Jack in the box : or, how to goddam direct: being the further adventures of a director: mentors followed, giants encountered, roads taken and not taken; with practical approaches to theatrical problems occasionally tossed in / Jack O'Brien.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
FarrarStraus and Giroux,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
256 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
The Jack O'Brien works: a timeline. "What is it you actually do?" -- The Italian job -- Mr. Abbott meets the kid -- "What's that for?" -- The Jew on Broadway -- Simon says -- One of the ones that got away -- Andrew and the broken eggs -- The women in my life (and their lives in my work) -- I liked Mike -- Two Shakespearean actors -- The best for last -- The blank behind the curtain -- An afterthought... -- The Jack O'Brien works: a timeline.
Summary:
"The Tony Award-winning director gathers memories of people, productions, and problems surmounted from his fifty-year career in this memoir and one-of-a-kind how-to handbook"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.