Bob Odenkirk’s career is inexplicable. And yet he will try like hell to explicate it for you. Charting a “Homeric” decades-long “odyssey” from his origins in the seedy comedy clubs of Chicago to a dramatic career full of award...
Film, television and performing arts
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Author:Odenkirk, Bob.Summary: - Author:Filewod, AlanSummary:
Committing Theatre offers the first full-length historical study of political intervention theatre and theatrical spectatorship in English Canada. Building on twenty years of research and engagement in the field, this book's historical...
- Author:Bateman, DavidSummary:
Compulsive Acts explores the films, plays and personality of prolific playwright, novelist, filmmaker and poet Sky Gilbert through the eyes of a handful of the people who have observed his work closely over the past two decades -- as...
- Author:Felber, Adam, Band, CharlesSummary:
In this revealing tell-all, Charles Band details the dizzying heights and catastrophic depths of his four decades in showbiz.
- Author:Byron, KariSummary:
Kari Byron-former host of the wildly popular, iconic cult classic MythBusters-shows how to crash test your way through life, no lab coat required. Kari Byron's story hasn't been a straight line. She started out as a broke artist living...
- Author:Catmull, Edwin E.Summary:
Cofounder of computer animation studio Pixar shares his views on what makes a successful manager. Born in 1945, Catmull discusses challenges he observed in Silicon Valley throughout the 1980s and the lessons he learned that allowed him...
- Author:Nijkamp, MariekeSummary:
Explore the past of Critical Role's daring half-elf twins, Vex'ahlia and Vax'ildan in this original prequel to their adventures with Vox Machina. Vex and Vax have always been outsiders. A harsh childhood in the elite elven city of...
- Author:Maviglia, JosephSummary:
Critics Who Know Jack: Urban Myths, Media and Rock & Roll is a collection of essays, memoirs and critiques on subjects ranging from TV programming, film and literature to rock journalism, with commentary on the interpretation of...
- Author:Elder, R. BruceSummary:
Cubism and futurism were related movements that vied with each other in the economy of renown. Perception, dynamism, and the dynamism of perception—these issues passed back and forth between the two. Cubism and Futurism shows how...
- Author:Ellington, DukeSummary:
Far more than just a piano playing bandleader, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (1899-1974) was and still remains a powerfully influential figure in the world of music. Whether it was in jazz, popular song, big bands, or modern classical...
- Author:Guénette, Denise, Desjardins, RichardSummary:
Cinquante ans de scène, de trac et de passion du métier, ça se souligne et ça se fête ! Dans ce livre, l’humoriste Denise Guénette raconte son parcours artistique et l’accompagne de plusieurs monologues inédits. S’ajoutent à son récit,...
- Author:Goodman, AmySummary:
A celebration of the revolutionary change Amy and David Goodman have witnessed during the two decades of their acclaimed television and radio news program Democracy Now!-and how small individual acts from progressive heroes have...
- Author:McKee, RobertSummary:
From Macbeth to Breaking Bad, McKee deconstructs key scenes to illustrate the strategies and techniques of dialogue. This book applies a framework of incisive thinking to instruct the prospective writer on how to craft artful, impactful...
- Author:Burrows, JamesSummary:
Legendary sitcom director James Burrows has spent five decades making America laugh. Here listeners will find never-revealed stories behind the casting of the dozens of great sitcoms he directed, as well as details as to how these...
- Author:Kotcheff, Ted.Summary:
With six decades in show business, legendary director Ted Kotcheff looks back on his life Born to immigrant parents and raised in the slums of Toronto during the Depression, Ted Kotcheff learned storytelling on the streets before taking...
- Author:Kotcheff, Ted, Young, JoshSummary:
With six decades in show business, legendary director Ted Kotcheff looks back on his life
Born to immigrant parents and raised in the slums of Toronto during the Depression, Ted Kotcheff learned storytelling on the...
- Author:Balser, Erin, Gardner, SuzanneSummary:
“The ultimate resource for truly dedicated fans.” — School Library Journal
The kids in McKinley High School’s glee club, New Directions, might not be the most popular, but for six years Glee was unquestionably a...
- Author:Foster, CharlesSummary:
An insider’s view into the early days of Hollywood and the motion picture industry. This is the story of one man’s meteoric rise from obscurity in an isolated Canadian province to becoming one of the most famous Broadway starsin the...
- Author:Jarraway, David R.Summary:
Over the past forty years, Canadian literature has found its way to the silver screen with increasing regularity. Beginning with the adaptation of Margaret Laurence’s A Jest of God to the Hollywood film Rachel, Rachel in 1966, Canadian...
- Author:O'Neill, CecilySummary:
Drama Worlds examines the complex improvised event called process drama and identifies it as an essential part of today's theatre. Cecily O'Neill considers process drama's sources and its connections with more familiar kinds of...
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