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The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical The Applause Libretto Library-Elish Dan & Horn Robert 13 The Musical Complete Book & Lyrics

Seventh Annual Edition-Many of the people who work on Broadway keep scrapbooks of their experiences: photos signed posters ticket stubs and of course the Playbills. Playbill Books a division of the iconic 127-year-old company that designs the programs for every show on Broadway has expanded this idea into an annual project that has become a Broadway institution: The Playbill Broadway Yearbook. Taking the form of a college yearbook the seventh edition is packed with photos - more than 4 000 of them many in color - and memorabilia from the entire 2010-2011 Broadway season including headshots of all the actors and photos of producers writers designers stage managers stagehands musicians- even the ushers! A new feature this year is plot summaries of each of the shows as well as stats Playbill covers and inside stories that only Playbill can get. It includes chapters on nearly 80 Broadway shows - not just new shows such as Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark Warhorse The Book of Mormon and Catch Me If You Can but also the season's long-running ones such as Billy Elliot Mamma Mia! and Wicked. Also included is a wealth of photos from Broadway insider events including Gypsy of the Year Broadway Bare and the annual Broadway League softball championship. The authors have once again asked each production to supply a member of the cast or crew to serve as correspondent to report on things that only those who worked backstage would know: opening night presents embarrassing moments memorable ad-libs who got the Gypsy Robe daily rituals celebrity visits favorite health tips and regimens and so on. Correspondents range from dressers and stage doormen to stage managers dancers featured players and in some cases the star of the show.

Class Four: Process/The Ballad-David Craig's nine-hour video series on musical performance covers all of the techniques and exercises as well as Craig's legendary performance philosophy which has instructed and inspired singers actors and dancers for more than 50 years. Craig breaks down the act of singing onstage into specific approachable components and takes the viewer step by step through the process from how to analyze lyrics and stand on the stage for an audition to signaling the accompanist and making lyrics come to life. Available as a complete set or individually each 90-minute DVD includes a study guide. · Class One: Lectures · Class Two: Technique · Class Three: Subtext · Class Four:Process/the Ballad · Class Five: Process/The Uptempo · Class Six: Performance/Q&A

to the Perfect Audition-?I am your accompanist. You do not know me. I am the guy who sits behind the upright in the unflattering fluorescent light of the dance studio a bottle of water on the floor a half-eaten Power Bar on the bench and your audition in my hands.?Award-winning New York theatre composer and pianist Andrew Gerle pulls no punches in this irreverent fly-on-the-wall guide to everything you've never been taught about auditioning for musical theatre. From the unique perspective of the pianist's bench he demystifies the audition process from how to put together your book and speak to an accompanist to the healthiest and savviest ways to approach the audition marketplace and yourcareer. By better understanding the dynamics of professional auditions you will learn to present yourself in the strongest most castable way while remaining true to your own special voice the one that in the end will get you the job.