Theatre Memoirs and Biographies

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A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages
A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages 3.84 avg rating — 11,631 ratings
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Rewrites
Rewrites 4.22 avg rating — 442 ratings
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Home: A Memoir of My Early Years
Home: A Memoir of My Early Years 3.97 avg rating — 21,120 ratings
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Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent 4.51 avg rating — 6,453 ratings
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Too Much Is Not Enough
Too Much Is Not Enough 4.15 avg rating — 5,134 ratings
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The Dramatic Imagination: Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the Theatre
The Dramatic Imagination: Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the Theatre 4.09 avg rating — 430 ratings
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The Empty Space
The Empty Space 4.19 avg rating — 4,774 ratings
8.
Stephen Sondheim: A Life
Stephen Sondheim: A Life 4.15 avg rating — 884 ratings
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Noel Coward: A Biography
Noel Coward: A Biography 4.11 avg rating — 96 ratings
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The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide
The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide 4.17 avg rating — 9,314 ratings
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Balancing Acts: Behind the Scenes at London's National Theatre
Balancing Acts: Behind the Scenes at London's National Theatre 4.03 avg rating — 476 ratings
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Jack Be Nimble: The Accidental Education of an Unintentional Director
Jack Be Nimble: The Accidental Education of an Unintentional Director 4.11 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Patti LuPone: A Memoir
Patti LuPone: A Memoir 4.12 avg rating — 2,481 ratings
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Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss and the Musical 'Rent'
Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss and the Musical 'Rent' 4.03 avg rating — 6,140 ratings
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I Will Be Cleopatra: An Actress's Journey
I Will Be Cleopatra: An Actress's Journey 3.93 avg rating — 45 ratings
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Ghost Light
Ghost Light 3.95 avg rating — 500 ratings
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The Books That Changed My Life: Reflections by 100 Authors, Actors, Musicians, and Other Remarkable People
The Books That Changed My Life: Reflections by 100 Authors, Actors, Musicians, and Other Remarkable People 3.61 avg rating — 584 ratings
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A Life in a Wooden O: Memoirs of the Theatre
A Life in a Wooden O: Memoirs of the Theatre 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Confessions of an Actor
Confessions of an Actor 3.67 avg rating — 381 ratings
20.
Year Of The King
Year Of The King 4.44 avg rating — 684 ratings
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Acting Shakespeare (Applause Books)
Acting Shakespeare (Applause Books) 3.85 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Act One
Act One
by: Moss Hart
4.32 avg rating — 1,699 ratings
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Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder 4.23 avg rating — 71 ratings
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Mister Abbott
Mister Abbott 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Mainly on Directing: Gypsy, West Side Story, and Other Musicals (Borzoi Books)
Mainly on Directing: Gypsy, West Side Story, and Other Musicals (Borzoi Books) 4.08 avg rating — 184 ratings
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Gypsy: Memoirs of America's Most Celebrated Stripper
Gypsy: Memoirs of America's Most Celebrated Stripper 4.07 avg rating — 1,225 ratings
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Being An Actor
Being An Actor 4.05 avg rating — 189 ratings
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Unnaturally Green: One Girl's Journey Along a Yellow Brick Road Less Traveled
Unnaturally Green: One Girl's Journey Along a Yellow Brick Road Less Traveled 4.13 avg rating — 753 ratings
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Curtain Up: Agatha Christie: A Life in the Theatre
Curtain Up: Agatha Christie: A Life in the Theatre 3.91 avg rating — 77 ratings
30.
