Don't Do That Show, Do This Show! – Alternatives for the Most Popular High School Musicals

Best Plays For High School Theatre on March 2024 Shopping Deals at Bestonio.com

  • A Raisin in the Sun

    • ASIN: 0679755330
    • ISBN: 0679755330
    • Brand: Vintage
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

    This groundbreaking play starred Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeill, Ruby Dee and Diana Sands in the Broadway production which opened in 1959. Set on Chicago's South Side, the plot revolves around the divergent dreams and conflicts within three generations of the Younger family: son Walter Lee, his wife Ruth, his sister Beneatha, his son Travis and ma... [Read More]

  • The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts

    • ASIN: 0142437336
    • ISBN: 9780142437339
    • Brand: Penguin Books
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

    Based on historical people and real events, Arthur Miller's play uses the destructive power of socially sanctioned violence unleashed by the rumors of witchcraft as a powerful parable about McCarthyism.

  • A Streetcar Named Desire (New Directions Paperbook)

    • ASIN: 0811216020
    • ISBN: 9780811216029
    • Brand: New Directions Publishing Corporation
    • Manufacturer: New Directions

    The Pulitzer Prize and Drama Critics Circle Award winning play―reissued with an introduction by Arthur Miller (Death of a Salesman and The Crucible), and Williams' essay "The World I Live In." It is a very short list of 20th-century American plays that continue to have the same power and impact as when they first appeared―57 years after its Bro... [Read More]

  • Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel

    • ASIN: 0316420239
    • ISBN: 9780316420235
    • Manufacturer: Poppy

    ** INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **USA TODAY BESTSELLERWSJ BESTSELLERINDIE BOUND BESTSELLER From the show's creators comes the groundbreaking novel inspired by the hit Broadway show Dear Evan Hansen. Dear Evan Hansen, Today's going to be an amazing day and here's why...When a letter that was never meant to be seen by anyone draws high school se... [Read More]

  • The Miracle Worker: A Play

    • ASIN: 1416590846
    • ISBN: 1416590846
    • Brand: Scribner
    • Manufacturer: Scribner

    Based on the remarkable true story of Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan, this inspiring and unforgettable play has moved countless readers and become an American classic.Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution because her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and vio... [Read More]

  • No Exit and Three Other Plays

    • ASIN: 0679725164
    • ISBN: 0679725164
    • Brand: Vintage
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

    Four seminal plays by one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. An existential portrayal of Hell in Sartre's best-known play, as well as three other brilliant, thought-provoking works: the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and conflict, and an arresting attack on Americ... [Read More]

  • Treasure Island (AmazonClassics Edition)

    • ASIN: B072Q1KBRT
    • Manufacturer: AmazonClassics

  • Sanford Meisner on Acting

    • ASIN: 0394750594
    • ISBN: 0394750594
    • Brand: Vintage Books
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

  • Sweat (TCG Edition)

    • ASIN: 1559365323
    • ISBN: 1559365323
    • Brand: Theatre Communications Group
    • Manufacturer: Theatre Communications Group

    Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for DramaNominee for 3 Tony Awards including Best Play “Lynn Nottage’s best work. She offers a powerful critique of the American attitude toward class, and how it affects the decisions we make. Sweat has fraternity at its heart, but also the violence, and the suspicion that can result from class aspirations.�... [Read More]

  • Journals

    • ASIN: 157322359X
    • ISBN: 157322359X
    • Brand: Alfred Music
    • Manufacturer: Riverhead Books

    The lyrics notebook and personal journals of Kurt Cobain, iconic singer of the band Nirvana.Kurt Cobain filled dozens of notebooks with lyrics, drawings, and writings about his plans for Nirvana and his thoughts about fame, the state of music, and the people who bought and sold him and his music. His journals reveal an artist who loved music, who k... [Read More]

  • Acting in Musical Theatre: A Comprehensive Course

    • ASIN: 0415713277
    • ISBN: 0415713277
    • Brand: Routledge
    • Manufacturer: Routledge

