All the World's a Stage

Books about theater, TV, movies, Broadway, and Hollywood 🎭

Updated May 19, 2025
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When women invented television : the untold story of the female powerhouses who pioneered the way we watch today
Armstrong, Jennifer
Paper Book
New and Noteworthy  --New York Times Book Review Must-Read Book of March  --Entertainment Weekly Best Books of March  --HelloGiggles "Leaps at the throat of television history and takes down the patriarchy with its fervent, inspired...
All's well
Awad, Mona
Paper Book
From the author of Bunny, which Margaret Atwood hails as "genius," comes a "wild, and exhilarating" (Lauren Groff, New York Times bestselling author) novel about a theater professor who is convinced staging Shakespeare's most maligned play will remedy all that ails her--but at what...
Mercury Pictures presents : a novel
Marra, Anthony
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Historical Fiction * The epic tale of a brilliant woman who must reinvent herself to survive, moving from Mussolini's Italy to 1940s Los Angeles--a timeless story of love, deceit, and sacrifice from the...
I like to watch : arguing my way through the TV revolution
Nussbaum, Emily 1966-
Paper Book
From The New Yorker's fiercely original, Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic, a provocative collection of new and previously published essays arguing that we are what we watch. "Emily Nussbaum is the perfect critic-smart, engaging, funny, generous, and insightful."...
Sunny days : the children's television revolution that changed America
Kamp, David
Paper Book
One of the "Best Books" of the year from The Smithsonian, The Washington Independent Review, and more! From bestselling writer David Kamp, the "fun, fascinating, and surprisingly touching," (People) behind-the-scenes story of the cultural heroes who created the...
Lady director : adventures in Hollywood, television and beyond
Chopra, Joyce
Paper Book
An intimate account of a seminal filmmaker's development--as a creator and as a woman--both in art and in life. "Joyce Chopra, what a gift of an extraordinary filmmaker you are, and one of our great pioneers who forged a very difficult path. And for female filmmakers...

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