Theatre Arts

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ACTING JEWISH: NEGOTIATING ETHNICITY ON THE AMERICAN STAGE & SCREEN

• AUTHOR: BIAL, HENRY, 1970-
• PUBLISHER: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $65.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0472099086
• ISBN-13: 9780472099085
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  ANALYZING PERFORMANCE: THEATER, DANCE, AND FILM; TRANS. BY DAVID WILLIAMS
  
• AUTHOR: PAVIS, PATRICE, 1947-
• PUBLISHER: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $24.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0472066897
• ISBN-13: 9780472066896
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  ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE PERFORMING ARTS: ARTISTRY, VIRTUOSITY, AND INTERPRETATION IN A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
  
• AUTHOR: ROYCE, ANYA PETERSON
• PUBLISHER: ALTAMIRA
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $24.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0759102244
• ISBN-13: 9780759102248
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  ART OF GOVERNANCE: BOARDS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS
  
• PUBLISHER: THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $24.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1559362596
• ISBN-13: 9781559362597
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  AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION: ESSAYS ON INCLUSION IN PERFORMANCE
  
• PUBLISHER: PRAEGER
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $76.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0313316716
• ISBN-13: 9780313316715
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  AUTO/BIOGRAPHY AND IDENTITY: WOMEN, THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE
  
• PUBLISHER: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $74.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0719063329
• ISBN-13: 9780719063329
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  BLACK THEATRE: RITUAL PERFORMANCE IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
  
• PUBLISHER: TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2002
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $29.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1566399440
• ISBN-13: 9781566399449
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  BODIES IN COMMOTION: DISABILITY & PERFORMANCE
  
• PUBLISHER: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $75.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0472098918
• ISBN-13: 9780472098910
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  BOOKING & TOUR MANAGEMENT FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
  
• AUTHOR: SHAGAN, RENA
• PUBLISHER: ALLWORTH
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2001
• CONTENT LEVEL: PROF
• $19.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1581150954
• ISBN-13: 9781581150957
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  CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN THEATER AND THE PERFORMING ARTS
  
• AUTHOR: FIELD, SHELLY
• PUBLISHER: FACTS ON FILE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1999
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $49.50 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0816037981
• ISBN-13: 9780816037988
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  CAREERS FOR THE STAGESTRUCK & OTHER DRAMATIC TYPES
  
• AUTHOR: MAURO, LUCIA
• PUBLISHER: VGM CAREER HORIZONS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $12.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0071411577
• ISBN-13: 9780071411578
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  CREATIVITY IN PERFORMANCE
  
• PUBLISHER: ABLEX
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1997
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $39.50 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1567503365
• ISBN-13: 9781567503364
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  DICTIONARY OF THE PERFORMING ARTS
  
• AUTHOR: MOORE, FRANK LEDLIE
• PUBLISHER: CONTEMPORARY BOOKS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1999
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $50.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0809230097
• ISBN-13: 9780809230099
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  DOCUMENTATION, DISAPPEARANCE AND THE REPRESENTATION OF LIVE PERFORMANCE
  
• AUTHOR: REASON, MATTHEW, 1975-
• PUBLISHER: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $80.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1403997071
• ISBN-13: 9781403997074
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  ENTERTAINMENT & SOCIETY: AUDIENCES, TRENDS, AND IMPACTS
  
• AUTHOR: SAYRE, SHAY
• PUBLISHER: SAGE PUBLICATIONS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $56.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0761925481
• ISBN-13: 9780761925484
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  ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY ECONOMICS: A GUIDE FOR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
  
• AUTHOR: VOGEL, HAROLD L. (HAROLD LESLIE), 1946-
• PUBLISHER: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $50.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0521836123
• ISBN-13: 9780521836128
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  FROM THE LOWER EAST SIDE TO HOLLYWOOD: JEWS IN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE
  
• AUTHOR: BUHLE, PAUL, 1944-
• PUBLISHER: VERSO
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $25.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1859845983
• ISBN-13: 9781859845981
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  GREY HOUSE PERFORMING ARTS DIRECTORY; 2005
  
