Upcoming Theater Book Releases for October 2012

Welcome to BroadwayWorld.com's new upcoming release calendar for Broadway and theatre related Books for October, 2012. For a complete schedule of upcoming releases as well as searchable databases of thousands of the top theatre books, cds and videos, click here.

Annie Get Your Gun
by Dorothy Fields , Herbert Fields
Released on Applause Theatre & Cinema Books on 10/9/12

Broadway's biggest musical comedy hit of the 1940s, this was one for the ages and built by a "dream team" - songwriter Irving Berlin, librettists Dorothy and Herbert Fields, producers Rodgers & Hammerstein, and star Ethel Merman - telling the improbable but true story of sharpshooter Annie Oakley. A staple of the touring and summer stock circuit for years, Annie Get Your Gun kept hitting bull's-e... (more...)

South Pacific
by Oscar Hammerstein II, Joshua Logan
Released on Applause Theatre & Cinema Books on 10/9/12

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony for Best Musical, South Pacific flourished as the golden musical of Broadway's post-WWII golden era. Nearly 60 years after its 1949 premiere, South Pacific returned to Broadway in Lincoln Center Theater's glorious Tony-winning production, setting box office records and bringing this timely and timeless musical to new generations. With a score by... (more...)

Broadway Musicals: From the Pages of The New York Times
by Ben Brantley
Released on Abrams on 10/9/12

Over the last century the New York Times’s six leading critics—Brooks Atkinson, Howard Taubman, Clive Barnes, Walter Kerr, Frank Rich, and Ben Brantley—have offered the most authoritative and influential commentary on the Broadway musical. This definitive volume includes the original reviews of the 119 most important , selected by current chief theater critic Ben Brantley and accompanied by photo... (more...)

The Twentieth-Century Performance Reader
by Noel Witts
Released on Routledge on 10/13/12

The Twentieth Century Performance Reader is the key introductory text to all types of performance. Extracts from over fifty practitioners, critics and theorists from the fields of dance, drama, music, theatre and live art make up an essential sourcebook for students, researchers and practitioners. This new third edition places a renewed focus on contributions from the world of music, as well a... (more...)

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