The latest performing arts books

Performing arts books are about the stage. Theater, dance, opera, circus and stand-up comedy are covered through histories, biographies and practical guides to acting, directing and performing. For people who work in the wings and for audiences who love a night out. The newest come first.

Cosgrove Hall Productions Of Mice and Toads

Richard Keith Haynes

Published 2026

256 pages

After the Flood Inside Bob Dylan's Memory Palace

Robert Polito

Published 2026

384 pages

Forgotten Broadway Dramatizing Women's Limited Choices in Selected Plays by Rachel Crothers

Rachel Crothers

Published 2026

296 pages

The Screen Actor's Audition The Craft of Film & Television Auditioning in Any Medium

Jay Scully

Published 2026

184 pages

Band Camp! 4

Brian "Smitty" Smith

Published 2026

80 pages

Horror Films of the 2010s

John Kenneth Muir

Published 2026

253 pages

100 Cult Films

Ernest Mathijs, Xavier Mendik

Published 2026

256 pages

ReFocus

Glòria Salvadó Corretger, Fran Benavente, Associate Professor of Audiovisual Communication Fran Benavente, Associate Professor of Audiovisual Communication Studies Glòria Salvadó-Corretger

Published 2026

254 pages