Robert M. Boland, Paul M. Argentini

Musicals!

Directing School and Community Theatre

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An illustrated sourcebook for total theatre training, emphasizing the director's role in the three main building blocks for mounting a performance: preparation, production, and performance. Boland and Argentini provide a comprehensive step-by-step theatre primer which will prove invaluable to musical directors, teachers, administrators, students, and actors.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 210mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 574g
• ISBN-13: 9780810833234
• ISBN-10: 0810833239
• Artikelnr.: 21162710

Autorenporträt

Robert M. Boland (M.F.A., Boston University) is professor emeritus of Fine Arts and Theatre at Berkshire Community College in Massachusetts. Paul M. Argentini is a playwright, novelist, screenwriter, quondam director and actor, and free-lance writer.

Inhaltsangabe

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