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Told from the perspectives of four people whose actions changed the course of history, this masterful work of historical fiction takes readers back to 1811 Richmond, Virginia, where, on the night after Christmas, the city's only theater burned to the ground, tearing apart a community.
Richmond, Virginia 1811. It's the height of the winter social season. The General Assembly is in session, and many of Virginia's gentleman planters, along with their...
42) Walter
Publisher
Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A mild mannered ticket-taker at a movie theater believes himself to be the son of God with the responsibility to judge whether people will spend eternity in heaven or hell. When a ghost stuck in purgatory interrupts Walter's daily routine his world is turned upside down.
43) The Goodbye Café
Author
Series
Hudson sisters novels volume 3
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Allie Hudson Monroe can't wait for the day when the renovations on the Sugarhouse Theater are complete so she can finally collect the inheritance from her father and leave Pennsylvania. Her life and her fourteen-year-old daughter are in Los Angeles, but her divorce left her tottering on the edge of bankruptcy. Allie's long-forgotten artistry saves the day when the theater's renovation fund dried up, and she felt like the woman she was always meant...
Author
Series
Studio danse volume 13
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Dance Class students prepare to put on a production of Swan Lake at the Opera de Paris, a ballet company that was founded by Louis XIV in 1669. But with such a big production, tensions abound in the studio! At this rate, can the show go on?"--
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Series
Murder most unladylike volume 8
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When one of the cast members at the Rue is found dead, Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells must work quickly amidst drama and jealousy to stop a killer from taking center stage.
46) A midnight dance
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"As Ella strives to keep her place in a struggling ballet company, the tragic story of another dancer seems to haunt her every step. If Ella can discover the truth of what happened, perhaps she can be free of the story and learn how to dance and live with the freedom that makes her story her own"--
Author
Publisher
Suma de letras
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"En el verano de 1940 Vivian Morris llega a Manhattan con 19 años y tan solo una maleta y una máquina de coser, empujada por sus desesperados padres. Aunque su especial talento con la aguja y su dedicación a lograr el peinado perfecto no le han servido de gran cosa en la prestigiosa universidad de Vassar, la convertirán en la modista estrella del Lily Playhouse, el decadente teatro de variedades de su poco convencional tía Peg. Los días en Nueva...
Publisher
Deutchman Company Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The true story of Donald Rugoff, the crazy genius who kicked art films into the mainstream in the 1960's and 1970's with outrageous marketing schemes and pure bluster. Rugoff's impact on cinema culture in the United States is inestimable, and his influence on the art film business is undeniable. Yet, mysteriously, Rugoff has become a virtually forgotten figure.
49) A boy named Rose
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Publisher
FairSquare Comics, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Paris. The 1920s. Rose is a boy and, like all the girls he's spent time with since he was born, he wants to dance at "Le Jardin", the cabaret managed by his mother. As Rose blossoms into a young man, he discovers love and tries to find his place in a society that's not ready to welcome true love between two men. Created and beautifully drawn by Gaelle Greniller."--
Author
Series
Kitty Sweet Tooth volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"There's just one thing Kitty Sweet Tooth loves more than going to movies, and that's eating delicious desserts. Now that Pop-Pop's movie theater has fallen on hard times, Kitty decides that only dessert can keep it from closing its doors. With a coat of paint, a tasty new menu, and a lot of hard work, Kitty and her friends transform this ramshackle theater into the Taste-O-Rama, a combination movie house restaurant."--
Series
Criterion collection volume 351
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Español
Description
In a small Castilian village in 1940, directly following the country's devastating civil war, six-year-old Ana attends a traveling movie show of Frankenstein and becomes haunted by her memory of it. Produced as Franco's long regime was nearing its end, this film is both a bewitching portrait of a child's inner life and an elusive, cloaked meditation on a nation trapped under tyranny.
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Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Mr. and Mrs. Watson and their porcine wonder, Mercy, are off to the Bijou Drive-In. What will happen when the Lincoln Sisters, Frank, Stella, and a gaggle of familiar characters get the same idea for a night out? With the tempting scent of hot buttered popcorn wafting through the air, everyone's favorite pig leads the way in this hilarious romp featuring movies, mayhem, and Mercy!" -- p. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
A Wave Blue World
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, the iconic gothic romance, is retold with all the spectacle its legend demands in this devoted graphic novel adaptation that marries stunning artwork with Gaston Leroux's haunting prose.Everyone has heard the whispered tales of the phantom who lives beneath the opera house, the mysterious trickster behind all the little mishaps and lost things. But no one has ever seen the monster . . . until now. When the promise of blossoming...
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Retreating to Paris, Nevada, after an on-stage accident destroys her career, Erika Greene, to save the opera house she inherited from falling into the hands of a greedy developer, leases the space to glam rock god Christof Daae with whom she makes beautiful music until reality sets in.
Author
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The legendary Harlem Theater comes alive in this original graphic noveltimed for the Apollos 85th anniversary. Showcasing the best of swing, bebop, rhythm and blues, the Apollo played a key role in the careers of countless performers, including Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, James Brown, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Jimi Hendrix, Wilson Pickett, the Miracles, Gladys Knight and the Pips, the Jackson 5, Patti LaBelle, Marvin Gaye, Luther Vandross,...
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Charlene Morris, with a little help from the handsome ghost who haunts her B & B, sets out to discover who upstaged the grand reopening of one of Salem's classic theaters with murder before the credits roll.
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In this richly illustrated and information-packed celebration of Broadway set design, Tony Award-winning designer Derek McLane explores the craft while reflecting on some of the greatest stage productions of the past few decades. Together with other leading set design and theatre talents, McLane invites us into the immersive and exhilarating experience of building the striking visual worlds that have brought so many of our favorite stories to life....
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