Book - Writing the Broadway Musical, Revised and Updated will give you great advice on how to write the next great stage production.
From the back of the book:
"Brimming with advice and techniques, this essential reference, the only one of its kind, demonstrates the fundamentals of the three crafts of the musical—the book, the music, and the lyrics. Using many examples from both contemporary and classic musicals and accounting for the "British Invasion" and Disney on Broadway, this is the ideal musical writer's guide to the art, and will increase the theatergoer's pleasure as well.
"Frankel leads both the aspiring and the experienced writer through a detailed exploration of topics that include:
- Definitions of musical theater
- Differences between musical books and straight plays, between show songs and pop songs, and between poetry and lyrics
- What a score is and how it develops
- How to write for the voice
- How to audition musicals for producers
- The demands of collaboration and of the testing and revision process
With a new preface and thoroughly revised text, this book is an indispensable guide for a new generation of musical writers."
Paperback, 182 pages. | |
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