Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: Fundamentals of Acting in Musical Theatre 1. Acting Basics – The Foundation of Musical Performance 2. Beats 3. Making it Matter Part 2: Score and Libretto Analysis and Structure 4. Musical Analysis – Listening for Clues 5. Reading for Change – Character Clues in the Libretto and Lyrics 6. Elements of Storytelling 7. Character Analysis Part 3: The Journey of the Song 8. Beats, Actions and Verbs 9. Working with Relationships 10. Intensifiers Part 4: Creating a Performance 11. Discovering your Phrasing 12. Staging your Song 13. Rehearsal into Performance Part 5: Style in Musical Theatre 14. What is Style? 15. Style Tags 16. A Range of Styles Part 6: The Profession 17. Do you have the Stuff? 18. Auditioning 19. A Winning Attitude. Bibliography of Useful Musical Theatre Books. Discography of Shows and Songs Cited. Videography of Useful Performances. Index of Exercises by Section