Books most popular in the United States●Performing Arts

Check out the latest list of books that people in the United States are enjoying the most right now. The list is ordered by popularity and the genre of the list is Arts & Entertainment > Performing Arts.

1. Confessions of a Casting Director - Jen Rudin. Help Actors Land Any Role with Secrets from Inside the Audition Room

Release date: 2013-12-17 $11.99
2. Sanford Meisner on Acting - Sanford Meisner, Dennis Longwell & Sydney Pollack

Release date: 1987-07-12 $11.99
3. Storyworthy - Matthew Dicks. Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling

Release date: 2018-05-15 $9.99
4. Story Selling - Dan Clark. How to Persuade People to Think, Feel, Act, Follow, Buy

Release date: 2022-06-11 $0.99
5. Ocean - Kathleen Summers

Release date: 2023-03-19 $24.99
6. Steven Universe: End of an Era - Chris McDonnell & N. K. Jemisin

Release date: 2020-10-13 $11.99
7. No Acting Please - Eric Morris, Joan Hotchkis & Jack Nicholson. "Beyond the Method": A Revolutionary Approach to Acting and Living

Release date: 2011-06-01 $12.99
8. Master Shots: Story - Christopher Kenworthy

Release date: 2013-07-01 $29.99
Comments

1. Outstanding - This interactive platform is the perfect expansion for an already outstanding book series. The video enhancements allow the reader to experience exactly what the author previously could only describe, allowing for a far more immersive and effective educational process. An incredible resource and tool for filmmakers who are looking to improve their craft.
2016-03-03

2. Great Addition to Master Shots Series! - I'm a big fan of the paperback Master Shots books and I love these new innovative ebooks. More filmmaking books should be made like these. Whenever I'm reading directing books with example shots from movies, I always wish I could have direct access to what the shot would actually look like. Now I can! As a director, these books are great to go back to as reference while I'm making my shot list for a production. I hope the author and publisher will make more of these Master Shots iBooks and to all those other filmmaking publishers, please follow their example and give us more interactive film education ebooks!
2013-09-08
9. Editing for Film and Television - Michael Trinklein. A Production 101 Guide

Release date: 2013-01-30 $2.99
Comments

1. Great Great Book!!!!!! - I really like this book….I went to Michael's website at first and I thought the structure of the site and the language used made this really easy to understand and extremely informative. So I purchased the iPad version and I can honestly stay that anyone wanting to learn the history and techniques on editing you cannot go wrong for $.……it really is well done and you could of asked for more money in my opinion. Anyone wanting to learn the craft of editing and how to apply these techniques to make better videos or movies should get this. This is my first purchase of an iBook version of any book and I must say I love it. The videos showing your explanations is outstanding….great job Michael.
2012-10-04
10. Downton Abbey Script Book Season 2 - Julian Fellowes

Release date: 2013-12-23 $18.99
11. Playing Shakespeare - John Barton. An Actor's Guide

Release date: 2001-08-21 $13.99
12. To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting - Michael Chekhov

Release date: 2016-07-05 $4.99
13. Lungs - Duncan MacMillan

Release date: 2011-10-01 $13.99
14. Writing With Hitchcock - Steven DeRosa. The Collaboration of Alfred Hitchcock and John Michael Hayes

Release date: 2011-02-08 $9.99
15. Queer Images - Harry M. Benshoff & Sean Griffin. A History of Gay and Lesbian Film in America

Release date: 2005-10-13 $54.99
16. Learning The Art Of Storytelling From Pixar: An Easy-To-Follow Guidance To Create Your Story - Willy Mccoy

Release date: 2022-02-09 $4.99
17. The Power of the Actor - Ivana Chubbuck

Release date: 2004-09-23 $12.99
Comments

1. The Power of the Actor - I kind of wish I had this book all to myself!! lol I learned sooooo much reading this wonderfully written book.. Hollywood look out I'll be there soon!!!!!!!!! Ivana Chubbuck breaks it down so in detail that if this doesn't help out your acting career, I don't think anything will. Thank you Ivana Chubbuck!! Hopefully when I get to LA I can get in your class!! You're student in Ohio Trymaine
2012-12-15
18. The Actor's Art and Craft - William Esper & Damon DiMarco. William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique

Release date: 2008-04-08 $13.99
19. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf - Ntozake Shange

Release date: 2010-11-02 $10.99
Comments

1. Two thumbs up - Extremely quick and easy read. Blurs the lines of poems just enough to drive home the point that no one set of circumstances is so different from another's that there isn't at least an area of overlap. This indicates to me that each struggle however unique is relatable to another and their struggle. Darkness of prose with hints of light make clear the struggles of women. Great read and I'll read it again...and again...and yet again.
2012-05-24
20. The NEW Comedy Bible - Judy Carter. The Ultimate Guide to Writing and Performing Stand-Up Comedy

Release date: 2020-01-15 $9.99
21. Respect for Acting - Uta Hagen, Haskel Frankel & David Hyde Pierce

