One Man Show
Title | One Man Show PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine Kretler |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780674980020 |
Katherine Kretler plumbs the virtues of the Homeric poems as scripts for solo performance. What is lost in the journey from the stage to the page? The book focuses on the performer not as transparent mediator, but as one haunted by multiple stories, bringing suppressed voices to the surface.
Charlie Chaplin's One-man Show
Title | Charlie Chaplin's One-man Show PDF eBook |
Author | Dan Kamin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
A reprint of the 1984 original, in which mime Kamin examines Chaplin's performance techniques. Foreword by Marcel Marceau. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Dustin Grubbs: One Man Show
Title | Dustin Grubbs: One Man Show PDF eBook |
Author | John J. Bonk |
Publisher | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 142 |
Release | 2009-12-19 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0316086711 |
Dustin is a drama geek--and proud of it. Though he's at least half-nerd, and full of insecurities, he doesn't melt in the face of conflict--like when the sixth grade play he's assistant-directing and starring in, The Castle of the Crooked Crowns, seems doomed to failure at every turn. Then Jeremy Jason Wilder, international star of Dustin's favorite sitcom of all time, moves to Buttermilk Falls. Is it a blessing--or will Jeremy steal the show? Dustin Grubbs: One-Man Show is full of hysterical one-liners and slapstick that middle graders will love. And yet there's a deeper level beneath the "show" that will resonate with young readers--such as Dustin's difficult choice between a new and old friend; the guilt he feels for blowing off his adoring neighbor; his crush on his schoolteacher; his love for yet embarrassment about his oddball family; and Dustin's curiosity about--and longing for--his absent father.
One Man Show
Title | One Man Show PDF eBook |
Author | Anne Pender |
Publisher | HarperCollins Australia |
Pages | 662 |
Release | 2011-03-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0730496066 |
A compelling, incisive and thorougly entertaining biography of comic genius Barry Humphries Barry Humphries is perhaps the greatest comic genius of our age. Satirist, comedian and burlesque entertainer, he enthrals audiences across the globe. As housewife megastar Edna Everage, he savages-and enchants-all in his path. His shambolic diplomat, Les Patterson, shocks and titillates, while Sandy Stone, poignant chronicler of suburbia, can bring audiences to tears. Yet Humphries, the man, remains an enigma. In his fifty years performing, he has avoided scrutiny of his true self-and the influences that help shape his characters. ONE MAN SHOW examines the life, and the aspirations, of this enormously talented artist. From his youthful pranks on the staid streets of Melbourne, the phenomenon that was Barry Mackenzie, and the dark years of alcoholism, through to his successes on television and Broadway, this finely drawn portrait reveals the truth of Humphries' world. It is the definitive story of a mysterious individual and his theatrical magic.
One-Man Show
Title | One-Man Show PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Schreiber |
Publisher | Bruno Gmuender |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
Bernard Perlin was an extraordinary figure in twentieth century American art and gay cultural history, an acclaimed artist and sexual renegade who moved in the upper echelons of New York's glittering gay society of the 1930s, forties, and fifties, as well as its underground. In One-Man Show, Michael Schreiber chronicles the storied life, illustrious friends and lovers, and astounding escapades of Bernard Perlin through no-holds-barred interviews with the artist, candid excerpts from Perlin's unpublished memoirs, never-before-seen photos, and an extensive selection of Bernard Perlin's public and private art.
Citizen Trump
Title | Citizen Trump PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Orlando |
Publisher | Post Hill Press |
Pages | 141 |
Release | 2021-06-15 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 164293917X |
Writer/director Robert Orlando, locked down during the Covid-19 pandemic, learned Citizen Kane was Trump’s favorite film, and the parallels were astonishing. Both Kane and Trump are swaggering masters of media, and both claim to stand for the working man. “Orson Welles, the boy genius of Kane, was possessing me from the grave,” states Orlando. In Orlando’s acclaimed documentary Citizen Trump, we witness Trump, like Kane, trying to escape unglamorous beginnings. A decades-long effort to rise as aspiring Hollywood mogul, real estate player, darling of gossip columnists, casino owner, dabbler in politics, and reality TV star. Each new stage was a rehearsal for his role as president. In this follow-up to the film, Orlando takes an even deeper dive into the nature of Trump’s background as an entertainer—and how it led to the miraculous upset of Clinton and his rise as president. Truth-be-told, Kane was crushed by scandal; Trump was not. He triumphed above front-page divorces, bankruptcies, unprecedented media attacks, and political chaos. Did his failed attempt at re-election end his star power? Citizen Trump gives us our looking glass. “Filmmaker Robert Orlando probes some of the secrets of Trump’s obsessions, and finds answers in what the president has described as his favorite film [Citizen Kane]…. Striking, very watchable. Fascinating film!” —Michael Medved, Movie Critic “Robert Orlando’s 2020 documentary shows Trump’s favorite film is a road map to his methods.” —Joseph Serwach, Medium “To do so, he tells President Trump’s life story in the cinematographic style of Citizen Kane, incorporating the iconic snow globe, the campaign poster, and even the mysterious word (‘Rosebud’) that is central to Orson Welles’ masterpiece.” —Gabriel Andrade, Merion West “Through the lens of the 1941 classic Citizen Kane, a documentary filmmaker seeks to understand the life journey of President Trump and his successful venture into politics.” —Josh Shepherd, The Federalist “This is the fascinating parallel that inspired Robert Orlando. The film is remarkable—truly in the literal sense. It’s visually engaging, if not riveting.” —Paul Kengor, The American Spectator
Without You
Title | Without You PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Rapp |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2006-10-31 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0743269772 |
The story of the actor who portrayed Mark Cohen in "Rent" covers such topics as his Broadway successes, his grief at the death of the production's creator, and his struggles with his mother's life-threatening illness.