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She Persisted: Thirty Ten-Minute Plays by Women over Forty is a collection of plays by members of Honor Roll!, an advocacy group of women over forty. About Honor Roll!:"Honor Roll! is an advocacy and action group of women+ playwrights over forty?and our allies?whose goal is our inclusion in theater. The term "women+" refers to a spectrum of gender identification that includes women, non-binary identifiers, and trans. We are the generation excluded at the outset of our careers because of sexism, now overlooked because of ageism. We celebrate diversity in theater, and work to call attention to the negative impact of age discrimination alongside gender, race, ethnicity, faith, socioeconomic status, disability, and sexual orientation in the American Theatre and beyond.""These women are in their forties and fifties and sixties, and they have been writing a long time, and they are at the height of their craft. These are tight, complex, nuanced pieces of writing, which no one has seen because for too long they weren't looking. These are important writers, and important plays." ?Theresa Rebeck, from the introduction

Step into the eye of the hurricane of the British Invasion and watch the birth of heavy metal. Witness rock 'n' roll excess, near death experiences, and a lifelong search for peace.

U2 planted the seeds for The Joshua Tree during an existential journey through America. As Irishmen in the 1970s, the band grew up with the belief that America was a place of freedom and prosperity, a symbol of hope and a refuge for all people. However, global politics of the 1980s undermined that impression and fostered hypocritical policies that manipulated Americans and devastated people around the world. Originally conceived as "The Two Americas," The Joshua Tree was U2's critique of America. Rather than living up to the ideal that the country was "an idea that belongs to people who need it most," the band found that America sacrificed equality and justice for populism and fascism. This book explores the political, social, and cultural themes rooted in The Joshua Tree when it was originally released in 1987 and how those themes resonated as a response to the election of Donald Trump when U2 toured for the album's 30th anniversary. The author juxtaposes the band's existential journey through America with his own journey connecting with his Irish roots by becoming a citizen in the age of Trump and places U2's and The Joshua Tree's relevance in context with the current political climate.

Cut to the Monkey is the story of a filmmaker's journey through Hollywood-revealing the techniques behind how the experts find the funny in any project-by a filmmaker who has worked with some of the funniest people in the business and has edited Emmy-nominated episodes from series such as Curb Your Enthusiasm, Veep, and Who Is America?

A Young Actor Prepares provides a constructive form for young people to create with their own life experiences, imagination, and emotions through acting. It provides a step-by-step approach to help kids tackle emotionally challenging roles and portray complex characters at a very young age. For over thirty years, author Jeff Alan-Lee has worked with thousands of young people, teaching the work presented in this book. It has been the springboard for award-winning artists in acting, directing, playwriting, screenwriting, and music.Artistic director of the Young Actor's Studio in Los Angeles, Alan-Lee shares his experience training many top young actors. A Young Actor Prepares is written for teachers and students alike. Presented in play form, the book gives teachers the insight to help work with a multitude of personalities and provides a fun and easy way to help children and teens learn to apply Stanislavski-based exercises. Inspired by Stanislavski's An Actor Prepares, Alan-Lee has developed engaging and exciting ways to create great acting using this unique version of the Stanislavski system, reworked for the young actor. Discover the incredible journey that can take both teachers and young actors to the next level.

Songwriters/composers/producers Tracey and Vance Marino have been wildly successful placing their more than three thousand music compositions in various media. They are signed with over sixty different production music libraries and music publishers, and their music is heard daily across the globe.This guide brings together-in one book-all you need to know about writing, recording, marketing, and monetizing your music. Getting placements in film, TV, and media is not only about writing good music, it's about writing placeable music. And, after you have written placeable music, what do you do with it? Where do you find the decision-makers? How do you get all the money to which you are entitled? This book delivers the answers. You will discover...¿The most important quality a piece of music should have to be licensed¿Tips about crafting music specifically for sync ¿The tools and knowledge needed to create broadcast-quality recordings¿Where to find the people and companies that can place your music¿How to present and market your music¿Why networking and following up with contacts are among the keys to success¿The pros and cons of working solo or as part of a team¿The importance of being professional while interacting with other people¿How being organized and using metadata effectively will get you paid Having music placed in various media is an extraordinarily financially lucrative area of the music business. And the Marinos are willing now to share their tips, secrets, and the steps to follow in order to succeed in the sync world.

