close menu
Bookswagon-24x7 online bookstore
close menu
My Account
Musicals!: Directing School and Community Theatre

Musicals!: Directing School and Community Theatre

          
5
4
3
2
1

Out of Stock


Premium quality
Premium quality
Bookswagon upholds the quality by delivering untarnished books. Quality, services and satisfaction are everything for us!
Easy Return
Easy return
Not satisfied with this product! Keep it in original condition and packaging to avail easy return policy.
Certified product
Certified product
First impression is the last impression! Address the book’s certification page, ISBN, publisher’s name, copyright page and print quality.
Secure Checkout
Secure checkout
Security at its finest! Login, browse, purchase and pay, every step is safe and secured.
Money back guarantee
Money-back guarantee:
It’s all about customers! For any kind of bad experience with the product, get your actual amount back after returning the product.
On time delivery
On-time delivery
At your doorstep on time! Get this book delivered without any delay.
Notify me when this book is in stock
Add to Wishlist

About the Book

Musicals! is an illustrated sourcebook for total theatre training, emphasizing the director's role in the three main building blocks for mounting a performance: preparation, production, and performance. Boland and Argentini provide a comprehensive step-by-step theatre primer which will prove invaluable to musical directors, teachers, administrators, students, and actors. After the initial decisions are made, specific guidelines in preparing the stage picture, holding auditions and casting, and running the gamut of rehearsals are provided. Lighting, costumes, creating sets and scenery, and safety precautions are also discussed. The musical number and choreography are analyzed and defined, and advice on how to use color and solve multiple scene problems is given. With opening night approaching, a checklist of what must be done is enumerated and explained. The authors provide tips on publicity, running the box office, as well as the do's and don'ts of mounting the show and its final strike. Includes a glossary of theatrical terms, a selected bibliography, and recommended sources for scenic drops, costumes, and lighting equipment.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Illustrations Part 2 Foreword Part 3 Preface Part 4 Acknowledgments Part 5 Introduction Part 6 I PREPARATION Chapter 7 1. Is it Theatre? Part 8 The Seamless Flow Part 9 The Nature of Song Part 10 Why the Song? Part 11 The Joy of Talent Chapter 12 2. Get a Script! Part 13 List of Licensors Part 14 The Royalty Fee Part 15 The Rental Fee Chapter 16 3. Making Choices Part 17 Musical Choices Part 18 Types of Musicals Part 19 Choosing a Show Chapter 20 4. Planning the Production Part 21 Order Your Show Part 22 Timeline Part 23 Production Notes Chapter 24 5. The Theatre- A Seeing Place Part 25 The Proscenium Stage Part 26 A Bird's-eye View Part 27 The Stage Plot Part 28 Blocking Defined Part 29 Blocking Exercies Part 30 II PRODUCTION Chapter 31 6. The Prompt Book Part 32 Make One Part 33 The Floor Plan Part 34 Major Notations Part 35 Cues Part 36 Warnings Chapter 37 7. Beat the Script! Part 38 Purpose of the Beat Part 39 Identifying the Beat Part 40 Study the Beats Chapter 41 8. Blocking and Motivation Part 42 Indirect Actions Part 43 What is Blocking? Part 44 Pre-blocking Part 45 Blocking Part 46 Over-blocking Part 47 The Inner Meaning Part 48 Ten Fundamental Stage Actions Part 49 Weight of Stage Areas Part 50 Blocking Examples Chapter 51 9. The Stage Picture Part 52 Visual Arrangements Part 53 Five Concepts Part 54 Weight and Balance Part 55 Variety Part 56 Unity and Variety Part 57 Application Chapter 58 10. Auditions and Casting Part 59 Tryouts Part 60 Double-casting Part 61 Readings Chapter 62 11. Beginning Rehearsals Part 63 First Rehearsal Part 64 The Sing-along Part 65 Ask Questions Now Chapter 66 12. Learning Blocking Part 67 Summer Stock Blocking Part 68 Repetory Blocking Part 69 Traditional Blocking Chapter 70 13. Conducting Rehearsals Part 71 Give the Blocking Part 72 Step-by-step Part 73 Rehearsing Song Sequences Part 74 Attention to Detail Chapter 75 14. Rehearsal Techniques Chapter 76 Stay Fresh Part 77 The Musical Moment Part 78 Focus Part 79 The Vision of the Show Part 80 Seeing it Happen Part 81 The Difference Chapter 82 15. The Musical Number Part 83 The Purpose of a Song Part 84 Technology and Innovation Part 85 Defining the Show Songs Part 86 The Atmosphere Song Part 87 The Character Song Part 88 The Plot Song Part 89 The Soliloquy Part 90 The Tempo Song Chapter 91 16 Choreography Part 92 Dancing Adds Meaning Part 93 Looking Good! Part 94 Theme and Style Part 95 Relevant Dancing Part 96 Essential or Atmosphere? Part 97 Authenticity Part 98 Do it Well Chapter 99 17 Setting the Stage Part 100 Inspiration Part 101 Overdoing Part 102 The Aesthetics Part 103 Basic Approaches Part 104 Suggestions for Using the Basic Approaches Part 105 Arena Staging Part 106 List of Suppliers Part 107 Using Color Part 108 General Principles Part 109 The Future Chapter 110 18. The Costumes Part 111 The Process Part 112 Borrowing Part 113 Renting Part 114 Costuming Realities Part 115 Professional Hints Part 116 Makeup Chapter 117 19. Lighting the Show Part 118 Characteristics of Light Part 119 Lighting Instruments Part 120 Techniques Part 121 Characterisitcs of Color Part 122 Gels Part 123 The Cue Sheet Part 124 III THE PERFORMANCE Chapter 125 20. Small Things Count Part 126 What Constitutes a performance? Part 127 Run-throughs Part 128 Notes Part 129 Costume Parade Part 130 Cue-to-Cue Part 131 Technical Rehearsal Part 132 Dress Rehearsals Part 133 The Stage Manager Part 134 Opening Cues Part 135 Little Oversights-Big Trouble Part 136 Superstitions Part 137 Curtain Calls Chapter 138 21. Getting the Word Out Part 139 Possible Methods Part 140 The Box Office Chapter 141 22. Mounting the Show Part 142 Dos and Don'ts Part 143 Safety Part 144 Strike! Part 145 Appendix: "Musicals! The Perfect Medicine!" Part 146 Selected Reading List Part 147 Glossary Part 148 Index Chapter 149 About the Authors


Best Seller

| | See All

Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798216210955
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Scarecrow Press
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Directing School and Community Theatre
  • ISBN-10: 8216210957
  • Publisher Date: 04 Sep 1997
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 1


Similar Products

How would you rate your experience shopping for books on Bookswagon?

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS           
Be The First to Review
Musicals!: Directing School and Community Theatre
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC -
Musicals!: Directing School and Community Theatre
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

Musicals!: Directing School and Community Theatre

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book
    Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    New Arrivals

    | | See All


    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!
    ASK VIDYA