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Producing and the Theatre Business Robert Emmet Long

Producing and the Theatre Business By Robert Emmet Long

Producing and the Theatre Business by Robert Emmet Long


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Summary

Spanning the range of the "Working in the Theatre" seminars, a series that features the greatest names in theatre, this book focuses on the shows and stars, the information, anecdotes, gossip, heartaches and triumphs. It shows what a career in the theatre is really about; how actors prepare; and, what actors have found to be the best techniques.

Producing and the Theatre Business Summary

Producing and the Theatre Business: Working in the Theatre by Robert Emmet Long

For more than thirty years, the Wing has produced the "Working in the Theatre" seminars, a series that features the greatest names in theatre. It is now available in book form for the first time, compact, and at an affordable paperback price.Spanning the range of these seminars, with a concentration on the most recent shows and current stars, the information, anecdotes, gossip (yes!), heartaches and triumphs are all here.We learn: what a career in the theatre is really about, from inspiration to a Tony or Pulitzer Prize; how actors prepare; what actors have found to be the best techniques; how writers get their work staged; and, how playwrights and cast interact with the director.

Producing and the Theatre Business Reviews

"A collection of insight from more than 100 top producers, advertising and marketing executives, union officials, critics, writers and actors on the business aspects of the theater." Columbia College Today, March/April 2008

About Robert Emmet Long

Robert Emmet Long is uniquely qualified to write on the lives and careers of Broadway's foremost choreographer-directors. His definitive The Films of Merchant Ivory is published by Harry N. Abrams and has gone through two editions. Long is a recognized critic of American and British literature and a commentator on the performing arts. He is either the author or editor of some 30 books, the subjects of which include Henry James, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Fenimore Cooper, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John O'Hara, Nathanael West, James Thurber and Barbara Pym. As an essayist and book reviewer he has contributed over 400 articles to many journals and magazines, including The Nation, Commonweal and Saturday Review. He has also been a drama critic in New York for the North American Review.

Table of Contents

Foreword by a Producer; Introduction by Robert Emmet Long; 1 What Is a Producer?; In Depth: The Producers; 2 In the Beginning; In Depth: The Drowsy Chaperone; 3 What about the Money?; In Depth: Mamma Mia!; 4 Marketing; In Depth: Hairspray; 5 Going out of Town; 6 The Revival; 7 Unions; In Depth: Avenue Q; 8 Broadway, off-Broadway, Regional and Not-for-Profit Theatres; In Depth: Thoroughly Modern Millie; 9 The Critics; 10 Final Illuminations; Cast of Participants; Index of Names and Titles; On the American Theatre Wing and CUNY TV.

Additional information

GOR005556890
9780826418111
0826418112
Producing and the Theatre Business: Working in the Theatre by Robert Emmet Long
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2007-06-15
176
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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