Actor Stef Tovar, seen on-screen in Contagion, Widows, Employee of the Month, Chicago Med, and more, teaches you the "foreign language" of on-camera acting. Tovar gives actors a practical, step-by-step technique on how to audition for and book on-camera acting jobs¿and what to do once on set.

Harbor of Spies is an historical novel set in Havana in 1863 during the American Civil War, when the Spanish colonial city was alive with intrigue and war related espionage. The protagonist - a young American ship captain named Everett Townsend - is pulled into the war, not as a Naval officer, as he had once hoped, but as the captain of a blockade-running schooner. The rescue of a man outside Havana harbor sets in motion a plot where Townsend finds himself trapped by circumstances beyond his control. He soon realizes how this good deed has put his own life in danger, entangling him in a sensitive murder investigation.Townsend is forced to work for a profiteering Spanish merchant who introduces him to a world of spies, blockade runners, and slave traders. As a foreigner and an outsider in Cuba, he struggles to maintain his own sense of identity. As he grapples with the uncertain moral terrain he finds in Havana, Townsend becomes ever more involved with the mystery surrounding the murder. From the bars, to the docks, to the dance halls, Townsend's path moves from colonial Havana to the slave plantations in the interior. There amid the harsh cruelty he discovers in the Cuban countryside, he unexpectedly begins to unravel a family mystery. Together with the daughter of an American innkeeper in Havana he confronts the veiled, dangerous forces he finds on the island.The novel is a richly drawn portrait of Spanish colonial Havana at a time when the city was flush with sugar wealth and filled with signs of the American Civil War. It is a realistic look at Cuba's role in the war, and the importance of the scores of blockade running ships- both sail and steam- that ran the gauntlet of the Union blockade from Havana into the Gulf of Mexico.

The definitive story of the unique Bakersfield guitar-building phenomenon of the 1960s. Includes over 430 quality photos of classic instruments and players, as well as modern instruments that emulate the unique models born in Bakersfield.

Emily Mann: Rebel Artist in the American Theater is the story of a remarkable American playwright, director, and artistic director.

Nelson's exciting seafaring trilogy concludes. As cries for independence ring through the chambers of the Second Continental Congress, Captain Isaac Biddlecomb and his crew are called upon to engage The Royal Navy.

This book tells the story of a life spent on the road recording the rich diversity of music in America when it was a major part of our lives, not just digital background noise. For music fans, there was a golden era of live music stretching from the 1960s through the 1980s, and even evolving into the 1990s, if you want to be generous. In the pre digital era, music fans spent a large part of their free time (and money) listening to their favorite artist's recordings. It was an analog world so if they wanted to hear the music, they actually had to listen to the radio, buy the records, and go to the concerts. Popular artists had long performed live concerts in the major markets, but it took rock ?n' roll to make national touring a viable business. Touring sound systems grew from scratch to keep up with larger and larger venues. Likewise, the ability to record those shows had to grow as well. The rudimentary collection of semi-professional gear grew into full-blown remote recording studios to keep up with the demand for live records, films and broadcasts. The truly wonderful thing about the remote recording business was the author experienced so many different musical cultures. Where else could you go from recording a tour with The Rolling Stones to a TV special with Mohamed Ali at the Apollo Theater? How about the Season Opening of Carnegie Hall on PBS TV (with a different major orchestra every year) to Frank Zappa's annual Halloween Show? Or maybe a Yoko Ono tour behind the 1980s Iron Curtain to The Eagles in modern Australia? Then there are worldwide live broadcasts like the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards to intimate jazz settings with Miles Davis or Wynton Marsalis. Compare the grandeur of the Metropolitan Opera to the irreverent comedy of Saturday Night Live. On The Road contains the stories of recording all that music live in its natural habitat, the clubs, theaters, concert halls and arenas. There were only a few companies that succeeded in the rough and tumble business of live recording. The author was one of the most successful live recording engineers and the constructor of remote recording studios during that era, with thousands of live shows to his credit.

