Drop Dead

Author : Hillary Miller
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810133903
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drop Dead written by Hillary Miller and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2017 American Theater and Drama Society John W. Frick Book Award Winner, 2017 ASTR Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theater History Hillary Miller’s Drop Dead: Performance in Crisis, 1970s New York offers a fascinating and comprehensive exploration of how the city’s financial crisis shaped theater and performance practices in this turbulent decade and beyond. New York City’s performing arts community suffered greatly from a severe reduction in grants in the mid-1970s. A scholar and playwright, Miller skillfully synthesizes economics, urban planning, tourism, and immigration to create a map of the interconnected urban landscape and to contextualize the struggle for resources. She reviews how numerous theater professionals, including Ellen Stewart of La MaMa E.T.C. and Julie Bovasso, Vinnette Carroll, and Joseph Papp of The Public Theater, developed innovative responses to survive the crisis. Combining theater history and close readings of productions, each of Miller’s chapters is a case study focusing on a company, a production, or an element of New York’s theater infrastructure. Her expansive survey visits Broadway, Off-, Off-Off-, Coney Island, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, community theater, and other locations to bring into focus the large-scale changes wrought by the financial realignments of the day. Nuanced, multifaceted, and engaging, Miller’s lively account of the financial crisis and resulting transformation of the performing arts community offers an essential chronicle of the decade and demonstrates its importance in understanding our present moment.

Author : Babette Cole
Publisher : Red Fox
ISBN 13 : 9780099659112
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drop Dead written by Babette Cole and published by Red Fox. This book was released on 1998 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Bald and wrinkly' Grandma and Grandad recall to their grandmother their entire lives which have been more colourful and bizarre than anyone could possibly imagine. Adventurous babies, outrageous school children, disastrous and experienced teenagers who grow up to be a stunt man film star. . . But despite the hazards they have survived, they expect one day to just drop down dead like everyone else. But their story doesn`t stop there, because once dead, they could be recylced as anything. . .

Author : James Howe
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442452390
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dew Drop Dead written by James Howe and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snooping around the mysteriously abandoned Dew Drop Inn, Sebastian Barth and his best friends, David Lepinsky and Corrie Wingate, are startled to come upon what they are certain is a dead body. Sebastian is the first to put into words what they all believe: A murder has been committed. When they return with the police, however, the body is gone! "A homeless man sleeping off a drink," is the police chief's explanation. But Sebastian and his friends are not ready to believe that. They are sure the body they saw was dead, not unconscious. As the three undertake their own further investigation, more and more questions arise: Who was the man? Was he alone? And most important of all, is there a connection between the man they saw and one or more of the homeless people Corrie's father, a minister, is trying to help? The answers to the questions do not come until the three have made a number of discoveries, some of them more horrifying than they had expected. Dew Drop Dead is the fourth mystery in the Sebastian Barth series. Using rural Connecticut as a background, this tension-filled story is told with a unique blend of humor and seriousness, as it unravels a challenging puzzle and explores a difficult social problem.

Author : Kim Erickson
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 : 9780658017933
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drop Dead Gorgeous written by Kim Erickson and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exposing the truth behind the cosmetics industry, "Drop Dead Gorgeous" reveals that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has identified many ingredients found in modern cosmetics as hazardous.

Author : Elizabeth Lenhard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780545589512
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drop-dead Gorgeous written by Elizabeth Lenhard and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Rachel's flair for fashion, it's easy to stand out---especially in a town as dead as hers! But when a new girl shows up at school looking tall and pale and totally tragic, suddenly Rachel's not the only one turning heads! Rachel has a plan to take Lily's style from rags to runway-ready, but she can't help noticing Lily's a little, well, odd. She won't let Rachel near her family and spaces out so much she could pass for a zombie. Could there be more to Lily's problems than terrible fashion sense?

Author : William Van Zandt
Publisher : Baker's Plays
ISBN 13 : 9780573693090
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drop Dead! written by William Van Zandt and published by Baker's Plays. This book was released on 1992 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A cast of has been actors plan to revive their careers in Drop Dead!, a potboiler murder mystery directed by "Wonder Child of the Broadway Stage" Victor Le Pewe (a psychotic eye twitching megalomaniac). At the dress rehearsal the set falls, props break, and the producer and an actor are murdered. During the opening night performance, the murders continue. The remaining thespians must save the show and their careers, solve the mystery and stay alive for curtain calls"--Page 4 of cover.

Author : Jessica Beck
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250001056
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drop Dead Chocolate written by Jessica Beck and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her mother, who is determined to win the upcoming mayoral election with speeches and donuts, becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her opponent, Suzanne Hart, the owner of Donut Hearts, must fry up some suspects in order to clear her mother's name. Original.

Author : Amanda Flower
Publisher : Kensington Cozies
ISBN 13 : 1496722078
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lemon Drop Dead written by Amanda Flower and published by Kensington Cozies. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder always leaves a sour taste . . . Although baby showers aren’t an Amish tradition, Bailey King wants to celebrate Emily Keim’s forthcoming bundle of joy. It’s the least she can do for her hardworking assistant at Swissmen Sweets, especially with Emily being estranged from her siblings. Everyone in Harvest, Ohio has gathered at the town gazebo—decked out in lemon-themed décor to add some of Emily’s favorite flavor to the festivities—including Juliet Brook, Jethro the Pig, and in a last-minute invite, Emily’s sister Esther Esh. But Esther isn’t the only surprise guest. A mysterious Amish woman confronts Emily claiming to know about her secret shame—the child she had as a teenager who was given up for adoption. The stranger vanishes before Bailey could find out who she was and if she knew what happened to Emily’s first baby. Later that evening, the woman reappears—dead in Esh Family Pretzels, with a threatening letter written by Esther found on her body. Emily knows her sister is not a murderer and convinces Bailey to help clear Esther’s name and put the squeeze on the real killer . . . Recipe Included! Praise for Amanda Flower and her Amish cozies “As it turns out, Amanda Flower may have just written the first Amish rom com.” —USA Today “Flower has hit it out of the ballpark . . . and continues to amaze with her knowledge of the Amish way of life.” —RT Book Reviews “Reading the book is a visit to a town that feels like home.” —Kings River Life

Author : A. J. Jacobs
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 141659907X
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drop Dead Healthy written by A. J. Jacobs and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One mans comedic journey to discover how to live as healthfully as possible"-- Provided by publisher.

Author : Rachel Gibson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982118164
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drop Dead Gorgeous written by Rachel Gibson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-07-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Gibson comes another hilarious and moving fish-out-of-water tale about what happens when a small-town Texas girl is forced to swap bodies with a filthy rich socialite"--