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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

North Dakota

A Novel

A mysterious jewel holds the key to a life-changing secret, in this breathtaking tale of love and art, betrayal and redemption. When she decides to auction her remarkable jewelry collection, Nina Revskaya, once a great star of the Bolshoi Ballet, believes she has finally drawn a curtain on her past. Instead, the former ballerina finds herself overwhelmed by memories of her homeland and of the events, both glorious and heartbreaking, that changed the course of her life half a century ago. It was in Russia that she discovered the magic of the theater; that she fell in love with the poet Viktor Elsin; that she and her dearest companions—Gersh, a brilliant composer, and the exquisite Vera, Nina’s closest friend—became victims of Stalinist aggression. And it was in Russia that a terrible discovery incited a deadly act of betrayal—and an ingenious escape that led Nina to the West and eventually to Boston. Nina has kept her secrets for half a lifetime. But two people will not let the past rest: Drew Brooks, an inquisitive young associate at a Boston auction house, and Grigori Solodin, a professor of Russian who believes that a unique set of jewels may hold the key to his own ambiguous past. Together these unlikely partners begin to unravel a mystery surrounding a love letter, a poem, and a necklace of unknown provenance, setting in motion a series of revelations that will have life-altering consequences for them all. Interweaving past and present, Moscow and New England, the backstage tumult of the dance world and the transformative power of art, Daphne Kalotay’s luminous first novel—a literary page-turner of the highest order—captures the uncertainty and terror of individuals powerless to withstand the forces of history, while affirming that even in times of great strife, the human spirit reaches for beauty and grace, forgiveness and transcendence.

Russian Winter

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Cute talk about a grandpa and his grandson. Rip on very back page - price appropriately marked. #hardcover #children #fiction #Theater #Acting #Illustrated #PictureBook #Imagination #Juggling #Grandpa￼ box 57 Please note: there is a $7.50 purchase minimum when buying from our shop. There is a platform fee, packaging, and travel costs. Our prices are extremely low and so please if you don’t need another book, please buy one for a friend. Thanks for understanding.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Texas

a tale of talent, fame and friendship

The one and only Delgado Cheese

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#hardcover #GoldMiner #Daughter #Fairytale #Vacation #Children’s #Theater #Cowgirl￼ #Melodramatic #Illustrated box 55￼ 
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A Melodramatic Fairy Tale

Gracie Pearl has until sundown to find some gold to pay the rent to Mr. Bigglebottom, or he will take back the family gold mine and force her to marry him.

The Gold Miner's Daughter

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#hardcover #classics #fiction #TalesFromShakespeare #Shakespeare #Poetry #Theater #Highschool #College #Homeschooling￼￼ box 29

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Tales from Shakespeare

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For fans of historical-fiction, royalty, romance, betrayal, etc.. Used to be a library book!#hardcover #historical #historical-fiction #paris  #romance #queen #theater #magic#hardcover #hardcover 

California

Pulled by chance from her traveling actor family into service under Athâenaèis de Montespan, the influential mistress of Louis XIV, Claudette spies on personal and political rivals only to question her loyalty in the wake of Athâenaèis's fascination withdark magic.

The Shadow Queen-reserved 

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#paperback #classic #shakespeare #school #plays #sparknotes #translation #commentary #litclass #theater 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Michigan

Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (No Fear Shakespeare)

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Oregon

Druidmurphy Plays By Tom Murphy

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#paperback #french #theatre #theater #diderot This is in French. 

Denis Diderot (1713-1784), ne a Langres, est un ecrivain, philosophe et encyclopediste francais. Diderot fut un des grands animateurs intellectuels du XVIIIe siecle par sa curiosite, sa vaste culture, sa connaissance des langues, son esprit critique et sa force de travail. L'annee 1743 marque egalement le debut de la carriere litteraire de Diderot, par le biais de la traduction. Il traduit The Grecian History de Temple Stanyan. En 1745 parait sa traduction, largement augmentee de ses reflexions personnelles, d' An Inquiry Concerning Virtue or Merit de Shaftesbury, sous le titre Essai sur le Merite et la Vertu, premier manifeste du glissement de Diderot de la foi chretienne vers le deisme, bientot confirme par la publication de sa premiere oeuvre originale, les Pensees Philosophiques en 1746. De 1746 a 1748, il collabore avec Marc-Antoine Eidous et Francois-Vincent Toussaint a la traduction du Medicinal Dictionnary de Robert James.

