theater

British teenager Georgia Nicolson's humorous diary entries reveal the results as she finally chooses between potential boyfriends, but then becomes involved in a play with the one not chosen, further complicating her love life.

Contain a juxtaposition of several different plays that parody the works of Tennessee Williams, Anton Chekhov, Samuel Beckett, Neil Simon, and others.

Discusses how to develop a play using the collaborative method that carries a project from the writer's words through staging and the opening night performance, covering topics such as readings, contracts, preproduction, rehearsal, and design.

While working at a summer stock theater, eleven-year-old Zack and his stepmother encounter the ghost of one of Connecticut's most notorious criminals.

An encyclopedic history of the American theater with over 2,300 cross-referenced entries on such subjects as the people and the plays, minority theater, criticism, lighting, theory, costume, and stage design. Includes a bibliographical index of more than 3,000 names, and a source list of over 1,000 seminal books on American theater.

Traces the history and sociocultural role of the theater from its beginnings to the end of the twentieth century. Includes discussion of playwriting, directing, acting, costume, audiences, and other topics.

Explains how life was as a Shakespearean actor.

Bree is delighted to get the lead role in "The Last Sleepover" at Thomas Jefferson Middle School, but from the start the rehearsals are marked by strange occurrences until she begins to fear she will not survive opening night.

Watchmaker-mouse Hermux Tantamoq enters the exciting and somewhat shady world of show business to investigate a mysterious blackmailer at the Varmint Theater.

Explores the history of American theater, evaluates trends in playwriting, analyzes the economic structure of the theater, and examines stagecraft and playhouse designs.