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Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), City of Girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College,...
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Series
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English
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Back in the Pink City where he was once a wily street urchin, Malik, assigned to help Samir Singh's feckless son Ravi build the new public cinema, finds his livelihood, reputation and the people he loves most threatened after Ravi implicates him in a ruthless scandal.
1969. Lakshmi, now married to Dr. Jay Kumar, directs the Healing Garden in Shimla. Malik has finished his private school education, and leaves to apprentice at the Facilities Office...
Author
Publisher
Crowood Press
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Puppets and Puppet Theatre concentrates on designing, making and performing with the main types of puppet. It covers the nature and heritage of puppet theatre, the design and structure of puppets, and the materials and methods used for making them.
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The famous opera singer Violetta von Cacklefur is in Gloomeria to perform at the Royal Mosetropolitan Theater! But the mischievous phantom of the theater has an old grudge against her. It's up to Creepella and Geronimo to track him down in the theater's spooky basement ... before the curtains rise and he ruins the show!"--Back cover.
7) Bat jamboree
Author
Publisher
Mulberry Books
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
At an abandoned outdoor movie theater, fifty-five bats perform in a toe-tapping, wing-flapping revue--and await the grand finale.
9) Being Julia
Publisher
Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Julia is a true diva: beautiful, talented, wealthy and famous. She has a devoted husband who has masterminded her brillant career - but after years of the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs for something new and exciting to put the twinkle back in her eye. She finds what she is looking for in a handsome young American fan, who adds a few more sparks than Julia was hoping for.
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Group USA
Pub. Date
[2018].
Edition
[First edition?]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
"Using her own experiences as a Tony Award-winning Broadway actress, Viola Davis writes the story of Corduroy and Lisa's first trip to the theater. As usual, Corduroy adventures off on his own, and readers follow his escapades as he explores all over--from the orchestra pit to the costumes rack to the props table and ultimately on to the stage itself, before being reunited with Lisa. A beautifully illustrated tale with a classic feel, sure to spark...
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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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"Barlowe Theater stole the life of Greta Mercy's brother during its construction. Now in 1915, the completed theater appears every bit as deadly. When Greta's younger brother goes missing after breaking into the building, Greta engages the assistance of a local police officer to help her uncover the already ghostly secrets of the theater. But when help comes from an unlikely source, Greta decides that to save her family she must put the threat of...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
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English
Description
The Aldens discover there's nothing more fun than a drive-in theater, where they can eat popcorn in the car and watch movies under the stars! But pranks and other odd things keep happening at the Diamond Drive-In, and late at night, a ghost is seen walking around the empty lot. Is the old theater really haunted?
13) Out of bounds
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Series
Beacon Street girls volume 4
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The girls face a tough challenge trying to keep the Movie House from closing and at the same time dealing with an out-of-control soccer mom.
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Series
Language
English
Description
Offering "a vibrant picture of the roles Black and mixed‑race people played in Regency life" (Publishers Weekly), this unique historical mystery series, featuring a mixed-race heroine with a notorious past, will appeal to Bridgerton fans who want a sharper edge to their drama.
Pressed into a union of convenience, Lady Abigail Worthing knew better than to expect love. Her marriage to an absent lord does at least provide...
Pressed into a union of convenience, Lady Abigail Worthing knew better than to expect love. Her marriage to an absent lord does at least provide...
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Series
Kitty Sweet Tooth volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"There's just one thing Kitty Sweet Tooth loves more than going to movies, and that's eating delicious desserts. Now that Pop-Pop's movie theater has fallen on hard times, Kitty decides that only dessert can keep it from closing its doors. With a coat of paint, a tasty new menu, and a lot of hard work, Kitty and her friends transform this ramshackle theater into the Taste-O-Rama, a combination movie house restaurant."--
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Kit, working as a reporter for the children's page of the "Cincinnati Register," goes to the local theater hoping to do an article on what goes on behind the scenes, and decides to do a bit of investigating on the side when the night's receipts are stolen.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An old, silent music box has strangely begun to play its tune, and when Anya Ivanovich asks for the Phantom Finders' help, Abby and Theo follow the trail of clues to Murky Creek's once-ornate theater, the Kirby Center.
18) CBGB
Publisher
Film CBGB, LLC
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Description
Alan Rickman stars as legendary NYC club owner Hilly Kristal, who during the 1970s, wanted to create a venue for country, bluegrass and blues music (thus the name CBGB). When those acts became difficult to book, he shifted the club's focus to local bands playing original music, launching the careers of Patti Smith, Blondie, the Talking Heads and the Ramones and helping to define New York's punk scene and changing the face of music.
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Series
Discworld volume 18
Publisher
Transworld
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
When Discworld's opera house is found to be haunted, a trio of witches is summoned to flush out the unwanted ghost but the results only seem to complicate matters.
Author
Publisher
Harlequin Audio
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
A reimagining of "The Phantom of the Opera" finds a young woman named Isda, born with the supernatural ability to manipulate memories through song, fighting against an outside world that fears her and threatens the young singer she loves.
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