    Acting in Musical Theatre remains the only complete course in approaching a role in a musical. It covers fundamental skills for novice actors, practical insights for professionals, and even tips to help veteran musical performers refine their craft. Updates in this expanded and revised second edition include: A brand new companion website for s... [Read More]

  • Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician & Technician

    • ASIN: 0415714834
    • ISBN: 0415714834
    • Brand: Focal Press
    • Manufacturer: Routledge

    The application of electricity for the theatre, concert stage, television studio, or any other production environment differs from that of a residence or commercial building. Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician & Technician is the only reference on the market that covers these differences, explaining what entertainment electricians and te... [Read More]

  • Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago: In Their Own Words (Theatre Makers)

    • ASIN: 1474239455
    • ISBN: 1474239455
    • Brand: Methuen Publishing
    • Manufacturer: Methuen Drama

    In 1974, a group of determined, young high school actors started doing plays under the name of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, eventually taking residence in the basement of a church in Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago. Thus began their unlikely journey to become one of the most prominent theatre companies in the world.Steppenwolf Theatre Company ha... [Read More]

  • The Drama Teacher's Survival Guide: A Complete Tool Kit for Theatre Arts

    • ASIN: 1566081416
    • ISBN: 1566081416
    • Manufacturer: Meriwether Pub

    Detailed, step-by-step information, examples, and suggestions about how to direct a school drama program without mistakes.

  • The Tempest (No Fear Shakespeare)

    • ASIN: 1586638491
    • ISBN: 1586638491
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: SparkNotes

    Read Shakespeare’s plays in all their brilliance—and understand what every word means!   Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular guides make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable.Each No Fear guide contains:The complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts the words into everyday languageA complete ... [Read More]

  • The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (37 plays, 160 sonnets and 5 Poetry Books With Active Table of Contents)

    • ASIN: B01LVXXQXW
    • Manufacturer: FB Publishing

  • The Best of One Act Play Depot Volume One: Twenty One-Act Plays

    • ASIN: 192684968X
    • ISBN: 192684968X
    • Manufacturer: One Act Play Depot

    We are delighted to celebrate fifteen years of publishing with this collection of twenty amazing one-act plays. Here you will discover astonishing, fresh, and sadly under-appreciated one-act play scripts. These plays are a perfect tonic for those tired of seeing the same old things produced endlessly. These plays positively bristle with wit, life a... [Read More]

  • Broadway Presents! Kids' Musical Theatre Anthology: A Treasury of Songs from Stage & Film, Specially Designed for Young Singers!

    • UPC: 884088686659
    • ASIN: 0739055712
    • ISBN: 0739055712
    • Brand: Alfred Publishing
    • Manufacturer: Hal Leonard

    (Vocal Collection). A delightful collection of musical theatre songs that kids love to perform, from a variety of shows. Using original scores, the songs have been selected and adapted with the ranges and skills of young singers in mind. Included in this collection are short summaries for each of the musicals, a dramatic and character set-up for ea... [Read More]

  • Play Director's Survival Kit

    • ASIN: 0876285655
    • ISBN: 0876285655
    • Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass

    This expansive guide covers the where, when, and how for every step of school play production, including play selection and adaptation, auditions, casting and dealing with disappointed students, budgeting, coaching actors, setting up a production team, rehearsals, publicity, and promotion.

  • Eve's Hollywood (New York Review Books Classics)

    • ASIN: 1590178904
    • ISBN: 1590178904
    • Brand: New York Review of Books
    • Manufacturer: NYRB Classics

    Journalist, party girl, bookworm, artist, muse: by the time she’d hit thirty, Eve Babitz had played all of these roles. Immortalized as the nude beauty facing down Duchamp and as one of Ed Ruscha’s Five 1965 Girlfriends, Babitz’s first book showed her to be a razor-sharp writer with tales of her own. Eve’s Hollywood is an album of  vivid ... [Read More]

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