PERFORMING
ARTS & FILM
ALLWORTH PRESS
Making It on Broadway: Actors' Tales of Climbing to the Top (Apr., $19.95) by David Wiener and Jodie Lange. More than 140 Broadway stars talk about their struggle for recognition. Advertising.
AND BOOKS
Louisiana: A Musical Treasure (Apr., $34.95) by Bernard Kamoroff is an oral history of Louisiana's musical heritage.
APPLAUSE
Golda's Balcony: A Play (Mar., $12.95) by William Gibson is the text of the play chronicling the rise of Golda Meir. Ad/promo.
The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (May, $18.95) by John Kenneth Muir looks at the work of the cult-film director of The Evil Dead, The Quick and the Dead, A Simple Plan and The Gift; tie-in to the summer 2004 release of Spider-Man 2.
Seats: Chicago: 125 Seating Plans to Chicago/Milwaukee Area Theatres, Concert Halls and Sports Stadiums (May, $10.95) by Jode Susan Millman provides seating layouts.
BAKER BOOKS
Finding God in Movies (Aug., $12.99) by Robert K. Johnston and Catherine M. Barsotti reviews and discusses more than 30 films of faith.
BATSFORD (dist. by Sterling)
Conversations with Jack Cardiff: Art, Light and Direction in Cinema (May, $22.95) by Justin Bowyer. Cinematographer Cardiff offers a wealth of anecdotes about his 70 years in film.
BBC BOOKS (dist. by Trafalgar Square)
Reggae: The Story of Jamaican Music (Mar., $19.95) by Lloyd Bradley. Interviews and analyses pay tribute to musicians, performers, producers, deejays and fans.
BERKLEY
Reprint: Alma Hitchcock: The Woman Behind the Man (July, $14) by Pat Hitchcock.
BILLBOARD BOOKS
Tales from the Rock 'n' Roll Highway (May, $16.95) by Marley Brant goes backstage, into the studio and on the road with famous musicians like Janis Joplin, the Allman Brothers, the Doors and the Sex Pistols.
BRASSEY'S
Broadway's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Dynamic Divas, Surefire Showstoppers, and Box-Office Busts (May, $12.95) by Tom Shea showcases the glitter and glamour of musical theater.
BROADWAY BOOKS
So You Wanna Be a Rock and Roll Star: Dispatches from the Belly of the Beast (Mar., $24.95) by Jacob Slichter. The drummer of Semisonic exposes the real business of popular music.
CHECKMARK BOOKS
Banned Plays: Censorship Histories of 125 Stage Dramas (Apr., $16.95) by Dawn N. Sova lists plays including Tony Kushner's Angels in America, Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour and Arthur Miller's The Crucible.
CHROME DREAMS (dist. by IPG)
The British Invasion: How the Beatles and Other UK Bands Conquered America (May, $24.95) by Bill Harry explores the British music phenomenon that, beginning in 1964, overtook America.
CITADEL PRESS
The Bruce Springsteen Scrapbook (June, $19.95) by Hank Bordowitz traces the influences that shaped the Boss and charts his rise to superstardom.
CLEAR PRESS (laureen@booksintl.com)
Blowing the Blues: Fifty Years Playing the British Blues (May, $24.95) by Dick Heckstall-Smith and Pete Grant is the autobiography of Heckstall-Smith, master sax player; includes CD.
COLUMBIA UNIV. PRESS
Katharine Hepburn: Star as Feminist (Mar., $21.95) by Andrew Britton analyzes this willful and independent star.
Uptown Conversation: The New Jazz Studies (July, $24.50), edited by Robert O'Meally et al. goes from Bunk to Monk in this contemporary riff on America's music—jazz.
CONTINUUM
Jacking In to the Matrix Trilogy (May, $19.95), edited by Matthew Kapell and William G. Doty. Scholarly essays explore the cultural and religious implications of The Matrix.
Tangled Up in the Bible: Bob Dylan and Scripture (Mar., $15) by Michael J. Gilmour looks at how Dylan transforms biblical imagery and themes into his poems and songs.
CREATION BOOKS
Vicious: Too Fast To Live (Apr., $17.95) by Alan Parker is the authorized biography of the Sex Pistols' Sid Vicious.
DA CAPO PRESS
4 Way Street: The Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Reader (Mar., $17.50), edited by Dave Zimmer, collects writings on rock's greatest extended family.
IVAN R. DEE
The Ivan R. Dee Guide to Plays and Playwrights (Apr., $24.95) by Trevor R. Griffiths organizes an A—Z listing of more than 500 entries.
Three Sisters (Apr., $7.95) by Anton Chekhov is a new translation by Curt Columbus.
DK
Essential Shakespeare Handbook (Apr., $25) by Leslie Dunton-Downer. This guide includes every play in the Shakespeare canon, plus portraits of the Bard's life and the world of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater.