Alongside Richard Hell, Walter Lure is the last surviving member of seminal punk band Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, and the only one who was there for the full stretch. From New York to London and back again, Lure's autobiography unflinchingly explores both the sensational story of the band and its lurid legacy.

Includes a code for free CD download of many of the bands featured in this book!Nirvana, the White Stripes, Hole, the Hives ΓÇô all sprang from an underground music scene where similarly raw bands, enjoying various degrees of success and hard luck, played for throngs of fans in venues ranging from dive bars to massive festivals, but were mostly ignored by a music industry focused on mega-bands and shiny pop stars. We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001 tracks the inspiration and beautiful destruction of this largely undocumented movement. What they took, they fought for, every night. They reveled in ''50s rock ''n'' roll and ''60s garage rock while creating their own wave of gut-busting riffs and rhythm.The majority of bands that populate this book ΓÇô the Dwarves, the Gories, the Supersuckers, the Mummies, Rocket from the Crypt, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the Muffs, and the Donnas among them ΓÇô gained little long-term reward from their nonstop touring and brain-slapping records. What they did have was free liquor, good drugs, guilt-free sex, and a crazy good time, all the while building a dedicated fan base that extends across America, Europe, and Japan. Truly, this is the last great wave of down-and-dirty rock ''n'' roll.

Shatner takes a comprehensive look at this singular performer, using archival sources and information culled from interviews with friends and colleagues to transport readers through William Shatner's remarkably bumpy career: his spectacular failures and triumphs, tragedies, and, ultimately, the resilience Shatner has shown, time and again, in the face of overwhelming odds.

James L. Nelson''s Revolution at sea saga has brought to life a never-before-seen side of America''s war for independence. With the expertise of a seasoned mariner, a historian''s vivid attention to detail, and a natural gift for sensational storgtelling, "the American counterpart to Patrick O''Brian" (David Brink) carries us along on his bold and stirring course through history. After ferrying General George Washington''s troops across the East River and through the hell known as the Battle of Long Island, Captain Isaac Biddlecomb receives a monumental order. He is to transport to France the most powerful secret weapon in the country''s arsenal -- scientist, philosopher, and spirit of the enlightenment Dr. Benjamin Franklin. With a new team of men forging through the wintry North Atlantic, and braving the cordon of the Royal Navy, Biddlecomb''s seemingly simple mission is just the first volley in a grand scheme: to topple France''s neutrality by gaining its vital support, and turn the colonial uprising into a full-scale world war for freedom.

How Broadway Works celebrates the unsung, out-of-sight people on Broadway who bring a production to the stage and shows young people interested in theater that there are a myriad of vocations other than acting.

In Hunters in the Stream, Riley Fitzhugh goes through officer training and is assigned to PC 475, a new anti-U-boat vessel stationed in Key West. The 475 is nicknamed Nameless by her crew because patrol craft vessels were only given numbers. Nameless cruises the Gulf of Mexico in search of U-boats, goes to the rescue of a sinking oil tanker, stops in Havana for meetings with the Cuban Navy, and learns of a possible secret German U-boat fueling station in the wilds of eastern Cuba. Nameless locates the base and destroys it with the ship's gunfire and a coordinated small-arms attack led by Fitzhugh and his shore party. Later, another U-boat is reported damaged and sinking. The German survivors capture a Bahamian turtle boat, murder the crew, and head for Cuba, thinking that the fuel dump is still in operation. Fitzhugh and the Nameless pursue through the tangle of mangroves and Cuban keys, find the Germans, and finish them off in a shootout. Along the way, Fitzhugh meets Ernest Hemingway and toward the end tells him about the Nameless's adventures. Hemingway thinks about adapting the story for his own. Fitzhugh and Hemingway's wife, writer Martha Gellhorn, also meet and feel some mutual stirrings--and give in to them.

Riley Fitzhugh is recruited by the OSS for temporary duty as a naval spy in Morocco. Riley's assignment is to kidnap a French river pilot and extract him from Casablanca. Riley meets an old flame from his days in Hollywood and these two have some surprises waiting for them.

