Must Reads for Performing Artists

1.
Actor for Life: How to Have an Amazing Career Without All the Drama
Actor for Life: How to Have an Amazing Career Without All the Drama 4.85 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Warner Loughlin Technique: An Acting Revolution
The Warner Loughlin Technique: An Acting Revolution 4.51 avg rating — 107 ratings
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Respect for Acting
Respect for Acting
by: Uta Hagen
4.21 avg rating — 3,412 ratings
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On Directing
On Directing 3.98 avg rating — 326 ratings
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Practice Journal for Vocalists
Practice Journal for Vocalists really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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On the Technique of Acting
On the Technique of Acting 4.17 avg rating — 1,011 ratings
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Backstage Handbook: An Illustrated Almanac of Technical Information
Backstage Handbook: An Illustrated Almanac of Technical Information 4.40 avg rating — 442 ratings
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A Song to Save the Salish Sea: Musical Performance as Environmental Activism
A Song to Save the Salish Sea: Musical Performance as Environmental Activism 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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ARTIST: Awakening the Spirit Within
ARTIST: Awakening the Spirit Within 4.35 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Playing Along: Digital Games, YouTube, and Virtual Performance
Playing Along: Digital Games, YouTube, and Virtual Performance really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Improvisation for the Theater
Improvisation for the Theater 4.26 avg rating — 700 ratings
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Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part
Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part 4.22 avg rating — 2,972 ratings
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True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor
True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor 3.93 avg rating — 2,622 ratings
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Acting: The Basics
Acting: The Basics 3.79 avg rating — 29 ratings
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The Art of Acting
The Art of Acting 4.22 avg rating — 1,462 ratings
16.
Acting Shakespeare (Applause Books)
Acting Shakespeare (Applause Books) 3.85 avg rating — 53 ratings
17.
Games for Actors and Non-Actors
Games for Actors and Non-Actors 4.36 avg rating — 555 ratings
18.
The Note From Heaven: How to Sing Yourself Into a Higher State of Consciousness
The Note From Heaven: How to Sing Yourself Into a Higher State of Consciousness really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
18.
Money Notes: How to Sing High, Loud, Healthy, and Forever
Money Notes: How to Sing High, Loud, Healthy, and Forever 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind, and Body
The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind, and Body 3.89 avg rating — 653 ratings
21.
How to Tell a Joke: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor
How to Tell a Joke: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor 3.20 avg rating — 192 ratings
22.
Music Box Danseur
Music Box Danseur 3.62 avg rating — 26 ratings
22.
Bit Players, Bullies and Righteous Rebels
Bit Players, Bullies and Righteous Rebels 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings
22.
The Unknown Mother: A Magical Walk with the Goddess of Sound
The Unknown Mother: A Magical Walk with the Goddess of Sound 4.09 avg rating — 23 ratings
22.
My Life in Art
My Life in Art 4.20 avg rating — 553 ratings
22.
When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air 4.41 avg rating — 767,308 ratings
22.
Barangay to Broadway: Filipino American Theater History
Barangay to Broadway: Filipino American Theater History 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
22.
I'm a F***ing Star: Get on Reality TV
I'm a F***ing Star: Get on Reality TV it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 27 ratings
22.
Waiting in the Wings: How to Launch Your Performing Career on Broadway and Beyond
Waiting in the Wings: How to Launch Your Performing Career on Broadway and Beyond 4.46 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet
Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet 4.01 avg rating — 2,032 ratings
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Plays for the Theatre
Plays for the Theatre 3.86 avg rating — 49 ratings
31.
Bit Players, Has-Been Actors and Other Posers (Bit Players, #1)
Bit Players, Has-Been Actors and Other Posers (Bit Players, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings
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The Musician's Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness
The Musician's Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness 4.28 avg rating — 655 ratings
34.
The Essential Theatre
The Essential Theatre 3.66 avg rating — 90 ratings
35.
History of the Theatre
History of the Theatre 3.97 avg rating — 376 ratings
35.
A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance
A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance 4.59 avg rating — 9,717 ratings
37.
In Contact With the Gods?: Directors Talk Theatre
In Contact With the Gods?: Directors Talk Theatre really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30 ratings
37.