DUKE UNIV. PRESS
Ghouls, Gimmicks, and Gold: Horror Films and the American Movie Business (Apr., $22.95) by Kevin Heffernan chronicles how the production and distribution of horror movies changed as the studio era gave way to new Hollywood conglomerates.
FSG/FABER & FABER
Stone Cold Dead Serious: And Other Plays (May, $15) by Adam Rapp gathers Faster, Finer Noble Gases and Stone Cold Dead Serious.
Democracy: A Play (July, $13) by Michael Frayn is an exploration of character and conscience set amid the tensions of 1960s Berlin by the author of Copenhagen.
HANNACROIX CREEK
In the Great Together: One Act Plays (May, $18.95) by Seth Alan Barkas collects four plays.
HOHM PRESS
Holy Isadora, Saint Ruth and Blessed Martha: The Spiritual Choreography of Three Pioneers of Modern Dance (June, $12.95) by Janet Roseman explores the work of Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis and Martha Graham.
HOLMES & MEIER
Visions, Images, and Dreams: Yiddish Films Past and Present (June, $18) by Eric A. Goldman studies Yiddish films produced from 1919 to 1950.
HENRY HOLT
TheNew York TimesEssential Library: Rock and Roll (Apr., $16) by Jon Pareles. A noted critic picks 100 of the best and most influential rock albums. Advertising.
JUSTIN, CHARLES & Co.
Perfect Sound Forever: The Story of Pavement (May, $19.99) by Rob Jovanovic. British music journalist Jovanovic profiles the band Pavement. Advertising.
HAL LEONARD
Paul McCartney: Now and Then (May, $28) by Robin Bextor. McCartney speaks about his private life, public persona, the Beatles and why they broke up.
On This Day in Music History (May, $24.95) by Jay Warner provides music history in a calendar format; includes photos and illustrations.
MERIWETHER PUBLISHING
Fifty More Professional Scenes and Monologs for Student Actors: A Collection of One and Two-Person Scenes (Apr., $16.95) by Garry Michael Kluger. Scenes are adaptable for use by males and females.
More Theatre Games for Young Performers: Improvisations and Exercises for Developing Acting Skills (Apr., $17.95) by Suzi Zimmerman includes pantomime, improv, voice control, monologues and dialogues, all in game form.
MFA PUBLICATIONS (dist. by D.A.P.)
MFA Highlights: Musical Instruments (June, $19.95) by Darcy Kuronen features 100 instruments, from an Indonesian gamelan to a modern lap steel guitar.
MIRAMAX
Just Another Opinionated A**hole: The Collected Writings of Kevin Smith (Aug., $14). The screenwriter and director shares his irreverent and funny rants on the absurdity of just about everything.
MIT PRESS
Rhythm Science (Mar., $17.95) by Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid, explains how the art of the mix creates a new language of creativity; includes CD. Author publicity.
NEW DIRECTIONS
Candles to the Sun (June, $12.95) by Tennessee Williams, edited by Dan Isaac, is one of Williams's first plays, about a Depression-era coal miners' strike in Alabama, produced in 1937.
NEWMARKET PRESS
The Alamo: The Illustrated Story of the Epic Film (Apr.; $19.95, cloth $29.95) by Frank Thompson is the companion to the upcoming Touchstone film starring Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton and Jason Patric, with the behind-the-scenes story of its production. Advertising.
Van Helsing: The Making of the Thrilling Monster Movie (May; $19.95, cloth $29.95), screenplay by Stephen Sommers, includes interviews with the film's cast and crew, and details the locations of the movie starring Hugh Jackman as the vampire hunter. 15,000 first printing.
The Odyssey of Two Brothers: Moviemaking with Tigers and Jean-Jacques Annaud (June; $19.95, cloth $29.95) is the companion book to the film Two Brothers about twin brother tigers in the jungles of French Indochina, starring Guy Pearce. 15,000 first printing.
NORTHWESTERN UNIV. PRESS
The Second City Almanac of Improvisation (Apr., $24.95), edited by Anne Libera, is a guide to the Second City brand of improvisation and includes essays by well-known alumni.
Gertrude Stein: A Long Gay Book, A Play (June, $14), adapted for the stage by Frank Galati, is a new musical about Stein.
OVERLOOK PRESS
Reprint: Matt & Ben (May, $12.95) by Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers.
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
Stray Dog of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii (June, $16.95) by Brian Ruh covers the films and career of the maverick director of Japanese animated films.
Reprints: One More Kiss: The Broadway Musical in the 1970s (June, $16.95) by Ethan Mordden; Speaking Shakespeare (July, $16.95) by Patsy Rodenburg.
PENGUIN
Racing in the Street: The Bruce Springsteen Reader (Mar., $16), edited by June Skinner Sawyers, collects writings about the Boss.
POCKET BOOKS
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Companion (May, $24) by Mike Flaherty and Corinne Marrinan is the official companion book to the popular TV series.
