{"product_id":"9780571199945","title":"Thinking Like a Director : A Practical Handbook","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThinking Like a Director\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Michael Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBloom draws on nearly twenty years of directing and teaching experience to convey the full experience of directing for the stage, as well as the mindset that all successful directors possess. More than a mere set of guidelines, \u003ci\u003eThinking Like a Director\u003c\/i\u003e details a technique that covers every facet of theatrical production, from first reading through final rehearsals. The key to directorial thinking, Bloom asserts, is a dual perspective--an ability to focus on both the internal lives of the play's characters and the external elements of the play's structure. In this illuminating, engaging, and accessible handbook, the art of dramatic interpretation and the craft of working with actors are integrated into a single, unified method.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“More engaging than a textbook, \u003ci\u003eThinking Like a Director\u003c\/i\u003e is a concise and highly practical guide to the craft. It's a required reading for young stage and film directors, students, and anyone who wants to know what a skillful professional director does.” —\u003ci\u003eGilbert Gates, Producing Director of the Geffen Playhouse and Producer of the Academy Awards Show\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It's rare for a ‘how-to' book to be at the same time so practical and so literate.” —\u003ci\u003eRobert Brustein, Artistic Director, American Repertory Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThinking Like a Director\u003c\/i\u003e helps fill the void of practical handbooks that are available to theater directors. It is smart and lucidly written and should  prove to be an invaluable guidebook for students and emerging directors.” —\u003ci\u003eDonald Margulies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Bloom's deeply instructional and encouraging primer takes the mystery out of the art of directing without taking out the joy. I've never seen anything quite like it.” —\u003ci\u003eMariette Hartley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A lucid, concise, and admirably undogmatic manual for aspirant directors, from which writers, actors, and ordinary theatergoers will also learn much about the complex business of putting on plays.” —\u003ci\u003eDavid Lodge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With a relaxed, informal style, \u003ci\u003eThinking Like a Director\u003c\/i\u003e captures the experience of stage directing as well as any book I can think of. Its  section on working with living playwrights is a welcome addition to the literature, useful to playwrights as much as directors, and Bloom's writing on language will be highly informative for actors, too.” —\u003ci\u003eArthur Kopit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I very much enjoyed Michael Bloom's \u003ci\u003eThinking Like a Director\u003c\/i\u003e. A taste for directing is like a taste for pickled herring--those that like it seem to like it a lot. For those who've tried it and liked it, I think this book has some pretty good ideas.” —\u003ci\u003eDavid Mamet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780571199945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40673534443726,"sku":"9780571199945","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_a95c9801-7321-46e1-8b19-055998221cf9.jpg?v=1639887280","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780571199945","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}