Paradoxe Sur le Comedien

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#hardcover #drama #middlereader #graphicnovel #smile #rainatelgemeier #theater 

Georgia

a Graphic Novel

From Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning author of Smile and Sisters!Callie loves theater. And while she would totally try out for her middle school's production of Moon over Mississippi, she can't really sing. Instead she's the set designer for the drama department's stage crew, and this year she's determined to create a set worthy of Broadway on a middle-school budget. But how can she, when she doesn't know much about carpentry, ticket sales are down, and the crew members are having trouble working together? Not to mention the onstage AND offstage drama that occurs once the actors are chosen. And when two cute brothers enter the picture, things get even crazier!

Drama

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New York

A novel about three women at turning points in their lives, and the one night that changes everything.

One night, three women go to the theater to see a play. Wildfires are burning in the hills outside, but inside the theater it is time for the performance to take over.

Margot is a successful, flinty professor on the cusp of retirement, distracted by her fraught relationship with her adult son and her ailing husband. After a traumatic past, Ivy is is now a philanthropist with a seemingly perfect life. Summer is a young drama student, an usher at the theater, and frantically worried for her girlfriend whose parents live in the fire zone.

While the performance unfolds on stage, so does the compelling trajectory that will bring these three women together, changing them all. Deliciously intimate and yet emotionally wide-ranging, The Performance is a novel that both explores the inner lives of women as it underscores the power of art and memory to transform us.

The Performance

Former library book #hardcover #mystery #theater 

After a long period of 'resting', life is looking up for Charles Paris, who has been cast as the Ghost of Hamlet's Father and First Gravedigger in a new production of Hamlet. But rehearsals are fraught.  Ophelia is played by Katrina Selsey, who won the role through a television talent show.  Hamlet himself is also played by a reality TV contestant, Jared Root - and the two young stars have rather different views of celebrity and the theatre than the more experienced members of the cast.
 
But when the company reach the first staging post of their tour, the Grand Theatre Marlborough, matters get more serious, with one member of the company seriously injured in what appears to be an accident, and another dead.  Once again, Charles Paris is forced to don the mantle of amateur detective to get to the bottom of the mystery.


Decent Interval

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A Play

Dramatizes the awkward relationship that develops between Anna, a choreographer, and Pale, the older brother of Robbie, her former roommate and dance partner

Burn This

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#Shakespeare #Folio #McBeth #Illustrated #Dialogue #Play #Theater #classics #GraphicNovel  ￼￼￼￼#paperback box 52

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The folio edition

Hundreds of bold-color illustrations keep pace with Shakespeare's dialogue in The Illustrated Macbeth, an unexpurgated but easy-to-understand, panel-by-panel look at the classic tragedy of ambition and death. Like the Elizabethan groundlings who stood just inches from the stage at the old globe theatre, readers observe characters and scenes close at hand, immediately making vital, visual connections between actors and actions.

For this new popular format, no one word of text has been edited from the Folio Edition. The European artist Von has worked almost two years painting figures of heroic stance to depict the bloodchilling encounters and haunting soliloquies: Macbeth's prophetic meeting with the Three Sisters, the dark night of Duncan's murder, Lady Macbeth's guilty madness, the moments before the fatal duel with Macduff.

The Tragedy of Macbeth

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#acting #methodacting #stanislavski #classic-theater #theater #acting-stage 


New Hampshire

An Actor Prepares

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Illustrated - Avenel Books New York

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare 

#paperback #ChickenSocks #Home #Elementary #Teachers #Performance #Humor #Homeschool #Theater #English￼￼
Box 17

And Other Contagious Poems

A collection of humorous poems about school, behavior, learning to ride a bike, and more.

Chicken Socks

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#nonfiction #performingarts #arts #paperback #acting #theater

North Carolina

Being an actor

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Florida

Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic, fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

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#hardcover #fiction #contemporary #highschool #romance #theater #gossip


Utah

Like It Never Happened

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 501. Must-see movies.

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Connecticut

From #1 New York Times bestselling author and rom-com queen Becky Albertalli comes a buoyant new novel about daring to step out of the shadows and into the spotlight in love, life, and, yes, theater. Contrary to popular belief, best friends Kate Garfield and Anderson Walker are not codependent. Carpooling to and from theater rehearsals? Environmentally sound and efficient. Consulting each other on every single life decision? Basic good judgment. Pining for the same guys from afar? Shared crushes are more fun anyway. But when Kate and Andy's latest long-distance crush shows up at their school, everything goes off-script. Matt Olsson is talented and sweet, and Kate likes him. She really likes him. The only problem? So does Anderson. Turns out, communal crushes aren't so fun when real feelings are involved. This one might even bring the curtains down on Kate and Anderson's friendship.