Gilbert & Sullivan: A Story Biography
Gilbert & Sullivan: A Story Biography really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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A Life in the Theatre
A Life in the Theatre 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Street Where I Live: A Memoir
The Street Where I Live: A Memoir 4.10 avg rating — 219 ratings
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Sondheim: The Man Who Changed Musical Theater
Sondheim: The Man Who Changed Musical Theater 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Orson Welles, Volume 1: The Road to Xanadu (Orson Welles, #1)
Orson Welles, Volume 1: The Road to Xanadu (Orson Welles, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 641 ratings
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American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee
American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee 3.42 avg rating — 5,779 ratings
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Playing to the Gods: Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse, and the Rivalry That Changed Acting Forever
Playing to the Gods: Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse, and the Rivalry That Changed Acting Forever 3.86 avg rating — 227 ratings
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Master of Ceremonies: A Memoir
Master of Ceremonies: A Memoir
by: Joel Grey
3.93 avg rating — 1,005 ratings
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Shakespeare: The Biography
Shakespeare: The Biography 4.03 avg rating — 2,277 ratings
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Shakespeare Without Tears
Shakespeare Without Tears 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Shakespeare of London
Shakespeare of London 4.02 avg rating — 174 ratings
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Time Steps: My Musical Comedy Life
Time Steps: My Musical Comedy Life 3.91 avg rating — 116 ratings
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Bright Lights
Bright Lights 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh
Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh
by: John Lahr
4.23 avg rating — 941 ratings
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Putting It On: The West End Theatre of Michael Codron
Putting It On: The West End Theatre of Michael Codron 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
45.
Beautiful Chaos: A Life in the Theater
Beautiful Chaos: A Life in the Theater 3.95 avg rating — 73 ratings
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Unmasked: A Memoir
Unmasked: A Memoir 3.79 avg rating — 1,350 ratings
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I'm No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts: Mini-Meditations for Saints, Sinners, and the Rest of Us
I'm No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts: Mini-Meditations for Saints, Sinners, and the Rest of Us 3.52 avg rating — 3,618 ratings
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Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein
Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein 3.86 avg rating — 994 ratings
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A Director Prepares
A Director Prepares 4.33 avg rating — 1,258 ratings
50.
Run-through: 1902-1941
Run-through: 1902-1941 4.58 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Take You Wherever You Go
Take You Wherever You Go 3.90 avg rating — 88 ratings
52.
This Is Orson Welles
This Is Orson Welles 4.26 avg rating — 1,137 ratings
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Whenever You're Ready: Nora Polley on Life as a Stratford Festival Stage Manager
Whenever You're Ready: Nora Polley on Life as a Stratford Festival Stage Manager really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 62 ratings
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The Art of Acting
The Art of Acting 4.22 avg rating — 1,462 ratings
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All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists
All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists 3.78 avg rating — 1,611 ratings
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Timebends: A Life
Timebends: A Life 3.94 avg rating — 559 ratings
57.
Underfoot in Show Business
Underfoot in Show Business 4.24 avg rating — 857 ratings
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Hallie Flanagan: A Life in the Theatre
Hallie Flanagan: A Life in the Theatre 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings
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MARYAT LEE'S: A THEATER FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
MARYAT LEE'S: A THEATER FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Laughter Is Sacred Space: The Not-So-Typical Journey of a Mennonite Actor
Laughter Is Sacred Space: The Not-So-Typical Journey of a Mennonite Actor 4.05 avg rating — 162 ratings
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A Life Remembered: A Memoir of Anew McMaster
A Life Remembered: A Memoir of Anew McMaster 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Fists upon a Star: A Memoir of Love, Theatre, and Escape from McCarthyism (Canadian Plains Studies, 4)
Fists upon a Star: A Memoir of Love, Theatre, and Escape from McCarthyism (Canadian Plains Studies, 4) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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A Life on the Stage
A Life on the Stage really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Falling Into Theatre. . .And Finding Myself: A Memoir
Falling Into Theatre. . .And Finding Myself: A Memoir 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Memories Are Forever: A Memoir of a Life in Theatre and In Love
Memories Are Forever: A Memoir of a Life in Theatre and In Love 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Blue Touch Paper: A Memoir
The Blue Touch Paper: A Memoir 3.69 avg rating — 84 ratings
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The Reluctant Escapologist: Adventures in Alternative Theatre
The Reluctant Escapologist: Adventures in Alternative Theatre 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Strindberg: A Life
Strindberg: A Life 4.11 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Original Story By
Original Story By 3.91 avg rating — 186 ratings
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The Season: A Candid Look At Broadway
The Season: A Candid Look At Broadway 4.08 avg rating — 439 ratings
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The Making of Guys and Dolls, The
The Making of Guys and Dolls, The 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Making of Cabaret
The Making of Cabaret 3.75 avg rating — 71 ratings
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The Making of Gypsy
The Making of Gypsy 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Making of West Side Story
The Making of West Side Story 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Everything Was Possible: The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books)
Everything Was Possible: The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books) 4.51 avg rating — 746 ratings