The phantom in the bone-white mask who has haunted the Ankh-Morpork Opera House for years, is thought to be a benign presence until he starts killing performers backstage. Country girl Perdita X. hides in a chorus and has someone mime her aria solos so she may dodge the killing craze. She also uses this tactic to hide from her witchy relatives Nanny Ogg and old Granny Weatherwax who would rather she join their ranks. It all makes for a crazy and humorous...

In a run-down movie theater in central Massachusetts, the tiny battles and not-so-tiny heartbreaks of three underpaid employees play out in the empty aisles, becoming more gripping than the lackluster, second-run movies on screen.

"This ultimate puppetry guide includes: how to make pupets from stuffed animals, how to guild your own hand pupet, how to create advanced Muppet-like puppets using master techniques, how to build simple, intermediate, and advanced puppet stages, how to bring your puppet to life with convincing body language, voices, diction, and emotions."--jacket flap.

10 complete sections devoted to Pro lighting. Matching your lighting to fire-light, Christmas lights, uncorrected fluorescents, flashlights, candles with light and dark skin tones, work lamps, window lights, office interview, lighting chrome weapons, keying and groups of actors at a card table scene. When you finish the last DVD of this series you will never watch movies the same way again, knowing that the "Natural Sunset" light inside an apartment...

"Told mostly through letters, texts, and email, this contemporary romance will charm its way into hearts as Penelope rescues a theater and discovers her true self in the process"-- Fresh out of college, Penelope Edgewood is awarded a paid internship to help save a century-old theater on the island of Skymar. She jumps at the chance: a crumbling theater needs the special touch of someone who reveres all things vintage and adores the stage. Unfortunately,...

"Olive discovers an old theater where she'll finally have a chance to shine on stage, but this theater--and its mysterious owner--are hiding dark secrets"--

A koala impresario stages a grand singing competition for the world's animals in order to save his elegant theater and bring it back to its former glory.

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.

"As strangers linked only by their DNA try to become a family, the Hudson sisters also try to come to terms with the father they only thought they knew. In the process, each woman discovers her own capacity for understanding, forgiveness, love, and the true meaning of family"-- Allie, Des, and Cara learn about another secret their father purposely hid from them: his sister Bonnie. The women reluctantly band together to work with a local contractor...

Brightly illustrated compendium includes an introduction by Mitchell, quotes from famous Broadway performers, and theater facts and trivia.