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Finding Your Funny Bone!
If there's anything approaching a unified theory of acting, it's that acting is doing. And if there's any primary tenet of comedy, it's that you can't teach someone to be funny.

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Singer's Library of Musical Theatre, Volumes 1-4
To help aspiring sopranos, tenors, mezzo-sopranos/altos, and baritones/basses, Barbara Irvine has collected 35 different songs for each vocal range.
The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson
Following a rambling introductory chapter, editor Christopher Bigsby presents 15 essays, all elegantly written and remarkably insightful.
Hiding in Plain Sight
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Secret Life of Raymond Burr begins with an account of the death of English actor Leslie Howard, whose plane was shot down by Nazi fighters.
Theatre Management
This hefty handbook of detailed information on contemporary theatre management is a must-have for arts administrators across the country.
Thinking Shakespeare
A gaping disconnect exists between the sporadic successes that Shakespeare plays attain in North America and their more felicitous treatment in England.
Historic Photos of Broadway: New York Theater, 1850-1970
With approximately 3 million photographs, the Billy Rose Theatre Collection of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is an overwhelming resource for theatrical history.
Telling Stories
Perhaps the most important decision an actor can make is what type of training he or she will undertake in the journey to becoming a professional.
Doris Day: The Untold Story of the Girl Next Door
In going beyond the pristine image that Day assiduously guarded, David Kaufman does something polar opposite to the cut-and-paste bios that so often dog reticent movie stars.
David Mamet: A Life in the Theatre
While David Mamet's plays are thought-provoking and unique, and Mamet himself is probably a fascinating character, you wouldn't know it from reading this book.
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