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Book Review: Writing Musical Theatre by Allen Cohen and Steven Rosenhaus

About midway through their appealing new book ‘Writing Musical Theater,’ authors Allen Cohen and Steven L. Rosenhaus set down three principles for writing an effective theater lyric. It must be concise, comprehensible and specific. That struck me as the perfect way to describe this practical guide for beginning and journeymen writers.

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1776

In some ways, 1776 feels very much like a straight play. Pages and pages go by in between songs, and we’re often listening to well-articulated political arguments. But 1776 is very much a musical. If at times it sounds like light opera, it’s because the composer is trying to convey, musically, a sense of the period in which it’s set.

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Pace New Musicals

Pace New Musicals mission is to nurture the development of new musicals by student, emerging, and established musical theater writers in a safe and encouraging academic environment. 

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Colleges Seeking New Musicals

Recent Articles: Colleges and Universities provide some of the best opportunities for getting started in musical theatre and getting shows mounted as student productions. While in many cases, you would need to be enrolled or...

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