Theatre World 2009-2010 Published in April from Applause Books

April 7, 2011 - PRLog -- Long respected, highly distinguished, and completely up-to-date!

Theatre World 2009-2010
Volume 66
edited by Ben Hodges and Scott Denny

“Nothing brings back a theatrical season, or holds on to it more lovingly, than Theatre World.”                                                                                                                     — Harry Haun, Playbill
“Theatre World commemorates the history and excitement of the theatre like no other publication.”                                                                                                — Alec Baldwin

Applause Theatre & Cinema Books is proud to release the latest volume of its beloved annual series, Theatre World. This beautiful book is not just a great casual browse: it is the ultimate go-to source for complete, authoritative information on every play of the season.
Theatre World 66 provides an extensive list of contributors to every Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and regional theatre production of the year, and it’s highly illustrated with over 600 photos in more than 1,000 entries. This year’s highlights include David Mamets’s Race, Horton Foote’s The Orphans’ Home Cycle debuting to raves Off-Broadway, and the musical sensation based on the life of composer Fela Anikulapo Kuti Fela! Also featured are Jude Law in Hamlet, Catherine Zeta-Jones in A Little Night Music, and Cate Blanchet in A Streetcar Named Desire.
At 600 pages, Theatre World 66 is bigger and better than ever and features more photos than any previous volume. Each volume includes cast listings, producers, directors, authors, composers, opening and closing dates, song titles, plot synopses, obituaries, nominees and winners of major theatrical awards (including the annual Theatre World Awards), the longest running shows on and Off-Broadway, and a complete index.

Ben Hodges (New York City) is co-editor of The Commercial Theater Institute Guide to Producing Plays and Musicals and editor of The Play That Changed My Life, Forbidden Acts, and Outplays
Scott Denny (New York City) has been the associate editor for Theatre World since 2005, and also served as a producer of the Theatre World Awards from 2007 to 2009.
April 2011          $49.99          Hardcover          ISBN: 978-1-4234-9271-9
600 pages       7 ½”  x 9 1/8”        Over 600 color and B&W photos
Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, an imprint of Hal Leonard

Film fans, keep an eye out for Screen World 62 in November 2011