Applause Theatre & Cinema Books Announce The Release Of Screen World and Theatre World

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Applause Theatre & Cinema Books is excited to release the most current volumes of two of its most beloved annuals: Screen World and Theatre World. These beautiful books make great casual reads as well as the ultimate go-to source for every film and play of the year.

Dedicated to editor emeritus and long-term record keeper of American theatre John A. Willis, Theatre World 65 not only provides an extensive list of contributors to every Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and regional theatre production of the year, but it is highly illustrated with more than six hundred production shots of the actors at work. This year's highlights include Billy Elliot, 9 to 5, Dividing the Estate, and Rock of Ages. It also covers such players as Jane Fonda in 33 Variations, Geoffrey Rush in Exit the King, Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons in Impressionism, Kristin Scott Thomas in The Seagull, Daniel Radcliffe in Equus, and four-time Tony Award winner Tovah Feldshuh in Irena's Vow. As the third volume released in the last 12 months, Theatre World 65 brings the series completely up-to-date. At 480 pages, Theatre World 65 is bigger and better than ever and features more photos than any previous volume. For the first time ever, Theatre World 65 includes overviews of the Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and regional theatre seasons by contributing journalists. It also features the longest-running Broadway and Off-Broadway shows; an expanded section of regional theatre productions from across the U.S.; full coverage of the Theatre World awards; and a complete index.

Screen World 60 documents every significant American and foreign film released in the United States in 2008 by listing cast and crew, providing thumbnail synopses, and including over 1,000 color and black-and-white photographs. This new edition highlights the independent sleeper and eventual Best Picture Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire; Sean Penn's amazing, Academy Award-winning performance in Milk; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Brad Pitt; Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon; Pixar's multiple award-winning WALL*E; and the year's top box office hit, The Dark Knight, starring Christian Bale and the late Heath Ledger, who earned a posthumous Oscar for his unforgettable interpretation of the Joker. Screen World 60's outstanding features include a color section of highlights; a comprehensive index with over 19,000 entries; full-page photographs of the four Academy Award-winning actors as well as photos of all the acting nominees; a look a the year's most promising new screen personalities; a priceless biographical reference to more than 2,500 living stars; and obituaries for 2008.

Ben Hodges (Theatre World) is co-editor of The Commercial Theater Institute Guide to Producing Plays and Musicals, the editor of The American Theatre Wing Presents The Play That Changed My Life, Forbidden Acts, and Outplays: Landmark Gay and Lesbian Plays of the Twentieth Century. He lives in New York City.

Barry Monush (Screen World) is a researcher at the Paley Center for Media in New York City. He is the author of the acclaimed Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors, as well as the recently published Everybody's Talkin': The Top Films of 1965-1969. He lives in Metuchen, NJ.

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