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* Tucci, Stanley. What I Ate in One Year (and Related Thoughts). Gallery. Oct. 2024. 368p. ISBN 9781668055687. $35. MEMOIR Tucci (Taste: My Ufe Through Food) is an actor, writer, [...]

Idle, Eric. The Spamalot Diaries. Crown. Oct. 2024. 208p. ISBN 9780593800485. $25. THEATER Hit musicals don't spring fully formed from the head of Dionysus, the Greek god of theater. Creating [...]

Everett, William A. The Year That Made the Musical: 1924 and the Glamour of Musical Theatre. Cambridge Univ. Aug. 2024. 272p. ISBN 9781009316514. $39.99. THEATER Musicologist Everett (emeritus, Univ. of [...]

Lisanti, Tom. Dueling Harlows: The Race To Bring the Actress's Life to the Silver Screen. McFarland. Jul. 2024. 254p. ISBN 9781476692593. pap. $39.95. FILM * Jean Harlow (1911-37) lit up [...]

Blake, Audrey. The Girl in His Shadow. Sourcebooks Landmark. May 2021.400p. ISBN 9781728228723. pap. $16.99. F The girl of the title is Nora Beady, ward of Dr. Horace Croft, a [...]

Byrne, David. American Utopia. Bloomsbury. Sept. 2020.160p. illus. by Maira Kalman. ISBN 9781635576689. $24. THEATER You may ask yourself, wasn't this the title of Talking Heads cofounder Byrne's 2018 album, [...]

Ringer, Mark. Bach's Operas of the Soul: A Listener's Guide to the Sacred Cantatas. Rowman & Littlefield. May 2020.208p. ISBN 9781538135563. pap. $29.95. MUSIC The latest volume in the publisher's [...]

Giordano, Ralph G. Social Dancing in America: A History and Reference. 2 vols. Greenwood. 2007. 808p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-313-33756-X [ISBN 978-0-313-33756-7]. $149.95. REF Social dancing has never enjoyed [...]

Sherrell, Kat. Experiencing Broadway Music: A Listeners Companion. Rowman & Littlefield. (Listeners Companion). Oct. 2016. 232p. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780810889002. $45; ebk. ISBN 9780810889019. THEATER 'The Listeners Companion' series aims [...]

* Lahr, John. Joy Ride: Show People and Their Shows. Norton. Sept. 2015.576p. illus. ISBN 9780393246407. $27.95; ebk. ISBN 9780393246377. THEATER Lahr (Tennessee Williams) wrote these theater reviews and profiles [...]

* Kurth, Peter. Isadora: A Sensational Life. Little, Brown. Nov. 2001. c.608p. photogs. index. ISBN 0-316-50726-1. $29.95. DANCE Known to some as a leading light of early modern dance and [...]

Mark Morris' L'allegro, il pense roso ed il moderato: A Celebration. Marlowe, dist. by Publishers Group West. 2001. c.160p. ed. by Jeffrey Escoffier & Matthew Lore. photogs. bibliog. ISBN 0-7090-6911-1. [...]

Woolf, Vicki. Dancing in the Vortex: The Story of Ida Rubinstein. Harwood: Gordon & Breach. (Choreography & Dance Studies). 2001. 240p. illus. index. ISBN 90-5755-087-3. $40. DANCE Although untrained as [...]

Driver, Ian. A Century of Dance: A Hundred Years of Musical Movement, from Waltz to Hip Hop. Cooper Square: Rowman & Littlefield. 2001. c.256p. illus index. ISBN 0-8154-1133-2. pap. $29.95. [...]

* Craine, Debra & Judith Mackrell. The Oxford Dictionary of Dance. Oxford Univ. Dec. 2000. c.512p. bibliog. ISBN 0-19-860106-9. $39.95. REF Capturing the elusive art of dance in print is [...]

