The stylistic range required of a musical theatre performer is expansive. From the favourites of Tin Pan Alley to today’s international blockbusters, musical roles require the ability to adapt to a panoply of characters and vocal styles. By breaking down these styles and exploring the output of the great composers, this book offers singers and performers an essential handbook. Each composer - from Gilbert and Sullivan and Irving Berlin to Alain Boublil and Andrew Lloyd Weber - is examined through a brief biography, a stylistic overview, and a comprehensive song list with notes on suitable voice types and further reading. Chapters run the gamut of the modern musical, from English light opera through the American golden age up to the ’mega musicals’ of the late Twentieth Century, giving today’s students and performers an indispensable survey of their craft.
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The Complete Book of 2000s Broadway Musicals
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Singing and Dancing to the Book of Mormon: Critical Essays on the Broadway Musical
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The Actor Uncovered: A Life in Acting
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Strategies for Success in Musical Theatre: A Guide for Music Directors in School, College, and Community Theatre
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Strategies for Success in Musical Theatre: A Guide for Music Directors in School, College, and Community Theatre
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Twelve Angry Men
$525 -
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
$525 -
British Musical Theatre Since 1950
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The Grapes of Wrath
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I Got the Show Right Here: The Amazing, True Story of How an Obscure Brooklyn Horn Player Became the Last Great Broadway Showman
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A Doll House
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British Musical Theatre Since 1950
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Master of Ceremonies: A Memoir
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Stephen Sondheim and the Reinvention of the American Musical
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The Hamilton Papers: Historic Documents Referenced in the Broadway Musical
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From Backpacks to Broadway: Children’s Experiences in Musical Theatre
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Tin Pan Opera: Operatic Novelty Songs in the Ragtime Era
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Two Short Plays: The Wonder Hat and Back of the Yards
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Show and Tell: The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes
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Disney Aladdin: A Whole New World: The Road to Broadway and Beyond
$1,400