• PUBLISHER: GREY HOUSE PUBLISHING
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $185.00 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1592370233
• ISBN-13: 9781592370238
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  HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT: THE HOLLYWOOD BLACKLISTEES IN FILM AND TELEVISION, 1950-2002
  
• AUTHOR: BUHLE, PAUL, 1944-
• PUBLISHER: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $27.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1403961441
• ISBN-13: 9781403961440
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  HISTORY OF BROOKLYN'S THREE MAJOR PERFORMING ARTS INSTITUTIONS
  
• AUTHOR: PARISI, BARBARA
• PUBLISHER: SCARECROW
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $25.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 081083765X
• ISBN-13: 9780810837652
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  IN THEIR OWN IMAGE: NEW YORK JEWS IN JAZZ AGE POPULAR CULTURE
  
• AUTHOR: MERWIN, TED, 1968-
• PUBLISHER: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $68.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0813538084
• ISBN-13: 9780813538082
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  INVITATION TO THE PARTY: BUILDING BRIDGES TO THE ARTS, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY
  
• AUTHOR: WALKER-KUHNE, DONNA
• PUBLISHER: THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $16.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1559362308
• ISBN-13: 9781559362306
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  KEY CONCEPTS IN DRAMA AND PERFORMANCE
  
• AUTHOR: PICKERING, KENNETH
• PUBLISHER: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $24.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1403934363
• ISBN-13: 9781403934369
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  LANGUAGES OF THEATRE SHAPED BY WOMEN
  
• PUBLISHER: INTELLECT
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $29.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1871516781
• ISBN-13: 9781871516784
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  LIVENESS: PERFORMANCE IN A MEDIATIZED CULTURE
  
• AUTHOR: AUSLANDER, PHILIP
• PUBLISHER: ROUTLEDGE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1999
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $115.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0415196892
• ISBN-13: 9780415196895
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  MAKING OF AMERICAN AUDIENCES: FROM STAGE TO TELEVISION, 1750-1990
  
• AUTHOR: BUTSCH, RICHARD, 1943-
• PUBLISHER: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2000
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $28.99 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0521664837
• ISBN-13: 9780521664837
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  MARKETING FOR CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS: NEW STRATEGIES FOR ATTRACTING AUDIENCES TO CLASSICAL MUSIC, DANCE, MUSEUMS, THEATRE & OPERA
  
• AUTHOR: KOLB, BONITA M
• PUBLISHER: THOMSON LEARNING
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $52.99 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1844802132
• ISBN-13: 9781844802135
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  ONLY ENTERTAINMENT
  
• AUTHOR: DYER, RICHARD, 1945-
• PUBLISHER: ROUTLEDGE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2002
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $25.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0415254973
• ISBN-13: 9780415254977
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  OPPORTUNITIES IN PERFORMING ARTS CAREERS
  
• AUTHOR: BEKKEN, BONNIE BJORGUINE, 1941-
• PUBLISHER: VGM CAREER HORIZONS NTC
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2001
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $12.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0658004719
• ISBN-13: 9780658004711
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  PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS: AN INTRODUCTORY COURSEBOOK
  
• PUBLISHER: ROUTLEDGE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2001
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $33.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0415224071
• ISBN-13: 9780415224079
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  PERFORMANCE AND EVOLUTION IN THE AGE OF DARWIN: OUT OF THE NATURAL ORDER
  
• AUTHOR: GOODALL, JANE R
• PUBLISHER: ROUTLEDGE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2002
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $34.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0415243785
• ISBN-13: 9780415243780
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  PERFORMANCE AND PLACE
  
• PUBLISHER: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $90.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1403945039
• ISBN-13: 9781403945037
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  PERFORMANCE IN AMERICA: CONTEMPORARY U.S. CULTURE AND THE PERFORMING ARTS
  