Croce, Arlene. Writing in the Dark, Dancing in The New Yorker. Farrar. Nov. 2000. c.720p. index. ISBN 0-374-10455-7. $30. DANCE For more than 20 years, Croce's dance essays in The [...]

Ross, Janice. Moving Lessons: Margaret H'Doubler and the Beginning of Dance in American Education. Univ. of Wisconsin. Aug. 2000. c.304p. illus. bibliog. index. LC 00-008344. ISBN 0-299-16930-8. $60; pap. ISBN [...]

Barrett, Greg. Tutu. Allen & Unwin, dist. by Independent Pubs. Group. Jun. 2000. 160p. photogs. ISBN 1-86448-083-7. $34.95. DANCE This second book of dance photography by noted Australian photographer Barrett [...]

Jones, Mark. Dancer's Resource: The Watson-Guptill Guide to Workshops, Conferences, Artists' Colonies, & Academic Programs. Watson-Guptill. (Getting Your Act Together™). 2000. 208p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-8230-7656-3. pap. $19.95. REF [...]

The New York Times/Kids First! Guide to the Best Children's Videos. Pocket. 1999.478p. index. ISBN 0-671-03669-6. pap. $16. REF Kids First! is an undertaking of The Coalition for Quality Children's [...]

McWhirter, Norris. Norris McWhirter's Book of Millennium Records. Sterling. Dec. 1999. c.256p, photogs. index. ISBN 1-85227-805-6. $24.95. REF You can almost hear the champagne corks popping as you mm the [...]

Guinness World Records 2000, Millennium Edition. Guinness Media. 1999. 288p. permanent paper, photogs. ISBN 1-829205100-1. $25.95. You can almost hear the champagne corks popping as you mm the pages of [...]

Schorer, Suki with Russell Lee (text) & Carol Rosegg (photogs.). Suki Schorer on Balanchine Technique. Knopf. Nov. 1999. c.448p. photogs. ISBN 0-679-45060-2. $40. DANCE Since the court dances of 16th-century [...]

The Ballets Russes and Its World. Yale Univ. Oct. 1999. c.406p. permanent paper. ed. by Lynn Garafola & Nancy Van Norman Baer. illus. bibliog. ISBN 0-300-06176-5. $45. DANCE As impresario, [...]

Al-Rawi, Rosina-Fawzia. Grandmother's Secrets: The Ancient Rituals and Healing Power of Belly Dancing. Interlink: Interlink Pub. Group. Jul. 1999. c. 192p. tr. by Monique Arav. photogs. ISBN 1-56656-302-X. $25. DANCE [...]

Mank, Gregory William. Women in Horror Films. Vol. 1: 1930s. 403p. ISBN 0-7864-0553-8. $45. The author of a number of books on horror films (e.g., Karloff and Lugosi, McFarland, 1990), [...]

Mank, Gregory William. Women in Horror Films. Vol. 2: 1940s. 393p. ISBN 0-7864-0464-7. ea. vol: McFarland. 1999. permanent paper, photogs, filmog, index. $45. REF The author of a number of [...]

Beer, Anna. Sounds and Sweet Airs: The Forgotten Women of Classical Music. Oneworld Pubs. May 2016.304p. illus. notes. ISBN 9781780748566. $22.99. MUSIC Enthusiasts of classical music may have heard of [...]

Barber, Elizabeth Wayland. The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, and the Origins of European Dance. Norton. 2013.429p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780393065367. $35; ebk. ISBN 9780393089219. DANCE The dancing goddesses of [...]

Sawyer, Phil & Tom Poland. Save the Last Dance for Me: A Love Story of the Shag and the Society of Stranders. Univ. Of South Carolina. 2012. c.192p, illus, index. [...]

Franko, Mark. Martha Graham in Love and War: The Life in the Work. Oxford Univ. Jun. 2012. c.240p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 9780199777662. $29.95. DANCE Martha Graham looms large in [...]

