A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
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A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
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Author : Stephen Sondheim
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2004
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum written by Stephen Sondheim and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Drama categories.
Loosely based on the plays of Plautus, A Funny Thing... ran for three years on Broadway. The first British production, starring Frankie Howerd as the cowardly slave Pseudolus, ran almost as long and spawned the TV series Up Pompeii!
The Secret Life Of The American Musical
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Author : Jack Viertel
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2016-03-01
The Secret Life Of The American Musical written by Jack Viertel and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-01 with Performing Arts categories.
New York Times Bestseller: “Both revelatory and entertaining . . . Along the way, Viertel provides some fascinating Broadway history.” —The New York Times Book Review Americans invented musicals—and have a longstanding love affair with them. But what, exactly, is a musical? In this book, longtime theatrical producer and writer Jack Viertel takes them apart, puts them back together, sings their praises, and occasionally despairs over their more embarrassing shortcomings. In the process, he shows us how musicals happen, what makes them work, how they captivate audiences, and how one landmark show leads to the next—by design or by accident, by emulation or by rebellion—from Oklahoma! to Hamilton and onward. Beginning with an overture and concluding with a curtain call, with stops in between for “I Want” songs, “conditional” love songs, production numbers, star turns, and finales, Viertel shows us patterns in the architecture of classic shows and charts the inevitable evolution that has taken place in musical theater as America itself has evolved socially and politically. The Secret Life of the American Musical makes you feel like you’re there in the rehearsal room, the front row, and the offices of theater owners and producers as they pursue their own love affair with that rare and elusive beast—the Broadway hit. “A valuable addition to the theater lover’s bookshelf. . . . fans will appreciate the dips into memoir and Viertel’s takes on original cast albums.” —Publishers Weekly “Even seasoned hands will come away with a clearer understanding of why some shows work while others flop.” —Commentary “A showstopper . . . infectiously entertaining.” —John Lahr, author of Notes on a Cowardly Lion “Thoroughly interesting.” —The A.V. Club “The best general-audience analysis of musical theater I have read in many years.” —The Charlotte Observer “Delightful . . . a little bit history, a little bit memoir, a little bit criticism and, for any theater fan, a whole lot of fun.” —The Dallas Morning News
The Ultimate Musical Writer S Planner
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Author : Holly Reed
language : en
Publisher: Musicalwriters.com LLC
Release Date : 2020-08-10
The Ultimate Musical Writer S Planner written by Holly Reed and has been published by Musicalwriters.com LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-10 with Performing Arts categories.
The Ultimate Musical Writer's Planner is an all-in-one workbook to help you brainstorm, develop, plan and calendar your new musical. You'll find guides on outlining story structure and character development, charts for determining vocal ranges and rhyme patterns, checklists for readings and marketing, goal planning sheets, a monthly planning calendar, and much, much more. It's a 240+ page musical planner and workbook to take you from concept to stage. Sections Include: Getting Started, The Book & Story Structure, Character Development, Writing the Script, Music & Songwriting, Development & Readings, Submissions & Marketing, Setting Goals, Monthly Planner, Contacts & Important Info, Recommended Resources, and Notes & Brainstorming. Writing a musical isn't easy, and it can take years of work to successfully move it from idea to stage. This workbook will help you feel less overwhelmed and hopefully trigger some important ideas. It may even one day become a treasured memento of the journey.
Stephen Sondheim And The Reinvention Of The American Musical
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Author : Robert L. McLaughlin
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2016-08-11
Stephen Sondheim And The Reinvention Of The American Musical written by Robert L. McLaughlin and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-11 with Performing Arts categories.
From West Side Story in 1957 to Road Show in 2008, the musicals of Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021) and his collaborators have challenged the conventions of American musical theater and expanded the possibilities of what musical plays can do, how they work, and what they mean. Sondheim's brilliant array of work, including such musicals as Company, Follies, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, and Into the Woods, established him as the preeminent composer/lyricist of his, if not all, time. Stephen Sondheim and the Reinvention of the American Musical places Sondheim's work in two contexts: the exhaustion of the musical play and the postmodernism that, by the 1960s, deeply influenced all the American arts. Sondheim's musicals are central to the transition from the Rodgers and Hammerstein-style musical that had dominated Broadway stages for twenty years to a new postmodern musical. This new style reclaimed many of the self-aware, performative techniques of the 1930s musical comedy to develop its themes of the breakdown of narrative knowledge and the fragmentation of identity. In his most recent work, Sondheim, who was famously mentored by Oscar Hammerstein II, stretches toward a twenty-first-century musical that seeks to break out of the self-referring web of language. Stephen Sondheim and the Reinvention of the American Musical offers close readings of all of Sondheim's musicals and finds in them critiques of the operation of power, questioning of conventional systems of knowledge, and explorations of contemporary identity.
The Minutes
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Author : Tracy Letts
language : en
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Release Date : 2022-11-29
The Minutes written by Tracy Letts and has been published by Theatre Communications Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-29 with Drama categories.
A searing new comedy from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of August: Osage County.
Up In The Cheap Seats
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Author : Ron Fassler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-01-26
Up In The Cheap Seats written by Ron Fassler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Actor and theatre aficionado Ron Fassler recalls his upbringing on Broadway, in conversation with Harold Prince, Stephen Sondheim, Bette Midler, Sheldon Harnick, James Earl Jones, Austin Pendleton, Ken Howard, Hal Linden, Stacy Keach, Jane Alexander and Mike Nichols among many others.
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
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Author : Stephen Sondheim
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum written by Stephen Sondheim and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with Motion picture plays categories.
Getting Away With Murder
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Author : Stephen Sondheim
language : en
Publisher: Theatre Communications Grou
Release Date : 1997
Getting Away With Murder written by Stephen Sondheim and has been published by Theatre Communications Grou this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Drama categories.
A compellingly original comedy thriller, and Sondheim's first ever non-musical play - written with George Furth, his collaborator on the musical Company. The story unfolds on a stormy night on Manhattan's Upper West Side, at a group therapy session. The patients arrive only to find that their faithful, Pulitzer Prize-winning psychiatrist is missing. What unfolds is no less than a classic whodunit...
Finishing The Hat
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Author : Stephen Sondheim
language : en
Publisher: Virgin Books Limited
Release Date : 2010
Finishing The Hat written by Stephen Sondheim and has been published by Virgin Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Composers categories.
Stephen Sondheim has won seven Tonys, an Academy Award, seven Grammys, a Pulitzer Prize and the Kennedy Center Honors. His lyrics have become synonymous with musical theater and popular culture, and here Sondheim has not only collected his lyrics for the first time, he is giving readers a rare personal look into his life as well as his remarkable productions. Along with the lyrics for all of his musicals from 1954 to 1981--including West Side Story, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music and Sweeney Todd--Sondheim treats us to never-before-published songs cut or discarded from each show. He discusses his relationship with his mentor, Oscar Hammerstein II, and his collaborations with extraordinary talents from Leonard Bernstein to Angela Lansbury. The anecdotes--filled with pointed observations and intimate details--transport us back to a time when theater was a major pillar of American culture. Best of all, Sondheim offers unparalleled insights into songwriting.--From publisher description.
Sondheim S Broadway Musicals
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Author : Stephen Banfield
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 1993
Sondheim S Broadway Musicals written by Stephen Banfield and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Music categories.
The first in-depth look at the work and career of one of the most important figures in the history of musical theater