[NEohioPAL] Performing Arts Books at Cleveland Public Library

[Donald Boozer]

The following books pertaining to the performing arts are just a 
sampling of the variety available from the Literature Department at 
Cleveland Public Library...
The Literature Department is located on the second floor of the Main 
Library, downtown Cleveland, at East Sixth Street and Superior Avenue. 
Click on the link provided to access the library’s catalog to reserve 
any of these titles. For more information, visit our location, call 216-
623-2881, or email us at “literature <at> cpl.org.”

Producing and the Theatre Business: Working in the Theatre.
Edited by Robert Emmet Long.
American Theatre Wing, 2007.
(PN2053 .P73 2007)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=9780826418104
“This book is drawn from discussions that have taken place in the 
American Theatre Wing ‘Working in the Theatre’ programs, a fixture in 
the New York City theatre community for more than three decades. A 
unique opportunity for theatre artists to engage in sustained 
conversations about the field, the seminars were begun in the early 
1970s by ATW president Isabelle Stevenson, as panel discussions taking 
place at theatres around the city, pioneering the idea of allowing 
audiences to hear directly from artists and administrators about the 
creation of theatre.” – from the preface

Bring Furth the Pagants: Essays in Early English Drama Presented to 
Alexandra F. Johnston.
Edited by David N. Klausner and Karen Sawyer Marsalek.
University of Toronto Press, 2007.
(PN2589 .B75 2007)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=0802091075
(Link includes cover art and table of contents)
“Written to honour the distinguished work and career of Alexandra F. 
Johnston, [this book] brings together original essays in early English 
drama by colleagues and students of the founder and director of the 
Records of Early English Drama project.” – from the dust jacket

The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks: It’s Good to be the King.
James Robert Parish.
Wiley, 2007.
(PN2287.B695 P37 2007)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=9780471752677
(Link includes cover art and reviews)
"It's Good to Be the King traces the life and career of little Melvin 
Kaminsky, who began life as the adored youngest son of a Brooklyn 
Jewish family, thrown into poverty by the death of his father when Mel 
was four years old. It examines the roots of Brooks's need to entertain 
and how he developed his unique blend of slapstick, satire, and just 
plain silliness into a winning and flexible comedy style that would 
stand the test of time." – from the dust jacket

Remember, books highlighted here can be borrowed through any CLEVNET 
library with the touch of a button. Whether you're from Cleveland, 
Sandusky, Twinsburg, or Wadsworth, just place a hold through the link 
provided and choose your library as the pickup location.
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Donald Boozer
Subject Department Librarian
Literature Department
Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
donald.boozer at cpl.org
216-623-2881 / 216-623-7050 (fax)
http://www.cpl.org