How to Direct a Musical is a lively and practical guide to the seemingly overwhelming task of directing a musical. David Young brings to this handbook his extensive experience as a director of over 100 productions and more than 250 workshops in the US, China, Senegal and Brazil. Young takes a pragmatic, do-it-yourself approach, guiding the reader from planning to casting, rehearsal to opening night. Topics covered include script analysis, collaboration with designers, musical directors, choreographers and crew, eliminating lengthy pauses between scenes, dress rehearsals and curtain calls.
How to Direct a Musical is a lively and practical guide to the seemingly overwhelming task of directing a musical. David Young brings to this handbook his extensive experience as a director of over 100 productions and more than 250 workshops in the US, China, Senegal and Brazil. Young takes a pragmatic, do-it-yourself approach, guiding the reader from planning to casting, rehearsal to opening night. Topics covered include script analysis, collaboration with designers, musical directors, choreographers and crew, eliminating lengthy pauses between scenes, dress rehearsals and curtain calls.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
David Young was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1963. This is his first novel and was drafted during lockdown and whilst on holiday. David currently resides in Auckland with his family.
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Part I: Before Rehersals Begin: 1. The Guide 2. The Diary 3. Director's Book 4. Plot of the Musical Fanny 5. Checklist of Important Points in Each Musical Production 6. Script Analysis 7. Setting the Style of Your Musical - Exploring the Musicals of the 1980s and 1990s 8. First Exercise 9. Collaborating with Designers, Crew, and Staff (first production meeting) 10. Specifics: costumes and wigs, sets (design and sketches), makeup, sound and lights, props and set dressing, stage manager, production book, rehearsal pianist 11. Musical Director and Choreographer 12. The Director Who Stages His/Her Own Dances 13. For the Director Who Has Never Staged a Dance Number Part II: Auditions and Casting: 14. Sample Notice 15. Early Challenges Part III: The Beginning - First Rehearsals: 16. Rehearsal Schedule 17. Sample Autobiographies 18. Blocking (samples to use) 19. Staging the Musical Numbers (Diagrams Included) 20. Comparison of Similarities in Musical Numbers 21. Putting Together a Multicultural Musical Revue Part IV: Working With Singer/Dancers on Acting - The Early Stages: 22. Where Are We? 23. Listening: a Most Important Tool 24. Characterization 25. Think Time for the Director 26. Improvisation Theatre Games - To Help Strengthen and Enliven Rehearsals as the Pressure Begins Part V: Specific Challenges - Midway: 27. Pulling the Musical Numbers Together 28. Talking about Comedy 29. Farce - A Special Kind of Comedy 30. Stage Fights - How We Did Them! 31. Accents 32. Helping Singers to Age Realistically 33. Aging Americans and the Theatre 34. More Production Meetings 35. Microphones 36. Orchestra Rehearsals 37. Update and Relaxers 38. Run Through Part VI: Pacing, Blending, Streamlining: 39. Pauses, How to Eliminate the Unwanted Ones 40. Special Rehearsal 41. Sorting Out 42. Plugging Along - Then Disaster 43. Concentration - The Dustin Hoffman Story 44. Videotaping could Help 45. Publicity and Photographs - Necessary Interruptions Part VII: Ontage - Finally: 46. Lights/Sound, Dry Tech 47. Rehearsals with Sets, Costumes, and Tech 48. More Observations 49. Some Breakthroughs 50. Fine-Tuning the Songs 51. Last Dress Rehearsals - Progress 52. Staging the Curtain Calls 53. Preview 54. Opening Night 55. Evaluation Part VIII: Appendices: 56. Understanding and Directing Young People and Teens 57. Concerning Special Talents, or Whose Disability is it Anyway? 58. How to Stage Musical Numbers 59. The Choreographer/Director 60. Computers for the Musical Theatre.
Part I: Before Rehersals Begin: 1. The Guide 2. The Diary 3. Director's Book 4. Plot of the Musical Fanny 5. Checklist of Important Points in Each Musical Production 6. Script Analysis 7. Setting the Style of Your Musical - Exploring the Musicals of the 1980s and 1990s 8. First Exercise 9. Collaborating with Designers, Crew, and Staff (first production meeting) 10. Specifics: costumes and wigs, sets (design and sketches), makeup, sound and lights, props and set dressing, stage manager, production book, rehearsal pianist 11. Musical Director and Choreographer 12. The Director Who Stages His/Her Own Dances 13. For the Director Who Has Never Staged a Dance Number Part II: Auditions and Casting: 14. Sample Notice 15. Early Challenges Part III: The Beginning - First Rehearsals: 16. Rehearsal Schedule 17. Sample Autobiographies 18. Blocking (samples to use) 19. Staging the Musical Numbers (Diagrams Included) 20. Comparison of Similarities in Musical Numbers 21. Putting Together a Multicultural Musical Revue Part IV: Working With Singer/Dancers on Acting - The Early Stages: 22. Where Are We? 23. Listening: a Most Important Tool 24. Characterization 25. Think Time for the Director 26. Improvisation Theatre Games - To Help Strengthen and Enliven Rehearsals as the Pressure Begins Part V: Specific Challenges - Midway: 27. Pulling the Musical Numbers Together 28. Talking about Comedy 29. Farce - A Special Kind of Comedy 30. Stage Fights - How We Did Them! 31. Accents 32. Helping Singers to Age Realistically 33. Aging Americans and the Theatre 34. More Production Meetings 35. Microphones 36. Orchestra Rehearsals 37. Update and Relaxers 38. Run Through Part VI: Pacing, Blending, Streamlining: 39. Pauses, How to Eliminate the Unwanted Ones 40. Special Rehearsal 41. Sorting Out 42. Plugging Along - Then Disaster 43. Concentration - The Dustin Hoffman Story 44. Videotaping could Help 45. Publicity and Photographs - Necessary Interruptions Part VII: Ontage - Finally: 46. Lights/Sound, Dry Tech 47. Rehearsals with Sets, Costumes, and Tech 48. More Observations 49. Some Breakthroughs 50. Fine-Tuning the Songs 51. Last Dress Rehearsals - Progress 52. Staging the Curtain Calls 53. Preview 54. Opening Night 55. Evaluation Part VIII: Appendices: 56. Understanding and Directing Young People and Teens 57. Concerning Special Talents, or Whose Disability is it Anyway? 58. How to Stage Musical Numbers 59. The Choreographer/Director 60. Computers for the Musical Theatre.
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