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# Balancing Acts - by  Nicholas Hytner (Paperback)

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Description   "Funny and immediate and ring[s] true. . . . Hytner is indisputably one of the best theater directors in the world." --The New York Times Book Review  "A masterclass in creative leadership. . . . As engrossing as it is entertaining." --The Economist "Absorbing. . . . Astute. . . . Should be read not simply by anyone who has an interest in British theatre, but anyone interested in that oldest of questions: how you make art that sells." --The Guardian  "Engaging and illuminating." --The New York Review of Books  "Hugely entertaining. . . . Hytner has a writer's instinct for detail, drawing you into the room with luminaries such as Arthur Miller, John Gielgud, Alan Bennett. . . . He balances wit with intellectual gravitas, gossip with self-deprecation, and mischief with serious insight." --Financial Times  "Priceless." --The New York Post  "Vivid, engaging, alive with anecdotes and continually invigorated by ideas." --The Sunday Times (London)  "Balancing Acts is both history and illumination. . . . Wonderfully lucid. . . . Witty and entertaining. . . . Reveals both the ecstasy and the agony of staging large and ambitious shows." --The Evening Standard  "A wonderful book: stimulating, intelligent, gossipy, heartfelt, affectionate, honest and, perhaps above all, fun." --The Mail on Sunday  "Revelatory. . . . Full of anecdotes about the terrifying art of bringing a play alive, and full of insight about the sheer daredevil tightrope act that running the National Theatre involves. . . . A vital reminder both of what theatre can do--and what is at stake if we take it for granted." --What's On Stage ""Hytner has produced a rare thing: an absorbing memoir by a director-turned-arts-administrator. . . . The insouciance of Balancing Acts is magic dust, sprinkled by a master Oberon." --Standpoint "A tremendous book about life in the theatre--and theatre, and life. Honest, shrewd and heartfelt. A classic of its kind." --William Boyd, author of Sweet Caress "An unqualified rave for this title. . . . The pages sparkles with luminaries with whom the author has worked. . . . Exquisitely written. . . . The theater crowd is the obvious audience for this book, but the intelligence, wit, and humor throughout expands the scope of readership to anyone interested in the arts." --Library Journal (starred review)  "A captivating narrative. . . . A detailed and stimulating look at the state of the art." --Publishers WeeklyEdition: ReprintNumber of Pages: 320Genre: Biography + AutobiographySub-Genre: Entertainment & Performing ArtsFormat: PaperbackPublisher: VintageAuthor: Nicholas HytnerBook theme: Direction & Production, Broadway & MusicalsLanguage: English Estimated shipping dimensions: 5.1INCH X 7.9INCH X 1.0INCH DPCI : 248-03-9082 UPC : 9781101972885 TCIN : 53770054 Estimated shippimg weight:  0.65POUND

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