Ever dreamt of putting on a musical from scratch? Or perhaps you already have, but some extra guidance would be welcome. Look no further: this book will give you all the information you need to successfully stage a musical. Placing a firm emphasis on good organisation and careful planning, Matthew White guides the reader through the various stages and processes involved in putting on a musical theatre production: from choosing the right show and creating budgets and schedules, through holding auditions and taking rehearsals, culminating in the final run of performances and the after-show party. The book also explains how to deal successfully with everything from set, costume, and lighting design to ticket sales and publicity. Drawing on his own extensive experience working as a director, actor, and writer in professional musical theatre, the author also talks to other key industry figures to explore how they contribute to the overall process of putting on a show. Staging Musicals is the ultimate step-by-step guide for anyone planning a production, whether working with amateurs, students, or young professionals.

Includes production time lines, the duties of key people, information about notable musicals, a list of best musical numbers, suggestions for sets, costumes, and instrumentation, and more.

Writing & Staging A New Musical is a brand new instructional manual for anyone eager to create and premiere their own original piece of musical theatre. It is a practical guide filled with useful tricks, tips and templates designed to reduce the workload for creators and producers alike.

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.

Award-winning musical dramatist and teacher David Spencer provides a guide-to-the-game that helps you negotiate aspects of the musical theatre business and more.

This book discusses the musical stage in all its forms--from burlesque to musical comedy to grand opera--from its beginnings in pre-Revolutionary America to the present day. It deals sensitively with the recurrent aesthetic question of popular versus highbrow art and also looks at critical reactions to popular theatrical forms of musical entertainment. The reader is introduced to various types of theatrical companies, the changing repertory, and the many kinds of musical performers who have animated the stage. The book also focuses on the creative relationships between the different forms of opera, the minstrel show and circus, melodrama and dance, burlesque, revue, vaudeville, and musical comedy.