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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Hamlet
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Macbeth
$525 -
The Business of Broadway: An Insider’s Guide to Working, Producing, and Investing in the World’s Greatest Theatre Community
$700 -
Disney Aladdin: A Whole New World: The Road to Broadway and Beyond
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British Musical Theatre Since 1950
$4,230 -
The Hamilton Papers: Historic Documents Referenced in the Broadway Musical
$808 -
Hamilton: The Revolution
$968 -
A Doll House
$525 -
Show and Tell: The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes
$698 -
13 Things About Ed Carpolotti
$450 -
The Misanthrope
$525 -
Songwriters of the American Musical Theatre: A Style Guide for Singers
$2,248 -
Strategies for Success in Musical Theatre: A Guide for Music Directors in School, College, and Community Theatre
$1,798 -
The Heidi Chronicles
$525 -
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical
$595 -
Glengary Glen Ross
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The Complete Book of 2000s Broadway Musicals
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Tin Pan Opera: Operatic Novelty Songs in the Ragtime Era
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M. Butterfly
$525 -
The Grapes of Wrath
$525