Kate in Waiting

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Bought this for a course years ago! It could use a new home. #fiction #paperback #drama #plays #theater

The Playboy of the Western World and Riders to the Sea

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Arizona

Told from two viewpoints, high school seniors Haley, who had a public breakdown, and shy Lewis, long-time member of the TV Production class, find that filming documentaries about their classmates' hidden talents reveals their own aspirations.

Kind of Sort of Fine

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The Real Life Drama of a Summer at Stagedoor Manor, the Famous Performing Arts Camp

What do Natalie Portman, Robert Downey, Jr., Zach Braff, and Mandy Moore have in common? Before they were stars, they were campers at Stagedoor Manor, the premier summer theater camp for children and teenagers. Founded in 1975, Stagedoor continues to attract scores of young performers eager to find kindred spirits, to sing out loud, to become working actors—or maybe even stars. Every summer for the past thirty-five years, a new crop of campers has come to the Catskills for an intense, often wrenching introduction to professional theater. (The camp produces thirteen full-scale productions during each of its three sessions.) These kids come from varying backgrounds—the offspring of Hollywood players from Nora Ephron to Bruce Willis work alongside kids on scholarship. Some campers have agents, others are seeking representation. When Mickey Rapkin, a senior editor at GQ and self-proclaimed theater fanatic, learned about this place, he fled Manhattan for an escape to upstate New York. At Stagedoor, he tracked a trio of especially talented and determined teen actors through their final session at camp. Enter Rachael Singer, Brian Muller, and Harry Katzman, three high school seniors closing out their sometimes sheltered Stagedoor experiences and graduating into the real world of industry competition and rejection. These veteran campers—still battling childhood insecurities, but simultaneously searching for that professional gig that will catapult them to fame—pour their souls into what might be their last amateur shows. Their riveting stories are told in Theater Geek, an eye-opening, laugh-out-loud chronicle full of drama and heart, but also about the business of training kids to be professional thespians and, in some cases, child stars. (The camp has long acted as a farm system for Broadway and Hollywood, attracting visits from studio executives and casting directors.) Via original interviews with former and current campers and staff—including Mandy Moore, Zach Braff, and Jon Cryer—Rapkin also recounts Stagedoor Manor’s colorful, star-studded history: What was Natalie Portman’s breakout role as a camper? What big-time Hollywood director, then barely a teenager, dated a much older Stagedoor staff member? Why did Courtney Love (at Stagedoor visiting her daughter) get into an argument with a hot dog vendor who had set up shop at the camp? Theater Geek leads readers through the triumphs and tragedies of the three senior campers’ final summer in an absorbing, thought-provoking narrative that reveals the dynamic and inspiring human beings who populate this world. It also explores what the proliferation of theater camps says about our celebrity-obsessed youth and our most basic but vital need to fit in. Through the rivalry, heartbreak, and joy of one summer at Stagedoor Manor, Rapkin offers theater geeks of all ages a dishy, illuminating romp through the lives of serious child actors. Rich, insightful, and thoroughly entertaining, Theater Geek pulls back the curtain on an elite and intriguing world to reveal what’s really at its core: children who simply love to perform.

Daphne Kalotay

Russian Winter

Hartman, Bob - Read description

The one and only Delgado Cheese

Jackie Mims Hopkins; Jon Goodell (Illustrator)

The Gold Miner's Daughter

William Shakespeare; Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb; Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott (Illustrator)

Tales from Shakespeare

Sandra Gulland

The Shadow Queen-reserved

SparkNotes

A Midsummer Night's Dream (No Fear Shakespeare)

Tom Murphy

Druidmurphy Plays By Tom Murphy

Denis Diderot

Paradoxe Sur le Comedien

Raina Telgemeier (Illustrator)

Drama

Claire Thomas

The Performance

Simon Brett

Decent Interval

Lanford Wilson

Burn This

William Shakespeare; Oscar Zarate (Illustrator)

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Constantin Stanislavsky

An Actor Prepares

William Shakespeare

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Brod Bagert; Tim Ellis (Illustrator)

Chicken Socks

Simon Callow

Being an actor

Mark Haddon

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Emily Adrian

Like It Never Happened

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501. Must-see movies.

Becky Albertalli

Kate in Waiting

John Millington Synge

The Playboy of the Western World and Riders to the Sea

Spencer Hall

Kind of Sort of Fine

Mickey Rapkin

Theater Geek