Fate tests Isaac's mettle as he is captured by the enemy and faces a life of servitude under the deranged captain and sadistic crew of the HMS Icarus.

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A detailed, behind-the-scenes look at the 50-year history of Robert Fripp and King Crimson, one of the most influential rock ¿n¿ roll bands of all time.

Curating material from Applause's Shakescenes: Shakespeare for Two, Once More unto the Speech, Dear Friends, The Applause Shakespeare Library, and Applause First Folio Editions, we've created the must-have workbook series for Shakespeare plays. Along with tips on approaching and working on the play and tackling the speeches, each volume includes highlighted essential passages.First titles available in the series: Applause Shakespeare Workbook: Romeo and JulietApplause Shakespeare Workbook: Julius CaesarApplause Shakespeare Workbook: MacbethApplause Shakespeare Workbook: OthelloApplause Shakespeare Workbook: A Midsummer Night¿s Dream

Curating material from Applause's Shakescenes: Shakespeare for Two, Once More unto the Speech, Dear Friends, The Applause Shakespeare Library, and Applause First Folio Editions, we've created the must-have workbook series for Shakespeare plays. Along with tips on approaching and working on the play and tackling the speeches, each volume includes highlighted essential passages.First titles available in the series: Applause Shakespeare Workbook: Romeo and JulietApplause Shakespeare Workbook: Julius CaesarApplause Shakespeare Workbook: MacbethApplause Shakespeare Workbook: OthelloApplause Shakespeare Workbook: A Midsummer Night¿s Dream

Curating material from Applause's Shakescenes: Shakespeare for Two, Once More unto the Speech, Dear Friends, The Applause Shakespeare Library, and Applause First Folio Editions, we've created the must-have workbook series for Shakespeare plays. Along with tips on approaching and working on the play and tackling the speeches, each volume includes highlighted essential passages.First titles available in the series: Applause Shakespeare Workbook: Romeo and JulietApplause Shakespeare Workbook: Julius CaesarApplause Shakespeare Workbook: MacbethApplause Shakespeare Workbook: OthelloApplause Shakespeare Workbook: A Midsummer Night¿s Dream

Curating material from Applause's Shakescenes: Shakespeare for Two, Once More unto the Speech, Dear Friends, The Applause Shakespeare Library, and Applause First Folio Editions, we've created the must-have workbook series for Shakespeare plays. Along with tips on approaching and working on the play and tackling the speeches, each volume includes highlighted essential passages.First titles available in the series: Applause Shakespeare Workbook: Romeo and JulietApplause Shakespeare Workbook: Julius CaesarApplause Shakespeare Workbook: MacbethApplause Shakespeare Workbook: OthelloApplause Shakespeare Workbook: A Midsummer Night¿s Dream

Curating material from Applause's Shakescenes: Shakespeare for Two, Once More unto the Speech, Dear Friends, The Applause Shakespeare Library, and Applause First Folio Editions, we've created the must-have workbook series for Shakespeare plays. Along with tips on approaching and working on the play and tackling the speeches, each volume includes highlighted essential passages.First titles available in the series: Applause Shakespeare Workbook: Romeo and JulietApplause Shakespeare Workbook: Julius CaesarApplause Shakespeare Workbook: MacbethApplause Shakespeare Workbook: OthelloApplause Shakespeare Workbook: A Midsummer Night¿s DreamApplause Shakespeare Workbook: The Tempest

Curating material from Applause's Shakescenes: Shakespeare for Two, Once More unto the Speech, Dear Friends, The Applause Shakespeare Library, and Applause First Folio Editions, we've created the must-have workbook series for Shakespeare plays. Along with tips on approaching and working on the play and tackling the speeches, each volume includes highlighted essential passages.First titles available in the series: Applause Shakespeare Workbook: Romeo and JulietApplause Shakespeare Workbook: Julius CaesarApplause Shakespeare Workbook: MacbethApplause Shakespeare Workbook: OthelloApplause Shakespeare Workbook: A Midsummer Night¿s DreamApplause Shakespeare Workbook: The Tempest