Release date: 2009-05-04 $14.99
Comments

1. Hard to beat. - This book offers tools not rules. It is an incredible resource for any actor looking to develop greater skill and specificity. I have been teaching from the book for years and it yields meaningful and lasting results in % of my students--but it takes rehearsal. Give it time, rehearse the object exercises as many times as you can, and remember that nothing worth doing is easy. Cohen is good for quick lessons, but Uta offers exercises that will develop complex and interesting action on stage. Well worth $.
2010-09-18
22. Accents & Dialects for Stage and Screen - Paul Meier. With Embedded Sound Files

Release date: 2016-11-27 $79.99
Comments

1. A Must Have - If you are an actor of any kind, this book will be your saving grace. I am often asked to do/attempt dialects or accents for auditions, and this is like an arcane grimoire, an amazing resource for an incredible amount of dialects that you WILL be asked for. For instance, I was recently asked to learn a Yiddish dialect on Wednesday, to self-tape an audition by the end of the day Friday. This book gives me the ability to quickly learn a passable version of the dialect thanks to the audio samples and IPA transcriptions, but it allows me to show a dialect with promise of improvement as I work on it. It is my saving grace and everyone should use it.
2018-08-17

2. A must-have for any actor! - I have used Paul Meier's dialect book for years in preparation for my work as a professional dialect coach. I've assigned it to students and clients. The resources are detailed and rigorous in their use of phonetics while remaining useful to actors and students not familiar with the international phonetic alphabet. The primary source material from Professor Meier's IDEA website is outstanding. The translation of this resource into an ebook means that I have the entire volume available to me at any moment and that has proved very useful!
2017-02-06

3. Paul is the best - Paul is masterful. He's a brilliant coach that I have worked with for four years when I've needed dialect work for my auditions and projects. His ear is amazing, his advice wise and his coachings are always fun. This book is just like he is, amazing!!! Look no further for your dialect needs.
2017-02-01

4. Professor & Professional Dialect Coach - This iBook is a welcome upgrade to Paul Meier’s Accents & Dialects for Stage and Screen. Already a rich resource for all actors, dialect teachers, and theatre coaches, this iBook version retains all of the meaty elements of the hard copy text while streamlining the former clunkier CD version. The iBook is a lithe user-friendly manual for dialect success! I love that the links are right there in the e-text so that as you are reading you are simultaneously clicking and listening. An added feature allowing you to take notes is also very useful. A truly valuable resource. I highly recommend this iBook.
2017-01-30

5. This book is the standard in it’s category! by Kent Comfort - I have used the print version of this book for several years. I am thrilled to be able to have it available to me in ibook form to conveniently have it with me any time, any where! I beleive Accents & Dialects for Stage and Screen is the gold standard for anyone who needs and benefits from learning, using, and comprehending dialects from all over the world. Thanks, Paul, for making this great work electronically available!
2017-01-08

6. The best, most comprehensive and user-friendly dialect resource - Paul Meier, a leader in the field of dialects and accent training and the founder of the International Dialects of English Archive website (IDEA), has once again completely contemporized dialect and accent study by transforming his popular training book/CD compilation, Accents and Dialects for Stage & Screen, into an iBook for today's web-based technology. No more loading CDs into a computer or boombox (does anyone still own a boombox?), scrolling through the tracks and trying to follow along in the book; once the iBook is downloaded, twenty-five of the most often performed dialects and accents are two taps away on your smart phone, tablet or computer with every sound file imbedded right into the text. This IPA based instructional system uses the helpful lexical sets developed by John Wells as a key for the phonetic “signature sounds” prior to the sentence drills. The specific phonemic adjustments are adroitly described and modeled by Meier, as are the Additional Features (particularly unique linguistic characteristics) and the explanation of the Rhythm, Stress, Intonation and Tone. Coordination Exercises and sample dramatic texts include full IPA narrow transcriptions and references to the sound change lessons. The International Phonetic Association's official charts are also included, as well as a very comprehensive glossary of terms and diacritics. While Meier provides all the audio instruction and modeling himself, he also stresses that listening to authentic speakers on the related IDEA website is “central to the study,” and provides concise descriptions of pertinent characteristics of the online samples. This combination of real-life sources and phonetic drilling promotes authenticity and precision in pronunciation for actors and instructors, and increases awareness of the specific articulation adjustment needed for accuracy. If you're learning a accent or dialect on your own, you couldn't ask for a more user-friendly format: since all of the instructional text is spoken on the coordinated sound files, one could easily brush up on a dialect in the car, at an audition or in rehearsal--wherever and whenever you have your smartphone or tablet with you. As with other iBooks, tools to highlight, search, bookmark and change text size, font, background and scrolling direction are handy aids for your study. The length of each lesson is also well constructed, with ample pause time to mimic the sentence drills, coordination exercises and monologue lines. The sequence of twenty-five dialects and accents is particularly comprehensive in its survey of Anglo-European dialects of English, and also includes Indian, Spanish and Yiddish among the foreign language accents, and now includes a new Jamaican dialect not available in the print/CD publication. Having utilized Meier's system as the main training tool for my dialects course for the last thirteen years, I couldn’t be happier with the impact it has made on the students’ comprehension and accuracy, and on my own class preparation and execution. My past students loved the book/CD compilation, but my current students love having it all right on their phone or tablet even more--no more lugging a heavy backpack to class! This updated, practical training method receives a unanimous two thumbs up! Krista Scott Associate Professor, Voice and Acting Texas Christian University
2017-01-05

