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How Musicals Make the Most of Time: Montage, Backstory, Memories, and Ticking Clocks

Oct 20, 2021 | 0 |

Today’s musicals journey through time with concentrated stories and employ devices like montages, backstory, and ticking clocks to keep audiences engaged.

How Musicals Make the Most of Time – A Conversation with Stephen Schwartz

Oct 13, 2021 | 0 |

Carol de Giere and Stephen Schwartz explore how musicals convey time through backstory, memories, and compressed action.

Summer Reading Books for Musical Writers

Jun 9, 2020 | 1 |

Catch up on relevant musical writing books this summer, including ideas for public domain material, how-to books, and books on “the making of a musical.”

Wicked the Musical’s Groundbreaking Score – Act 2

Dec 27, 2019 | 0 |

Robert Vieira shares his analysis of the breathtaking and complex musical score of Act II of Wicked the musical by composer Stephen Schwartz.

Wicked the Musical’s Groundbreaking Score – Act 1

May 9, 2019 | 0 |

The score of the musical sensation Wicked is groundbreaking because it brilliantly melds pop idioms with sophisticated musical theater song construction.