• AUTHOR: ROMAN, DAVID
• PUBLISHER: DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $84.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0822336758
• ISBN-13: 9780822336754
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  PLAYING SPACES IN EARLY WOMEN'S DRAMA
  
• AUTHOR: FINDLAY, ALISON
• PUBLISHER: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $85.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0521839564
• ISBN-13: 9780521839563
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  PROFESSING PERFORMANCE: THEATRE IN THE ACADEMY FROM PHILOLOGY TO PERFORMATIVITY
  
• AUTHOR: JACKSON, SHANNON, 1967-
• PUBLISHER: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $55.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0521651891
• ISBN-13: 9780521651899
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  PSYCHOLOGY OF ENTERTAINMENT
  
• PUBLISHER: LAWRENCE ERLBAUM
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $55.00 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0805852387
• ISBN-13: 9780805852387
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  RESUMES FOR PERFORMING ARTS CAREERS: WITH SAMPLE COVER LETTERS
  
• PUBLISHER: VGM CAREER HORIZONS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $10.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0071411623
• ISBN-13: 9780071411622
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  ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE
  
• AUTHOR: ALLAIN, PAUL
• PUBLISHER: ROUTLEDGE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $80.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0415257204
• ISBN-13: 9780415257206
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  ROUTLEDGE READER IN GENDER AND PERFORMANCE
  
• PUBLISHER: ROUTLEDGE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1998
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $46.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0415165830
• ISBN-13: 9780415165839
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  SAGE HANDBOOK OF PERFORMANCE STUDIES
  
• PUBLISHER: SAGE PUBLICATIONS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $99.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0761929312
• ISBN-13: 9780761929314
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  SPECTATOR: TALK ABOUT MOVIES AND PLAYS WITH THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THEM
  
• AUTHOR: TERKEL, STUDS, 1912-
• PUBLISHER: NEW PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1999
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $26.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1565845536
• ISBN-13: 9781565845534
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  STANDING ROOM ONLY: STRATEGIES FOR MARKETING THE PERFORMING ARTS
  
• AUTHOR: KOTLER, PHILIP
• PUBLISHER: HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1997
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $60.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0875847374
• ISBN-13: 9780875847375
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  TEACHING PERFORMANCE STUDIES
  
• PUBLISHER: SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PR
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2002
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $50.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0809324652
• ISBN-13: 9780809324651
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  THEATRE AUDIENCES: A THEORY OF PRODUCTION AND RECEPTION
  
• AUTHOR: BENNETT, SUSAN, 1955-
• PUBLISHER: ROUTLEDGE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1997
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $36.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0415157234
• ISBN-13: 9780415157230
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  TRACING THE FOOTPRINTS: DOCUMENTING THE PROCESS OF PERFORMANCE
  
• AUTHOR: FREEMAN, JOHN, 1959-
• PUBLISHER: UNIVERSITY PR OF AMERICA
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $37.00 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 076182510X
• ISBN-13: 9780761825104
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  TRANS-GLOBAL READINGS: CROSSING THEATRICAL BOUNDARIES
  
• PUBLISHER: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $24.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0719063256
• ISBN-13: 9780719063251
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  TWENTIETH CENTURY PERFORMANCE READER
  
• PUBLISHER: ROUTLEDGE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2002
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $124.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0415252865
• ISBN-13: 9780415252867
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  UNMAKING MIMESIS: ESSAYS ON FEMINISM AND THEATER
  
• AUTHOR: DIAMOND, ELIN
• PUBLISHER: ROUTLEDGE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1997
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $39.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0415012295
• ISBN-13: 9780415012294
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  WOMEN, MODERNISM, AND PERFORMANCE
  
• AUTHOR: FARFAN, PENNY
• PUBLISHER: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $80.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 0521837804
• ISBN-13: 9780521837804
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  WOMEN, THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE: NEW HISTORIES, NEW HISTORIOGRAPHIES
  
• PUBLISHER: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2000
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $24.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 0719057132
• ISBN-13: 9780719057137
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