Music-Genres & Styles-Musicals

Over sixty years after its opening night, West Side Story is perhaps the most famous and beloved of twentieth-century musicals and stands as a colossus of musical and dramatic achievement. It not only helped define a generation of musical theatre lovers but is among...

The expanded and updated third edition of this acclaimed Companion provides an accessible, broadly based survey of one of the liveliest and most popular forms of musical performance. It ranges from the American musical of the nineteenth century to the most recent productions on...

Presents in a two-act play the adventures of Meg, a rather unsuccessful witch, and her mute cat, Mog, who has to communicate with mime.Author: David Of Cardiovascular WoodISBN-10: 0573050651ISBN-13: 9780573050657Publisher: Samuel French LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1985Pages: 84Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.17d

Based on The Tale of Custard the Dragon and Custard the Dragon and the Wicked night by Ogden Nash.Characters: 4m 2f with doubling / Family Musical / Unit Set Join Custard the Dragon and his friends as they embark on a musical journey in...

Often dismissed as escapism, screen musicals of the 1960s in fact tapped into unspoken sadness about an America that was slipping away. Jake Johnson delves into film and television musicals of the era to examine their place in networks of grieving in America, for...

Often dismissed as escapism, screen musicals of the 1960s in fact tapped into unspoken sadness about an America that was slipping away. Jake Johnson delves into film and television musicals of the era to examine their place in networks of grieving in America, for...

Show Boat: Performing Race in an American Musical tells the full story of the making and remaking of the most important musical in Broadway history. Drawing on exhaustive archival research and including much new information from early draft scripts and scores, this book reveals...

So, You're the New Musical Director! is aimed at the person who has music training but little or no experience with musical theatre, the high school choral director with a degree in music education, or the actor participating in community theatre productions. It details...

One of the most beloved film musicals of all time, The Wizard of Oz represents an enduring family favorite and cultural classic. Yet there is much more to the story than meets the eye, and the MGM movie is just one of many ways...

The 2001 buddy film Dil Chahta Hai (dir. Farhan Akhtar), had arguably the first rock soundtrack in Bollywood. The award-winning soundtrack is an entry point into the relationship between Bollywood film songs, Hindi language music, and the Indi-pop movement of the '80s and '90s....

Finally, a musicals trivia quiz book that doesn't bore you with dry facts, but tests your love of classic and modern musicals, while giving you the backstage stories. The hits, the flops, the stars, the lyricists, the composers, the awards, and everything else you...

The soundtrack to the film Dil Chahta Hai (2001) was arguably the first hit soundtrack in Bollywood created by a rock band. Through interviews and analysis of the soundtrack, this book provides insights into the relationships between Bollywood films, their songs, and new production...

OK! THE STORY OF OKLAHOMA! A CELEBRATION OF AMERICA'S MOST BELOVED MUSICAL.Author: Max WilkISBN-10: 1557835551ISBN-13: 9781557835550Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/BloomsburyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2002Pages: 302Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.26lbsSize: 9.06h x 7.10w x 0.73d

(Vocal Selections). This revised edition features 14 songs from Stephen Schwartz's breakthrough musical, in all-new engravings reviewed by Schwartz himself! Includes: Alas for You * All for the Best * All Good Gifts * By My Side * Day by Day * Learn Your...

The Pied Piper is based on the traditional tale made famous by Robert Browning, and uses much of Browning's poem. This adaptation has the Piper making his first appearance as a modern busker, delighting the children with his music.3 women, 5 men, 20 men...

Mr Wilkins, an unpopular master of Jennings' boarding school, is rumoured to be leaving. When Mr Wilkins is asked to play the King in the end of term performance of Henry V, the result is near to chaos. However, the last-minute arrival of a...

Includes: Love & Science, Hotel for Criminals (The American Imagination), Africanus Instructus and Yiddisher Teddy Bears.Author: Richard ForemanISBN-10: 1559360216ISBN-13: 9781559360210Publisher: Theatre Communications GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1993Pages: 204Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 8.96h x 5.99w x 0.59d

Author: Austine YoungISBN-13: 9798346121428Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/10/2024Pages: 94Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d

Over sixty years after its opening night, West Side Story is perhaps the most famous and beloved of twentieth-century musicals and stands as a colossus of musical and dramatic achievement. It not only helped define a generation of musical theatre lovers but is among...

Author: Ben MacPhersonISBN-10: 0197557643ISBN-13: 9780197557648Publisher: Oxford University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/25/2024Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 9.27h x 6.17w x 0.68d

Eager to respond to the concerns and tastes of the increasingly influential baby-boomer generation, musical theater in the late 1960s began to embrace formerly taboo subjects--including the triumvirate of postwar social change: sex, drugs, and rock & roll. Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, and...

"This book introduces the relationship between musical theatre and social media in the 21st century as well as methods to study social media's influence on musicals through three in-depth case studies organized around marketing on YouTube, fan engagement on Twitter, and new musical development...

Full Length, Musical / 4m, 3f /Unit Sets Nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Music Set in 1952 in Macao, China, ADRIFT IN MACAO is a loving parody of film noir movies. Everyone that comes to Macao is waiting for something, and...

Discover the powerful and universal lessons from the music and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim, the genius behind such musical theater masterworks as Company, West Side Story, and Into the Woods.Stephen Sondheim died on November 26, 2021, but for countless fans around the world, he...

"Unlock the enchanting world of handpan music with 'Playing Handpan for Beginners: In Professional Harmony.' This comprehensive guide is meticulously crafted for aspiring musicians and enthusiasts eager to embark on a melodic journey with the mesmerizing handpan instrument. Dive into the fundamentals of handpan...

