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21) Leading lady
Author
Series
Tales of London volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 21
Physical Desc
432 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tales of London is set in the fascinating world of the London theatre at the close of the nineteenth century. Wardrobe mistress Bethia Rayborn incites the wrath of Muriel Pearce Holt, the new leading lady at London's Royal Court Theatre. Muriel plots revenge, but in scheming to steal Bethia's true love, she may lose the truest love she has ever known.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Between rehearsals for the school play and managing her divided family, seventeen-year-old Megan meets aspiring playwright Owen Okita, who agrees to help her attract the attention of a cute stagehand in exchange for help writing his new script.
24) Henry V
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1979
Language
English
Description
Believed to have been written in 1599, William Shakespeare's "Henry V" forms the final installment of a tetralogy of plays, which includes "Richard II", "Henry IV, Part I", and "Henry IV, Part II". The play focuses on the events surrounding the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years' War. Henry, who is introduced in the earlier plays as a wild and undisciplined youth, has now come of age and ascended to the thrown following the death of his...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"When a troupe of theater students get stranded in a creepy old motel during a blizzard, they play a foreboding game of truth and lies that leads to real danger when a murderer is discovered in their midst"--
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Lockwood, proud home of The Fairway Players, who, under the creative control of Martin Hayward, the owner of the local country club, are putting on a production of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons." The star, as always: Martin's wife, Helen, the only person in the troupe with any real acting talent. But this is not a production like any other: just as rehearsals get under way, tragedy strikes: Poppy Reswick, Martin and Helen's beloved granddaughter,...
28) Jacky Ha-Ha
Author
Series
Jacky Ha-ha volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Jacky "Ha-Ha" Hart is a class clown with a penchant for pranking--and when she's required to act in the school play to appease her frustrated teachers, she must conquer her stutter"--
29) The Joys of Love
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
255 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After graduating from college in 1941, Elizabeth Jerrold pursues her dream of becoming a stage actress, landing a position as an apprentice in a summer theater company where she hones her acting skills and falls in love with an aspiring director.
30) Dead man's bones
Author
Series
China Bayles volume 13
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
329 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
New York Times best-selling author of A Dilly of a Death, Susan Wittig Albert adds Dead Man's Bones to her widely acclaimed China Bayles mystery series. Publishers Weekly says China is "in a class with lady sleuths V. I. Warshawski and Stephanie Plum." Deep in Texas hill country, ex-lawyer China thinks life is hectic enough already, and then her teenage son unearths human remains while digging in a nearby cave.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ali loves to dance, sing, and act. But she had never thought of putting on her own show until her neighbor asks, 'Why wait?' Immediately energized, Ali gets to work. There's so much to do before showtime--choosing the right musical, auditions, rehearsal, costume and set design--but Ali can do anything with her family and friends. When a storm threatens to undo all their hard work, Ali must use her imagination and adapt so the show can go on"--
Author
Series
Ready Freddy! volume 15
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Freddy is unhappy about playing the turkey in his first-grade Thanksgiving Day play, especially with Max bullying and teasing him, but his grandfather and principal both give him ideas for making the part fun.
34) Short
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Very short for her age, Julia grows into her sense of self while playing a munchkin in a summer regional theater production of The Wizard of Oz"--Provided by publisher.
35) Read it and weep
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Berkley Prime Crime mass-market edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 292 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Answering Shakespeare trivia comes with the job description for library director Lindsey Norris. But when the Briar Creek Community Theater mounts their newest production of the Bard, she has no intention of leaving the stacks for the stage. Unfortunately a villain is waiting in the wings. Former Broadway actress Violet La Rue is holding auditions for A Midsummer Night's Dream and everyone from the sour spinster librarian Ms. Cole to Lindsey's youthful...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Investigating the murder of a local baker during an amateur theatrical production, curmudgeon Agatha Raisin and her team of private detectives uncover a web of feuds and temperamental behaviors that place the team in mortal danger.
Author
Series
Mermaid tales volume 12
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
95 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Longing for onstage stardom, Pearl auditions for the third-grade play and gets the part of the evil sea witch while her best friend is cast in the lead, a situation that challenges their friendship.
Author
Series
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
112 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Frank and Joe Hardy go undercover at a nationwide drama competition to discover which contestant has been knocking off the competition by any means possible, Frank becomes distracted by the beautiful acting student Erin.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
One of the most successful and distinguished artists of our time, Andrew Lloyd Webber has reigned over the musical theatre world for nearly five decades. The winner of numerous awards, including multiple Tonys and an Oscar, Lloyd Webber has enchanted millions worldwide with his music and numerous hit shows, including Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats, The Phantom of the OperaBroadways longest running showand most recently, School of Rock. In Unmasked,...