Chazin-Bennahum, Judith. Rene Blum & the Ballets Russes: In Search of a Lost Life. Oxford Univ. Jul. 2011. c.304p, illus, bibliog. index. ISBN 9780195399332. $29.95. DANCE Unlike his French prime [...]

Baker, Christopher. Shakespeare in an Hour. ISBN 978-1-936232-04-8. Choate, E. Teresa. Albee in an Hour. ISBN 978-1-936232-01-7. Mueller, Carl R. Sophocles in an Hour. ISBN 978-1-936232-26-0. Rocamora, Carol. Chekhov in [...]

Malina, Judith. Full Moon Stages: Personal Notes from 50 Years of The Living Theatre. Three Rooms. Nov. 2015.226p. photos. ISBN 9781941110256. pap. $18.95. THEATER According to Al Pacino's introduction to [...]

Baim, Jo. Tango: Creation of a Cultural Icon. Indiana Univ. Pr. Jul. 2007. c.232p, illus. bibliog, index. ISBN 978-0-253-34885-2. $50; pap. ISBN 978-0-253-21905-3. $19.95. DANCE Freelance choreographer Baim sets Argentina's […]

Woodbury, Heathen Tale of 2Cities: An American Joyride on Multiple Tracks. MIT. Oct. 2006. ISBN 1-58435-037-7 [ISBN 978-1-58435-037-8]. pap. $14.95. DRAMA Author (and performer) of the 'living novel' What Ever, [...]

East of Eden: New Romanian Plays. Carysfort, dist. by Dufour. 2006. c.205p. ed. by Andrei Marinescu. ISBN 1-904505-15.5. pap. $16.95. Hijinx Theatre. Parthian, dist. by Dufour. Sept. 2006. 272p. ed. [...]

Krampner, Jon. Female Brando: The Legend of Kim Stanley. Back Stage: Watson-Guptill. Jun. 2006. c.384p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-8230-8847-2 [ISBN 978-0-8230-8847-8]. $24.95. THEATER During the golden age of television, [...]

* Siegel, Marcia B. Howling Near Heaven: Twyla Tharp and the Reinvention of Modern Dance. St. Martin's. Mar. 2006. c.336p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-312-23294-2 [ISBN 978-0-312-23294-8]. $25.95. DANCE Noted [...]

Shakespeare, William. Othello. ISBN 1-4022-0645-3; pap. ISBN 1-4022-0102-8. Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. ISBN 1-4022-0644-5; pap. ISBN 1-4022-0101-X. ea. vol: Sourcebooks. (Shakespeare). 2005. c.400p. photogs. index. $20.95 with audio CD; [...]

Fraser, Neil. Theatre History Explained. Crowood, dist. by Trafalgar Square. Jul. 2005. c.192p, illus, bibliog, index. ISBN 186126-659-6. pap. $35. THEATER Using the major playwrights of each generation as landmarks, [...]

Wesleyan Univ. Oct. 2003. c.300p. ed. by Ann Cooper Albright & David Gere. index. ISBN 0-8195-6647-0. $70; pap. ISBN 0-8195-6648-9. $24.95. DANCE The concept of improvisation is historically associated with [...]

MIT. 2002. c.339p. ed. by Hendel Teicher. illus. filmog. videog. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-262-20139-9. pap. $35. DANCE The companion to a touring exhibition organized by the Addison Gallery of American […]

Affron, Charles & Mirella Jona Affron. Grand Opera: The Story of the Met. Univ. of California. 2014.461 p. photos, notes, index. ISBN 9780520250338. $45; ebk. ISBN 9780520958975. MUSIC Between its [...]

Jones, Bill T. Story/Time: The Life of an Idea. Princeton Univ. Sept. 2014.108p. illus. ISBN 9780691162706. $24.95; ebk. ISBN 9781400851881. DANCE Characterized by the Oxford Dictionary of Dance as 'a [...]