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Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women as I Knew Them by Frank Langella Publisher Comments Rita Hayworth dancing by candlelight in a small Mexican village; Elizabeth Taylor devouring homemade pasta and tenderly wrapping him in her pashmina scarf; streaking for Sir Laurence Olivier in a drafty English castle; terrifying a dozing Jackie Onassis;... (read more) Your price: $25.99 New - Hardcover 
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Ferber: Endna Ferber and Her Circle by Julie Gilbert Publisher Comments This enduring biography of the popular writer begins with Ferber's last years in New York City, exploring the setting in which she did all of her great writing. Diaries, copious correspondence, and the cooperation of distinguished living friends have... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Command Performance: An Actress in the Theater of Politics by Jane Alexander Publisher Comments Jane Alexander had never been involved in mainstream politics and was happily engaged in her acting career when she was asked to consider becoming head of the embattled National Endowment for the Arts in the early 1990s. When, during her first visit to... (read more) List Price $16.50 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages by Kristin Chenoweth Publisher Comments A lively, laugh-out-loud journey from Oklahoma beauty queen to show biz sensation."Lifes too short. Im not."You might know her as a Tony Award-winning Broadway star who originated the role of Galinda the Good Witch in the smash musical Wicked. Or you may... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages by Kristin Chenoweth Publisher Comments "Life's too short. I'm not." You might know her as a Tony Award-winning Broadway star, who originated the role of Galinda the Good Witch in the smash musical Wicked and won a Tony for 1999's You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Or you may recognize her from... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Ghost Light: A Memoir by Frank Rich Publisher Comments There is a superstition that if an emptied theater is ever left completely dark, a ghost will take up residence. To prevent this, a single "ghost light" is left burning at center stage after the audience and all of the actors and musicians have... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Fanny Kemble: A Performed Life by Deirdre David Publisher Comments A ForeWord magazine Book of the Year for 2007 Charismatic, highly intelligent, and splendidly talented, Fanny Kemble (1809-93) was a Victorian celebrity, known on both sides of the Atlantic as an actress and member of the famous Kemble theatrical dynasty,... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $36.95 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Letters to a Young Artist: Straight-Up Advice on Making a Life in the Arts -- For Actors, Performers, Writers, and Artists of Every Kind by Anna Deavere Smith Publisher Comments From the most exciting individual in American theater” (Newsweek), here is Anna Deavere Smiths brass tacks advice to aspiring artists of all stripes. In vividly anecdotal letters to the young BZ, she addresses the full spectrum of issues that... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Public Places: My Life in the Theater, with Peter O'Toole and Beyond by Sian Phillips Publisher Comments Siân Phillips and Peter O'Toole were one of the theater¿s most fabulous couples--a marriage perhaps rivaled only by that of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in terms of glamour, power, and public fascination. In her exceptional memoir... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Fanny Kemble: A Performed Life by Deidre David Publisher Comments A ForeWord magazine Book of the Year for 2007Charismatic, highly intelligent, and splendidly talented, Fanny Kemble (1809-93) was a Victorian celebrity, known on both sides of the Atlantic as an actress and member of the famous Kemble theatrical dynasty,... (read more) List Price $45.50 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Patti LuPone: A Memoir by Patti Lupone Publisher Comments “I have been incredibly fortunate over the course of my career to have been associated with some extraordinary dramatic and musical productions, and also some rather spectacular disasters. Looking back, I can find gifts and life lessons in every... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Jerry Orbach, Prince of the City: His Way from "The Fantasticks" to "Law and Order" by John Anthony Gilvey Publisher Comments Today the late actor Jerry Orbach (1935-2004) is best remembered as the world-weary New York City Detective Lennie Briscoe from the Emmy Award-winning NBC television series Law and Order. But that work only accounts for 12 years of a 50-year career that... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $13.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt (Jewish Lives) by Robert Gottlieb Publisher Comments Everything about Sarah Bernhardt is fascinating, from her obscure birth to her glorious career—redefining the very nature of her art—to her amazing (and highly public) romantic life to her indomitable spirit. Well into her seventies... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Loveliest Woman in America: A Tragic Actress, Her Lost Diaries, and Her Granddaughter's Search for Home by Bibi Gaston Publisher Comments Her name was Rosamond Pinchot: hailed as "The Loveliest Woman in America," she was a niece of Pennsylvania governor Gifford Pinchot; cousin to Edie Sedgwick; half sister of Mary Pinchot Meyer, JFK's lover; friend to Eleanor Roosevelt and Elizabeth Arden.... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Patti LuPone: A Memoir by Patti Lupone Publisher Comments “I have been incredibly fortunate over the course of my career to have been associated with some extraordinary dramatic and musical productions, and also some rather spectacular disasters. Looking back, I can find gifts and life lessons in every... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Hamlet's Dresser: A Memoir by Bob Smith Publisher Comments Smith gracefully weaves the stories of his bittersweet childhood and his life's work with illuminating passages from Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. A brilliant reminder of the redemptive power of literature, it will make readers fall in love with... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Letters from Backstage: The Adventures of a Touring Stage Actor by Michael Kostroff Publisher Comments Ever wonder what it's like to be a touring stage actor? Wonder no more Michael Kostroff is here to tell you, in hilarious detail. His firsthand account of the exciting, funny, and sometimes bizarre highlights of his journey with the road companies of The... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mary Martin, Broadway Legend by Ronald L Davis Publisher Comments The first book-length biography of a theater icon South Pacific. The Sound of Music. Peter Pan. As the star of these classic Broadway musicals, Mary Martin captivated theater audiences with her impish persona and magnificent voice. Now Ronald L. Davis... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $11.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Acting Shakespeare by John Gielgud Publisher Comments Now 90 and still working, Gielgud brings together a lifetime's experience of Shakespeare, illuminating the playwright, his works and the actor's own career. Paperback edition of a Sidgwick hardback published as "Shakespeare: Hit Or Miss", which retains... (read more) Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Drama: An Actor's Education by John Lithgow Publisher Comments In this riveting and surprising personal history, John Lithgow shares a backstage view of his own struggle, crisis, and discovery, revealing the early life and career that took place out of the public eye and before he became a nationally known star... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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