Just Play Naturally: An account of her study with Pablo Casals in the 1950's and her discovery of the resonance between his teaching and the principles of the Alexander Technique
Just Play Naturally: An account of her study with Pablo Casals in the 1950's and her discovery of the resonance between his teaching and the principles of the Alexander Technique 4.33 avg rating — 36 ratings
39.
The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act
The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act 4.27 avg rating — 916 ratings
40.
Being an Actor
Being an Actor 4.05 avg rating — 189 ratings
41.
Backwards and Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays
Backwards and Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays 4.10 avg rating — 1,828 ratings
41.
The Warner Loughlin Technique: An Acting Revolution
The Warner Loughlin Technique: An Acting Revolution 4.51 avg rating — 107 ratings
43.
The Theater and Its Double
The Theater and Its Double 4.14 avg rating — 4,695 ratings
43.
The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide
The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide 4.17 avg rating — 9,316 ratings
45.
The Actor Uncovered
The Actor Uncovered 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings
46.
An Actor Prepares
An Actor Prepares 4.09 avg rating — 5,027 ratings
47.
Stanislavski for Beginners
Stanislavski for Beginners 4.05 avg rating — 87 ratings
48.
Improv(e): Using Improv to Find Your Voice, Style, and Self
Improv(e): Using Improv to Find Your Voice, Style, and Self 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Voices: How a Great Singer Can Change Your Life
Voices: How a Great Singer Can Change Your Life 3.53 avg rating — 60 ratings
50.
Sensing the Rhythm: Finding My Voice in a World Without Sound
Sensing the Rhythm: Finding My Voice in a World Without Sound 3.94 avg rating — 286 ratings
51.
Waking the Spirit: A Musician's Journey Healing Body, Mind, and Soul
Waking the Spirit: A Musician's Journey Healing Body, Mind, and Soul 4.25 avg rating — 263 ratings
52.
My Soul Is a Witness: The Message of the Spirituals in Word And Song
My Soul Is a Witness: The Message of the Spirituals in Word And Song 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
53.
Singing in the African American Tradition - Volume 2: Building a Vocal Community
Singing in the African American Tradition - Volume 2: Building a Vocal Community 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
54.
A Song to Sing, a Life to Live: Reflections on Music as Spiritual Practice
A Song to Sing, a Life to Live: Reflections on Music as Spiritual Practice 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Set Your Voice Free: How to Get the Singing or Speaking Voice You Want
Set Your Voice Free: How to Get the Singing or Speaking Voice You Want 3.93 avg rating — 456 ratings
56.
The Tao of Music: Sound Psychology Using Music to Change Your Life
The Tao of Music: Sound Psychology Using Music to Change Your Life 3.89 avg rating — 132 ratings
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All Together Singing in the Kitchen: Creative Ways to Make and Listen to Music as a Family
All Together Singing in the Kitchen: Creative Ways to Make and Listen to Music as a Family 4.11 avg rating — 28 ratings
58.
Sing for Your Life
Sing for Your Life 3.90 avg rating — 1,753 ratings
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Stand Up Straight and Sing!
Stand Up Straight and Sing! 3.92 avg rating — 302 ratings
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Sing Your Heart Out
Sing Your Heart Out 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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A Well-Tempered Mind: Using Music to Help Children Listen and Learn
A Well-Tempered Mind: Using Music to Help Children Listen and Learn 4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Imperfect Harmony: Finding Happiness Singing with Others
Imperfect Harmony: Finding Happiness Singing with Others 3.93 avg rating — 553 ratings
63.
Garage Band Theory: Tools the Pros Use to Play by Ear
Garage Band Theory: Tools the Pros Use to Play by Ear 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Improvisation
Improvisation 4.18 avg rating — 778 ratings
65.
Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art
Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art 4.19 avg rating — 2,864 ratings
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The Soul's Palette: Drawing on Art's Transformative Powers for Health and Well-Being
The Soul's Palette: Drawing on Art's Transformative Powers for Health and Well-Being 4.10 avg rating — 113 ratings
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Passionate Fact: Storytelling in Natural History and Cultural Interpretation
Passionate Fact: Storytelling in Natural History and Cultural Interpretation 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings