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Acting in Musical Theatre

A Comprehensive Course

By Joe Deer, Rocco Dal Vera

Acting in Musical Theatre is the only complete course in approaching a role in a musical. It is the first to combine acting, singing and...

May 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77319-5 (Routledge)

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The Musical

A Research and Information Guide

By William Everett

2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-94295-9 (Routledge)

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Jerry Herman

The Lyrics

By Jerry Herman, Ken Bloom

Jerry Herman is one of Broadway's most celebrated composers and lyricists. He is the author of two of the biggest successes in musical theater...

2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96768-6 (Routledge)

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Alice May

Gilbert & Sullivan's First Prima Donna

By Adrienne Simpson

Alice May is the archetype of the Gilbert and Sullivan prima donna. She ran away with her music teacher as a girl and landed in...

2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-93750-4 (Routledge)

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Tin Pan Alley

An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song

By David A. Jasen

For nearly a century, New York's famous "Tin Pan Alley" was the center of popular music publishing in this country. It was where songwriting became...

2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-93877-8 (Routledge)

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Harry B. Smith

Dean of American Librettists

By John Franceschina

Harry B. Smith was the most prolific writer of librettos for the American musical theatre in history with nearly half of his 300 works actually...

2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-93862-4 (Routledge)

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David Braham

The American Offenbach

By John Franceschina

David Braham (1834-1905) was the musical director for the famous vaudeville team of Harrigan and Hart, writing music for many of their comic songs, including...

2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-93769-6 (Routledge)

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Hollywood Songsters

Singers Who Act and Actors Who Sing: A Biographical Dictionary

By James Parish, Michael Pitts

For fans of musicals, singing, Hollywood history, and the lives of stars, no other work equals this new three-volume reference to the on- and off-camera...

2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-93775-7 (Routledge)

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William B. Gill

From the Goldfields to Broadway

By Kurt Ganzl

A colorful, historically accurate biography of William B. Gill, a famous musical-comedy playwright and comedy performer of the late-19th-century who is now mostly forgotten, but...

2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-93767-2 (Routledge)

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Leslie Stuart

Composer of Florodora

By Andrew Lamb

Leslie Stuart (1864-1928) was a British songwriter best remembered as the composer of the hit show, Florodora. He began writing popular songs as a teenager,...

2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-93747-4 (Routledge)

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