READ MORE ABOUT THEATRE
If you want to learn more about theatre, read one of these amazing books.
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Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part
by Michael Shurtleff An Actor Prepared by Konstantin Stanislavski Building a Character by Konstantin Stanislavski Creating a Role by Konstantin Stanislavski Respect for Acting by Ata Hagen A Challenge for the Actor by Ata Hagen Sanford Meisner on Acting by Sanford Meisner and Dennis Longwell The Art of Acting by Stella Adler Improvisation for the Theater: A Handbook of Teaching and Directing Techniques (Drama and Performance Studies) Viola Spolin Acting: The First Six Lesson by Richard Boleslawski The Untold Stories of Broadway (multiple volumes) by Jennifer Ashley Tepper Sense of Occasion by Harold Prince Act One by Moss Hart Broadway: The American Musical by Michael Kantor and Laurence Maslon How Does the Show Go On: an Introduction to the Theatre by Thomas Schumacher Backwards and Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays by David Ball Acting One by Robert Cohen The Actor's Guide to Talking the Text by Kristen Linklater Musical Theatre Song: A Comprehensive Course in Selection, Preparation, and Presentation for the Modern Performer by Stephen Purdy |
A Sense of Direction: Some Observations on the Art of Directing
by William Ball Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway by Michael Riedel On the Technique of Acting by Michael Chekhov A Dream of Passion: The Development of the Method by Lee Strasberg The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition by Anne Bogart and Tina Landau Poetics by Aristotle Stage Management: The Essential Handbook by Gail Pallin The Back Stage Guide to Stage Management: Traditional and New Methods for Running a Show from First Rehearsal to Last Performance by Thomas A. Kelly Stage Manager: The Professional Experience by Larry Fazzio Contradictions by Harold Prince The Empty Space by Peter Brook History of Theatre by Oscar Brocket and Franklin J. Hildy Theatre Geek: The Real Life Drama of a Summer at Stagedoor Manor Mickey Rapkin Drama High: The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, A Struggling Town, and the Magic of Theatre by Michael Sokolove Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You about Being Creative by Austin Kleon Born Standing-Up by Steve Martin Truth in Comedy by Charna Halpern, Del Close, and Kim Johnson Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art by Sam Wasson |