7. Micha Espinosa, Associate Professor - I use Paul Meier's Accents & Dialects for Stage and Screen in my advanced voice -dialects class. I was thrilled to find out there was now a digital form of the book. This new incarnation is an invaluable resource. There are now color visuals to accompany each accent and dialect and my students can study on thier personal computers and/or personal devices. No more losing discs or disc players not working. Professor Meier's seven step process for breaking down the accent/ dialects makes the learning easy to digest. The real wold samples offered as a collection on the International Dialects of English Archive compliment the iBook beautifully. This was my first experience using iBooks and I loved it. I can make the font bigger and I can adjust the lighting on my device to see better on my computer. I dont need to lug books and players around and the book is actually easier to navigate in digital form. Im thrilled and I know my students will be too. I highly recommend the new Ibook version of Accents & Dialects for Stage and Screen by Paul Meier because it is streamlined, transportable, and an effective teaching resource for teachers and students.
2016-12-27
23. Mastering Stand-Up - Stephen Rosenfield. The Complete Guide to Becoming a Successful Comedian

Release date: 2017-11-01 $9.99
24. Actions: The Actors' Thesaurus - Marina Caldarone & Maggie Lloyd-Williams

Release date: 2017-11-05 $10.99
25. Freeing the Natural Voice - Kristin Linklater. Imagery and Art In the Practice of Voice and Language

Release date: 2006-10-17 $9.99
26. Dallas - Barbara A. Curran. The Complete Story of the World's Favorite Prime-Time Soap

Release date: 2005-08-01 $8.99
27. A Russian Accent eBook - Paul Meier

Release date: 2012-11-23 $29.99
28. Audition Success - Don Greene

Release date: 2015-06-03 $36.99
29. Basic Arpeggios for Guitar - Alessandro De Sanctis

Release date: 2011-09-08 $5.99
30. Voice-Over 101 - Debi Derryberry. How to Succeed as a Voice Actor

Release date: 2016-02-28 $9.99
31. Blink - Phil Porter

Release date: 2012-08-10 $12.99
32. Dialects of the United States - Paul Meier. With Embedded Sound Files

Release date: 2017-02-14 $49.99
33. Stand-Up Decoded - Lue Deck

Release date: 2014-10-25 $3.99
34. Storyteller: How to be an Audio Book Narrator - Companion Script - Lorelei King

Release date: 2019-05-31 $8.99
35. Motion Graphics - Ian Crook & Peter Beare. Principles and Practices from the Ground Up

Release date: 2017-07-06 $39.99
36. This Is NPR - Cokie Roberts, Susan Stamberg, Noah Adams, John Ydstie, Renée Montagne, Ari Shapiro & David Folkenflik. The First Forty Years

Release date: 2012-08-24 $11.99
37. The Intent to Live - Larry Moss. Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor

Release date: 2004-12-28 $4.99
38. The New Comedy Writing Step by Step - Gene Perret. Revised and Updated with Words of Instruction, Encouragement, and Inspiration from Legends of the Comedy Profession

Release date: 2007-07-01 $7.99
39. The Art of Avatar The Way of Water - Tara Bennett

Release date: 2023-04-03 $19.99
40. The Screenwriter’s Bible, 7th edition - David Trottier. A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script

Release date: 2019-08-30 $24.99
41. Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities - Guillermo del Toro & Marc Zicree. My Notebooks, Collections, and Other Obsessions

Release date: 2013-12-31 $31.99
42. Contemporary American Monologues for Women - Todd London

Release date: 2012-10-25 $13.99
43. Comedy Writing Self-Taught Workbook - Gene Perret & Linda Perret. More than 100 Practical Writing Exercises to Develop Your Comedy Writing Skills

Release date: 2015-01-15 $9.99
44. Directing in Musical Theatre - Joe Deer. An Essential Guide

Release date: 2014-01-10 $48.99
45. The Revolutionary Guide to Acting - Bernard Hiller. A Transformational Journey to Achieving Success in Show Business and Life

Release date: 2022-08-30 $12.99
46. The Stage Actor's Handbook - Michael Kostroff & Julie Garnyé. Traditions, Protocols, and Etiquette for the Working and Aspiring Professional

Release date: 2022-07-13 $18.99
47. Grave of the Fireflies - Alex Dudok de Wit

Release date: 2021-04-08 $13.99
48. L.A. Private Eyes - Dahlia Schweitzer

Release date: 2019-03-01 $21.99
49. Lana and Lilly Wachowski - Cael M. Keegan

Release date: 2018-11-15 $14.99
50. An Actor Prepares - Constantin Stanislavsky

Release date: 2013-03-06 $12.99