Writing musical theater / Allen Cohen and Steven L. Rosenhaus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Allen (Allen Laurence)

Contributor:

Rosenhaus, Steven L., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musicals--Writing and publishing.

Musicals.

Musicals--Production and direction.

Physical Description:

xiii, 290 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Summary:

This complete guide to the modern musical covers the entire process of creating a show, from finding and working out the initial idea, through the writing of both songs and libretto, to the ways in which writers can market a finished show and get it produced. This comprehensive book, for the interested theatergoer and writers, new or experienced, is written in a lively and user-friendly style and illustrated with numerous examples, containing a how-to tutorial approach to its subject matter that has never appeared in print. With years of theatrical experience between them, Steven L. Rosenhaus and Allen Cohen have written the best and most comprehensive guide to the Broadway musical.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-282) and index.

ISBN:

1403963959

OCLC:

60767105

Publisher Number:

9781403963956