The ABCs of Directing Musicals: A Civilian's Guide
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Are you going to direct a musical?
Are you thinking about directing a musical?
Are you terrified of directing a musical?
THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU. ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
This book is entertaining, informative, and really easy to read and understand. It's short enough to read in one sitting or you can flip open to any page and find something worth thinking about. The third volume in writer-director Scott Miller's ABCs series, The ABCs of Directing Musicals: A Civilian's Guide, is a fun, short, easy-to-digest, totally non-intimidating way to get a basic understanding of the very difficult craft of directing a stage musical, including a brief history of musicals, a brief survey of acting methods, useful musical theatre terms, good books and documentaries, plus a wide array of other related topics, like directing traps, creating expressionistic staging, film tricks for the stage, directing comedy, using stillness, the nature of time and reality in a musical, the Fourth Wall, realism and naturalism, escapism, protecting the actors, and lots more. Even trained, experienced musical theatre directors may learn something from this little book!
Are you thinking about directing a musical?
Are you terrified of directing a musical?
THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU. ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
This book is entertaining, informative, and really easy to read and understand. It's short enough to read in one sitting or you can flip open to any page and find something worth thinking about. The third volume in writer-director Scott Miller's ABCs series, The ABCs of Directing Musicals: A Civilian's Guide, is a fun, short, easy-to-digest, totally non-intimidating way to get a basic understanding of the very difficult craft of directing a stage musical, including a brief history of musicals, a brief survey of acting methods, useful musical theatre terms, good books and documentaries, plus a wide array of other related topics, like directing traps, creating expressionistic staging, film tricks for the stage, directing comedy, using stillness, the nature of time and reality in a musical, the Fourth Wall, realism and naturalism, escapism, protecting the actors, and lots more. Even trained, experienced musical theatre directors may learn something from this little book!
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:B0C2ST1BD2
ISBN13:9798392702244
Release Date:April 2023
Publisher:Independently Published
Length:92 Pages
Weight:0.22 lbs.
Dimensions:0.2" x 5.0" x 8.0"
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