Books

Books

The Art of the American Musical: Conversations with the Creators. Edited by Jackson R. Bryer and Richard A. Davison. Includes an interview with George C. Wolfe. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2005; 308 pp, ($23.95).

Hirschfeld's Harlem by Al Hirschfeld with commentary on the portraits by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, Carmen de Lavallade, Cicely Tyson, George C. Wolfe, Lena Horne, Geoffrey Holder, and Eartha Kitt, among others. 39 color plates; 90 signature black and white portraits. NY: Glenn Young Books, 2006 ($34.95).

Invitation to the Party by Donna Walker-Kuhne. A first-of-a-kind book by the nation's foremost expert on multi-cultural audience development, this work outlines proven methods of engaging diverse communities as participants in arts and culture. NY: Theatre Communications Group, Inc., 2005; 192 pp. ($16.95).