to students and any general reader interested in fashion and modern dress.

"This book should be of interest to all those concerned with design and costume for the stage, the screen and television. It traces the development of costume and cutting over a period of almost ten centuries.;Margot Hamilton Hill, an illustrator and lecturer on the history of fashion, has provided 56 full-page drawings, which illustrate, in period settings, the changing trends in male and female dress from 1066 to 1930. For each of the costumes, Peter Bucknell has contributed a dressmaker's pattern, drawn to scale and supported by technical notes on making up. Peter Bucknell has also written the accompanying text including comments on the general characteristics of the costume of each period and observations on appropriate deportment for both men and women.;Notes on undergarments which played such an important part in determining the line of the costume, as well as the headdress and hairstyle, outer garments, shoes and accessories, will help to complete the effect of period style." - Amazon description

Contents: Egypt -- Mesopotamia and Asia Minor. Sumerians and Chaldeans ; Assyrians and Babylonians ; Hebrews ; Persians -- Greece -- Rome -- The Dark Ages. Celts (Gauls, Britons, Picts, Scots, Bretons, Belgae) -- Teutons or Germans: Cimbri, Teutons ; Goths ; Franks ; Saxons, Vikings, Lombards, Angles, Jutes ; Vandals and Burgundians ; Anglo-Saxons -- Byzantines -- Mohammedans (Moors) -- Huns -- The Middle Ages (800-1300 A.D.) -- The fourteenth century -- The fifteenth century -- The sixteenth century -- The seventeenth century -- The eighteenth century -- The nineteenth century, 1800-1850 -- The nineteenth century, 1850-1900 -- The twentieth century.

"3000 illustrations ... costume through the ages, covering dress, jewelry, ornament, coiffure and ... other elements"--Cover.

Each period in the history of costume has produced its own characteristic line and silhouette, derived from a cut and construction which varies considerably from age to age. Here are patterns taken from actual dresses, many of them rare museum specimens, illustrated by sketches of the dresses. There are notes on the production of women's dress, with references to early technical books and journals, together with diagrams from some of them. Numerous illustrations show the dresses as worn complete with their hairstyles, jewelry, decorations and accessories.

This volume includes 52 great audition pieces for men from the 1993 theatrical season.

"54 great audition pieces for women from the 1991 theatrical season"--Cover.

An anthology of monologues and dialogues for men and women, selected from American plays professionally produced within the past ten years.

Brings together the texts of Simon's plays, including Barefoot in the park, The odd couple, California suite, The sunshine boys, Brighton Beach memoirs, and Laughter on the 23rd floor.

The three Magrath sisters have gathered to await news of their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in a local hospital. Lenny, unmarried at thirty; Meg, back from the West Coast after a failed singing career, and Babe, out on bail after shooting her husband in the stomach, have grave troubles of their own, yet somehow manage to escape the past to seize the future.

Gathers 56 selections from new plays suitable for use as audition monologues.

The selections are presented in their authentic settings, excerpted from the original vocal scores."

Jason Robert Brown, the creator of Parade and Songs for a New World, has written a distinctive new Off-Broadway musical. The Last Five Years tells the story of a failed marriage of 20-somethings: he a successful novelist, she a struggling actress. Her story is told in reverse, his conventionally moving forward. They meet in the middle at the point of their wedding. Brown's strong writing has found a solid following among musical theatre fans. Our songbook features piano/vocal arrangements of 12 songs: Goodbye Until Tomorrow/I Could Never Rescue You * I Can Do Better Than That * If I Didn't Believe in You * Moving Too Fast * The Next Ten Minutes * Nobody Needs to Know * A Part of That * The Schmuel Song * Shiksa Goddess * Still Hurting * A Summer in Ohio * When You Come Home to Me. "Short, bittersweet and nearly perfect, Brown has come up with a winning combination of music and book."--Variety

Based on the actual case of Leo Frank, a Jewish man falsely accused of killing a 13-year-old girl in Atlanta in 1913.

"The selections are presented in their authentic settings, excerpted from the original vocal scores."

"The selections are presented in their authentic settings, excerpted from the original vocal scores."

We're very proud to present this deluxe piano/vocal folio featuring music from the movie sensation Chicago - Oscar winner for Movie of the Year! In addition to 8 pages of sizzling color photos from the film, this book differs from the Broadway Vocal Selections (00312087) by featuring three songs that have never before appeared in print ("Cell Block Tango, " "We Both Reached for the Gun, " "I Can't Do It Alone"), and the Oscar-nominated new song "I Move On" written especially for the movie by Kander and Ebb the show's original composer and lyricist. This folio also includes a history of the show on stage, and new editions of the songs "And All That Jazz, " "Roxie" and "Nowadays" transposed into lower keys (as sung in the movie) for belters, in addition to the classic numbers "Funny Honey, " "When You're Good to Mama, " "All I Care About, " "Mister Cellophane, " "Razzle Dazzle" and "Class, " for a total of 13 terrific songs in all!

Tony-winning musical based on the 1988 John Waters movie of the same title.

Our matching folio for this multiple-Tony Award-winning musical by Elton John and Tim Rice features 17 outstanding songs, and a stunning 8-page section of full-color photos from the Broadway production. Includes: Another Pyramid-- Dance of the Robe-- Easy as Life-- Enchantment Passing Through-- Every Story Is a Love Story-- Fortune Favors the Brave-- How I Know You-- I Know the Truth-- My Strongest Suit-- Not Me-- Written in the Stars-- and more.

Nominated for a whopping 10 Tony Awards and grossing more than $1 million each week, Wicked is this year's Broadway smash! A prequel to the all-American classic The Wizard of Oz, this new musical is a character study of Elphaba and Glinda, school roommates who grow up to become the Wicked Witch and the Good Witch respectively. Features a special section of colour photos from the production and a note from composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz.

"The selections are presented in their authentic settings, excerpted from the original vocal scores."