12 actors (possible doubling/extras as desired), 24+speaking rolesUnit set. Optional Intermission.The Pirate Musical! opens with the promise of adventure. A book is pulled from a treasure chest and we spin the tale of Hoagy and Shirley. Once in a blue moon, these best friends...

Unlock the Melodic World of Kulintang: A Beginner's Guide to Mastering Traditional Filipino MusicPlaying Kulintang for Beginners is your gateway to the rich and vibrant world of kulintang music, a traditional Filipino musical form that has been passed down through generations. Whether you are...

Beloved theatre critic Peter Filichia has created a treasure for the ages with A Show Tune for Today, a whimsical day-by-day calendar--one that can be used again and again, in any year--for musical theatre buffs. Across 366 bite-size entries, Filichia dispenses anecdotes, observations, fun...

Feminist analysis of some of the most performed works in the American-opera canon, emphasizing the voices and perspectives of the sopranos who brought these operas to life. In the 1950s, composers and librettists in the United States were busy seeking to create an opera...

(Vocal Selections). 14 vocal selections from the Tony Award-winning musical, including: And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going * Cadillac Car * Family * Hard to Say Goodbye, My Love * I Am Changing * One Night Only * When I First Saw...

America's Songs tells the "stories behind" the most beloved popular songs of the last century. We all have songs that have a special meaning in our lives; hearing them evokes a special time or place. Little wonder that these special songs have become enduring...

Musical Theatre Education and Training in the 21st Century presents a wide range of viewpoints on the musical theatre profession. It brings together research from the UK, US, Australia, and beyond, providing an essential resource for educators, students, and all those involved in training...

Drums Through The Ages: The Story Of Our Oldest And Most Fascinating Musical Instruments is a comprehensive exploration of the history, evolution, and cultural significance of drums. Written by Charles Lafayette White, this book delves into the origins of drums, tracing their development from...

Explores the 100 year history of the Norfolk and Norwich Operatic Society and celebrates the company's relationship with the Theatre Royal Norwich, one of the most successful major provincial theatres in the country. For One Week Only, published in time for the Norfolk and...

"Unlock the rhythmic world of percussion with 'Playing Cajon for Beginners, ' a comprehensive and step-by-step guide designed to empower aspiring musicians to master the art of playing the cajon. This book serves as your complete procedural melody companion, offering a structured approach that...

Recording Broadway: A life in Cast Albums is veteran producer Thomas Z. Shepard's first-person account of the making of fifty plus years' worth of show albums, featuring up-close-and-personal stories of his work with pretty much everyone who was anyone on Broadway, including Julie Andrews,...

(Jazz Piano Solos). Solo arrangements with chord names of 22 selections by this legendary songwriter: Begin the Beguine * Easy to Love (You'd Be So Easy to Love) * Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye * From This Moment On * Get Out of Town...

Here for the first time is the whole history of the musical, on Broadway and off. Stempel combines original research--including a wealthy of primary sources and archival holdings--with deft and insightful analysis, and explores the rich strands of musical theater by genre and type,...

Winner of the 2015 Music in American Culture Award from the American Musicological Society When Leonard Bernstein first arrived in New York City, he was an unknown artist working with other brilliant twentysomethings, notably Jerome Robbins, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green. By the end...

An outback town, Boxing Day, 1945. The dust settles as the populace nurses a Christmas hangover. When Harold Slocum of Slocum's Travelling Tent Show becomes stranded, emotions run high and the sedentary life of the town is disturbed by the remembrance of an illicit...

Hollywood Musicals offers an insightful account of a genre that was once a mainstay of twentieth-century film production and continues to draw audiences today.What is a film musical? How do musicals work, formally and culturally? Why have they endured since the introduction of sound...

This book features all of the classic songs by E.Y. Harburg and Harold Arlen. Also included are the never-before published character themes" by Academy-Award(R) winning composer Herbert Stothart, the complete "Munchkinland Musical Sequence," and the song "The Jitterbug," which was cut from the original...

The man behind "I Could Have Danced all Night" and "Almost Like Being in Love", lyricist Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986) is widely regarded as one of the most important figures of the American musical stage. In penning the lyrics to some of the most...

The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Operatic Society's Production of The Mikado - and the ladies outdo even themselves in this hilarious staging of the classic operetta.-Large flexible castAuthor: David McGillivrayISBN-10: 0573080976ISBN-13: 9780573080975Publisher: Samuel French LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/1994Pages: 86Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 8.50h x...

In Nothing Like a Dame, theater journalist Eddie Shapiro opens a jewelry box full of glittering surprises, through in-depth conversations with twenty leading women of Broadway. He carefully selected Tony Award-winning stars who have spent the majority of their careers in theater, leaving aside...

'Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow, Bloom and grow forever'Often dismissed as kitsch sentimentalism, Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music has proven an enduringly popular and surprisingly influential cultural icon, both within the field of musical theatre and the wider world....

(Vocal Collection). Character roles are a staple of theatre, film, television and musical theatre. Rather than romantic leads, they are featured comic roles, villains, or off-beat secondary parts. These are their songs from stage and screen musicals. AVENUE Q: If You Were Gay *...

"The Lost Chord" is a song composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1877. Sullivan was an English composer best known for his comic musical opera collaborations with the librettist W. S. Gilbert. His works also include 23 operas, 13 major orchestral works, eight choral works...

The idea of American musical theatre conjures up images of bright lights and big city, but its lifeblood is found in local and amateur productions at schools, community theatres, summer camps, and more. In Beyond Broadway, author Stacy Wolf considers the widespread presence and...

Ethan Mordden has been hailed as "a sharp-eared listener and a discerning critic," by Opera News, which compares his books to "dinner with a knowledgeable, garrulous companion." The "preeminent historian of the American musical" (New York Times), he "brings boundless energy and enthusiasm buttressed...