POCKET/MTV BOOKS
Coldplay (July, $14.95) by Gary Spivack follows the hot band and contains never-before-seen photos.
RAYO
Celia: My Life (July, $24.95) by Celia Cruz with Ana Christina Reymundo. This posthumous memoir looks at the queen of salsa's life. 50,000 first printing. Spanish edition, 100,000 first printing.
REPUBLIC OF TEXAS PRESS
Texas Bandits: Real to Reel (June, $18.95) by Mona Sizer looks at how a dozen notorious Texas outlaws have been portrayed on the screen.
LYNNE RIENNER
Monsieur Toussaint, a play (June, $15.95) by Edouard Glissant, trans. by J. Michael Dash and Edouard Glissant, tells the tragic story of Toussaint-Louverture, the charismatic leader of the revolution that led to Haiti's independence 200 years ago.
RIVERHEAD
Wu-Tang Handbook (June, $16) by the Wu-Tang Clan is from hip-hop's original dynasty.
RUTGERS UNIV. PRESS
Black Magic: White Hollywood and African American Culture (May, $19.95) by Krin Gabbard examines the characteristics portrayed by African-Americans in film roles.
An Eye for Hitchcock (May, $22.95) by Murray Pomerance reveals key elements in some of Hitchcock's most misunderstood films.
SANCTUARY PUBLISHER
Picture This: Debbie Harry and Blondie (Apr., $32.50) by Mick Rock is a photographic record of Harry and her band in a large-format paperback; includes a DVD with interviews.
SERPENT'S TAIL
Haunted Weather: Music, Silence, Technology and Memory (July, $20) by David Toop addresses how technology is altering the way music is created, performed and heard in the era of digital sound.
S&S/FIRESIDE
Take a Walk on the Dark Side: Rock and Roll Myths, Legends, and Curses (July, $14) by R. Gary Patterson offers a compendium of facts and fictions about pop icons.
SMITH AND KRAUS
Let Me Set the Scene: Twenty Years at the Heart of British Theatre, 1956—1976 (Mar., $19.95) by Michael Hallifax takes readers on a journey through the author's experiences in British theater.
Ingénue in White: Reflections of a Costume Designer (Mar., $17.95) by Marcia Dixon Jory. Essays and stories reflect the author's 25 years in the field.
SOFT SKULL PRESS
As Smart as We Are (May, $19.95) by One Ring Zero. Eighteen contemporary writers have contributed lyrics for the Author Project, a book and CD of songs composed and performed by the band One Ring Zero. 30,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo. BEA performance. Author tour.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV. PRESS
Film and Television After 9/11 (Mar.; $30, cloth $60), edited by Wheeler Winston Dixon. Twelve scholars and critics discuss Hollywood and the foreign film industry after the terrorist attacks.
THUNDER'S MOUTH PRESS
Younger Than That Now: The Collected Interviews of Bob Dylan (June, $16.95), edited by James Ellison, presents the music, life, lyrics and reinvention of rock's reluctant idol, Dylan, in his own words.
UNIV. OF GEORGIA PRESS
But Is It Garbage?: On Rock and Trash (Apr., $19.95) by Steve Hamelman gives a "trashological" critique of rock and roll.
Smile When You Call Me a Hillbilly: Country Music's Struggle for Respectability, 1939—1954 (Aug., $25.95) by Jeffrey J. Lange looks at how country music first gained regional then national acceptance.
UNIV. OF LUTON PRESS (bizbks@aol.com)
Moving Experiences: Understanding Television's Influences and Effect (Apr., $19.95) by David Gauntlett studies the effects of TV programs on children and adults.
UNIV. OF PITTSBURGH PRESS
Rockin' Las Américas: The Global Politics of Rock in Latin/o America (May; $24.95, cloth $60), edited by Deborah Pacini et al., explores rock music in Latin America from a transnational and comparative perspective.
UNIV. PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI
Frank Capra: Interviews (Mar.), edited by Leland Paogue and Terry Gilliam... (Apr., $20 each), edited by David Sterritt and Lucille Rhodes, follow the careers of these directors.
Reprint: Elvis and Gladys (July, $20) by Elaine Dundy.
VOLT PRESS (dist. by Bonus Books)
The Ultimate TV Game Show Book (May, $19.95) by Steve Ryan and Fred Wostbrock chronicles seven decades of game shows with memories, trivia and data.
YALE UNIV. PRESS
A Touch of the Poet and More Stately Mansions (Mar., $15.95) by Eugene O'Neill are brought together for the first time in one paperback volume.
Jazz Modernism: From Ellington and Armstrong to Matisse and Joyce (Apr., $25) by Alfred Appel Jr. A cultural historian links musicians with the tradition of modern art.
ZED BOOKS (dist. by Palgrave Macmillan)
Shoot the Singer: Music Censorship Today (July, $19.95), edited by Marie Korpe, explores music censorship worldwide.
