Musicals!: Directing School and Community Theatre
- Author: Argentini, Paul M.
- Author: Boland, Robert M.
Through accessible prose and you-can-do-it tone, the authors provide an overview of preproduction planning, auditioning and casting, blocking, stage composition, rehearsals, and choreography,... — More…
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- Part 1 Illustrations
- Part 2 Foreword
- Part 3 Preface
- Part 4 Acknowledgments
- Part 5 Introduction
- Part 6 I PREPARATION
- Chapter 7 1. Is it Theatre?
- Part 8 The Seamless Flow
- Part 9 The Nature of Song
- Part 10 Why the Song?
- Part 11 The Joy of Talent
- Chapter 12 2. Get a Script!
- Part 13 List of Licensors
- Part 14 The Royalty Fee
- Part 15 The Rental Fee
- Chapter 16 3. Making Choices
- Part 17 Musical Choices
- Part 18 Types of Musicals
- Part 19 Choosing a Show
- Chapter 20 4. Planning the Production
- Part 21 Order Your Show
- Part 22 Timeline
- Part 23 Production Notes
- Chapter 24 5. The Theatre- A Seeing Place
- Part 25 The Proscenium Stage
- Part 26 A Bird's-eye View
- Part 27 The Stage Plot
- Part 28 Blocking Defined
- Part 29 Blocking Exercies
- Part 30 II PRODUCTION
- Chapter 31 6. The Prompt Book
- Part 32 Make One
- Part 33 The Floor Plan
- Part 34 Major Notations
- Part 35 Cues
- Part 36 Warnings
- Chapter 37 7. Beat the Script!
- Part 38 Purpose of the Beat
- Part 39 Identifying the Beat
- Part 40 Study the Beats
- Chapter 41 8. Blocking and Motivation
- Part 42 Indirect Actions
- Part 43 What is Blocking?
- Part 44 Pre-blocking
- Part 45 Blocking
- Part 46 Over-blocking
- Part 47 The Inner Meaning
- Part 48 Ten Fundamental Stage Actions
- Part 49 Weight of Stage Areas
- Part 50 Blocking Examples
- Chapter 51 9. The Stage Picture
- Part 52 Visual Arrangements
- Part 53 Five Concepts
- Part 54 Weight and Balance
- Part 55 Variety
- Part 56 Unity and Variety
- Part 57 Application
- Chapter 58 10. Auditions and Casting
- Part 59 Tryouts
- Part 60 Double-casting
- Part 61 Readings
- Chapter 62 11. Beginning Rehearsals
- Part 63 First Rehearsal
- Part 64 The Sing-along
- Part 65 Ask Questions Now
- Chapter 66 12. Learning Blocking
- Part 67 Summer Stock Blocking
- Part 68 Repetory Blocking
- Part 69 Traditional Blocking
- Chapter 70 13. Conducting Rehearsals
- Part 71 Give the Blocking
- Part 72 Step-by-step
- Part 73 Rehearsing Song Sequences
- Part 74 Attention to Detail
- Chapter 75 14. Rehearsal Techniques
- Chapter 76 Stay Fresh
- Part 77 The Musical Moment
- Part 78 Focus
- Part 79 The Vision of the Show
- Part 80 Seeing it Happen
- Part 81 The Difference
- Chapter 82 15. The Musical Number
- Part 83 The Purpose of a Song
- Part 84 Technology and Innovation
- Part 85 Defining the Show Songs
- Part 86 The Atmosphere Song
- Part 87 The Character Song
- Part 88 The Plot Song
- Part 89 The Soliloquy
- Part 90 The Tempo Song
- Chapter 91 16 Choreography
- Part 92 Dancing Adds Meaning
- Part 93 Looking Good!
- Part 94 Theme and Style
- Part 95 Relevant Dancing
- Part 96 Essential or Atmosphere?
- Part 97 Authenticity
- Part 98 Do it Well
- Chapter 99 17 Setting the Stage
- Part 100 Inspiration
- Part 101 Overdoing
- Part 102 The Aesthetics
- Part 103 Basic Approaches
- Part 104 Suggestions for Using the Basic Approaches
- Part 105 Arena Staging
- Part 106 List of Suppliers
- Part 107 Using Color
- Part 108 General Principles
- Part 109 The Future
- Chapter 110 18. The Costumes
- Part 111 The Process
- Part 112 Borrowing
- Part 113 Renting
- Part 114 Costuming Realities
- Part 115 Professional Hints
- Part 116 Makeup
- Chapter 117 19. Lighting the Show
- Part 118 Characteristics of Light
- Part 119 Lighting Instruments
- Part 120 Techniques
- Part 121 Characterisitcs of Color
- Part 122 Gels
- Part 123 The Cue Sheet
- Part 124 III THE PERFORMANCE
- Chapter 125 20. Small Things Count
- Part 126 What Constitutes a performance?
- Part 127 Run-throughs
- Part 128 Notes
- Part 129 Costume Parade
- Part 130 Cue-to-Cue
- Part 131 Technical Rehearsal
- Part 132 Dress Rehearsals
- Part 133 The Stage Manager
- Part 134 Opening Cues
- Part 135 Little Oversights-Big Trouble
- Part 136 Superstitions
- Part 137 Curtain Calls
- Chapter 138 21. Getting the Word Out
- Part 139 Possible Methods
- Part 140 The Box Office
- Chapter 141 22. Mounting the Show
- Part 142 Dos and Don'ts
- Part 143 Safety
- Part 144 Strike!
- Part 145 Appendix "Musicals! The Perfect Medicine!"
- Part 146 Selected Reading List
- Part 147 Glossary
- Part 148 Index
- Chapter 149 About the Authors
