The Director’s Craft is a unique and completely indispensable step-by-step guide to directing for the stage.
Written by one of the most adventurous and respected directors working today, this book will be an essential item in every student and practitioner’s kitbag. It provides detailed assistance with each aspect of the varied challenges facing all theatre directors, and does so with startling clarity. It will inspire everyone, from the beginner just starting out to the experienced practitioner looking to reinvigorate their practice.
Katie Mitchell shares and explains the key practical tools she uses to approach her work with both actors, production teams, and the text itself. She addresses topics such as:
the ideas that underpin a play’s text
preparing improvizations
Twelve Golden Rules for working with actors
managing the transition from rehearsal room to theatre
analyzing your work after a run has ended.
Each chapter concludes with a summary of its critical points, making this an ideal reference work for both directors and actors at any stage of their development.
Released: 2008
Octoverse Media and Warner Music Group's Arts Music will release the cast album of the Lincoln Center Theater musical, with a single from THE LAZOURS' score out now.
Studio Seven Classical has rereleased Robert Miller's MA PETITE FLEUR, a string quartet arranged by David Shenton, in a newly remixed and remastered version.
Today, the Tony Award winning Best Musical Schmigadoon! released its second single from the original Broadway cast recording, “Tribulation,” featuring Tony Award-nominee Ana Gasteyer, the Schmigadoon! Original Broadway Company and the Schmorchestra.
Atlantic Records has unveiled the pre-order for CATS: The Jellicle Ball (Original Broadway Cast Recording), the official companion to the wildly acclaimed Tony Award-winning musical revival.
Empire: Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording has been released in digital and streaming formats.
Atlantic Records will release physical editions of Tony Award-winner Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years (25th Anniversary Live at the London Palladium), starring Rachel Zegler and Ben Platt.
Keke Palmer's audio comedy THE WEDDINGS OF LADY MISS JACQUELINE will premiere on Audible, featuring Sheryl Lee Ralph, Danielle Brooks and Zachariah Porter, alongside a trailer for a companion microdrama series.
An EP of songs from Romero & Juliet, a new musical based on elements from Shakespeare’s timeless love story and the zombie lore of filmmaker George Romero, has been released.
The 2025 Broadway Cast Recording of CHESS will be released on CD and vinyl next month.
Two-time Tony nominee Bill Russell has written a memoir chronicling his path from a South Dakota upbringing to a career as a Broadway writer, with a New York book signing planned to mark its release.
TCG Books will publish Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Pulitzer Prize-finalist play EVERYBODY, now available for pre-order ahead of its release.
Star Machine The EP will be released on all major streaming services, featuring six tracks from the original new musical Star Machine.
Center Stage Records announced the release of Sappho: The Poetess, an EP written and performed by Hayley Canham, ahead of performances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and London's Young Vic.
Heartbeat Opera will release its first full-length recording, an English-language, Broadway-infused reimagining of Massenet's opera, made at Power Station Studios with Lexicon Classics.
A five-song studio cast recording of the new musical about balloonist Sophie Blanchard is available for streaming, featuring Tony winner Lauren Patten and Britney Coleman.
Sophia Anne Caruso released the single 'Higher State' ahead of her debut album On Ecstatic, a hyperpop record blending electronic production with personal songwriting.
Schmigadoon! has released its first single from the original Broadway cast recording, “Corn Puddin’”.
Watch a video at McKenzie Kurtz, Alex Brightman, and the cast of Schmigadoon! recording 'Corn Puddin'' for their new cast recording.
Wicked Cool Records has released 'Ride With You,' the latest recording from the cast of The Wanderer, available August 7 on all digital streaming platforms.
The viral dark comedy musical SALEM will record a six-track EP featuring Bryce Pinkham, Kuhoo Verma, John-Andrew Morrison and Gabi Carrubba, with a listening party planned alongside the release.
New British musical World Enough, And Time will release a concept album in August.
Rachel Burttram's memoir on her 25-year career in American regional theatre opens for pre-order, with ebook and paperback editions set to launch together.
Rachel Burttram, a 25-year regional theatre veteran, will release a memoir chronicling her career as a working actor, director and educator in American regional theatre.
Keke Palmer's viral character Lady Miss Jacqueline returns in a new Audible memoir, recounting exaggerated tales of fame, fortune and reinvention in her own voice.
Drama Desk Award-winning theatrical poster designer Frank “Fraver” Verlizzo, the artist behind the iconic imagery of The Lion King, Sweeney Todd, and Sunday in the Park with George, will release his second mystery novel, Sanity Claus.
Atlantic Records will release four brand new singles from JUST IN TIME, Broadway’s sold-out smash hit musical.
TCG Books has published The Balusters, a new play by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner David Lindsay-Abaire, following its five Tony Award nominations including Best Play.
Julie Andrews has teamed up with her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton to release a new children's book.
Hollywood Records released new music tied to three Marvel properties: Marvel Wolverine, MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls, and Marvel Rivals, expanding the sonic universe across gaming and entertainment.
The cast of Broadway's The Lost Boys stopped by The View to discuss the show's award-winning season and perform a medley of songs from the hit new musical.
