The Musical from the Inside Out
1st Edition
Published on 1. October 1997
305 pages
978-1-4617-2096-6 (ISBN)
Description
An entertaining and informative new guidebook to the creation of the musical show, filled with anecdotes, practical advice, and sparkling commentary from the biggest Broadway insiders.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4617-2096-6 (9781461720966)
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Person
Stephen Citron (1924-2013) was one of the world's best-known musical theater historians; he also a composer, pianist, lyricist, and lecturer. His book Songwriting is the standard reference work on the subject. He has also written acclaimed biographies. including in-depth music analysis in such works as Noel and Cole: The Sophisticates, The Wordsmiths: Oscar Hammerstein 2nd and Alan Jay Lerner, and Jerry Herman: Poet of the Showtune. Citron lived in Beverly Hills, California, and past away at the age of 89.
Content
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- PREFACE
- A WORD ABOUT MUSICALS
- 1: BASIC TRAINING
- 2: FINDING THE PROPERTY
- 3: SECURING THE PROPERTY
- 4: SECURING THE TEAM
- 5: SETTING TO WORK
- 6: WRITING THE LIBRETTO
- 7: ADDING THE SONGS
- 8: PUTTING IT TOGETHER
- 9: AUDITIONING
- 10: WORKSHOPPING
- 11: REHEARSALS AND PREVIEWS
- 12: THE OPENING AND REVIEWS
- 13: THE RUN
- 14: NEW DIRECTIONS
- PERMISSIONS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- A NOTE ON THE AUTHOR
