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2) Forgiven
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Famed Hollywood actor Dayne Matthews struggles to deal with the shocking discoveries he has made about his past and to find the strength to forgive.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
When theater director and occasional sleuth Claire Gray accepts an academic position at Desert Arts College, her new job becomes dangerous when she discovers the murdered wife of a fellow faculty member and delves into the case, putting her own life at risk.
4) Foolscap
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Irresistibly attracted to the theater from an early age, Theodore Ryan, a brilliant yet unknown playwright, concocts a daring scheme that will propel him into the world's spotlight and satisfy his need for recognition.
Publisher
R.P. Productions ; Monolith Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Français
Description
In a Parisian theatre after a day of auditioning actresses for the play he is preparing to direct, Thomas is distraught that none has what it takes to play the lead female character. He is getting ready to leave when Vanda appears: an unbridled and brazen whirlwind of energy. Vanda embodies everything Thomas hates. She is crude, idiotic, and will stop at nothing to get the part. But when Thomas finds himself backed into a corner and lets her try her...
7) 42nd street
Series
Language
English
Description
The movie musical that introduced the choreography of Busby Berkeley, 42nd Street also contains the classic plot involving a tyrannical director, egotistical leading lady and wide-eyed ingenue, all set to a standout musical score.
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now he only seems to be able to produce flops. Things turn around for Max when he's visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then make sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. With this in mind, they decide to produce a musical called 'Springtime...
12) Hermia & Helena
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Camila, a young Argentine theater director, travels from Buenos Aires to New York for an artist residency to work on a new Spanish translation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Upon her arrival, she quickly realizes that her work isn't compensating for the loss of her friends and the lover she left behind. When she begins to receive a series of mysterious postcards from Danil̈e, Camila second-guesses her artistic endeavors and begins to...
13) The producers
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now he only seems to be able produce flops. Things turn around for Max when he's visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then make sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. With this in mind, they decide to produce a musical called 'Springtime...
Author
Series
Summer lovin' volume 2
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
While her cousin Jane is doing her a favor, heiress Molly Applegate is holding down the fort at Jane's day care center, getting ready to close it down for two weeks for summer break. Which might have been fine (definitely better for the kids!), except that Broadway producer Dominic Longstreet, reluctant babysitter to his brother's children, had believed the day care would be open. So Molly, sensing a bit of fun here, and with nothing else to do, volunteers...
17) All's well
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"ALL'S WELL is about Miranda Fitch whose life is a waking nightmare after an accident ruins her acting career, and leaves her with chronic back pain, a failed marriage, and a deepening dependence on painkillers and alcohol. On the verge of losing her job as a college theater director, Miranda lives out her broken dreams through an upcoming production of Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well, when the unimaginable happens. She suddenly recovers,...
19) Footlight parade
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Cagney stars as Chester Kent, a diligent musical comedy director who is continually warding off snoopers hired by his competitors to steal his ideas. When his latest show is cancelled in favor of a talking picture, he turns to staging musical prologues to play before the features in moviehouses.