How Opening Numbers Reveal a World or Launch the Story
Carol de Giere and Stephen Schwartz discuss the importance (and challenge) of constructing successful opening numbers — and offer a few tips!
Read More
Tag: studying musicals
How Musicals Make the Most of Time: Montage, Backstory, Memories, and Ticking Clocks
Today’s musicals journey through time with concentrated stories and employ devices like montages, backstory, and ticking clocks to keep audiences engaged.
Read More
How Musicals Make the Most of Time – A Conversation with Stephen Schwartz
Carol de Giere and Stephen Schwartz explore how musicals convey time through backstory, memories, and compressed action.
Read More
Book Review: Working on a Song: The Lyrics of HADESTOWN
Anais Mitchell’s “Working on a Song: The Lyrics of Hadestown” gives insights into lyric-writing, book-writing and story-crafting.
Read More
Summer Reading Books for Musical Writers in 2020
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.”
Read MoreSocial Media Bootcamp
Find a Collaborator
Top rated products
-
Vocal Arranging for Composers
$14.99
-
Logic Pro: Using Templates & Shortcuts
$14.99
-
Finale: Using Templates & Shortcuts
$14.99
-
Online Writers Groups
$349.00
-
Private Consultations
$95.00
Become a Partner Theatre!
