Writing the Broadway Musical - Softcover
This wonderful edition: Writing the Broadway Musical is a treat. This is the first book to explore in details all three craft of the Broadway musicals: books, music ad lyrics. Copiously illustrated with examples, this book is a "how to do book that provides enormous insights into the subject.
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About the Author:
Aaron Frankel has directed over a hundred musicals and plays, some twenty of them new, in addition to collaborating as a writer both on and off Broadway. He has taught at ten universities, including Columbia University, NYU, and the New School, where he has led a musical theater writing workshop for more than thirty years. He lives in New York City.
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"Cannot be overlooked by those interested in a musical theater career." -- Variety
"Detailed analysis [that] will assist both composers and writers." -- Backstage
"Detailed analysis [that] will assist both composers and writers." -- Backstage
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- PublisherDrama Pub
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 0910482829
- ISBN 13 9780910482820
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages182
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Writing the Broadway Musical
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Drama Book Specialists (Publishers), New York
(1977)
ISBN 10: 0910482829
ISBN 13: 9780910482820
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Stated first edition. This work explains in detail the necessary aspects of successfully staging a Broadway musical. All three crafts are covered: book, music and lyrics. With numerous snippets of scripts from real Broadway productions of the past. --- In full red cloth-covered boards with silver-stamped spine titling. Dust jacket with stylized piano keyboard and fountain pen image to cover. --- With prior owner's inked notations and underlinings throughout, green smudge/remainder mark to textblock lower edge, otherwise a tightly-bound, sound copy. Unclipped dust jacket with chipping and small tears along edges but mostly intact; protected in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; x, 182 pages. Seller Inventory # 84028
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