Acting in Musical Theatre remains the only complete course in approaching a role in a musical. It covers fundamental skills for novice actors, practical insights for professionals, and even tips to help veteran musical performers refine their craft.
Updates in this expanded and revised second edition include:
A brand new companion website for students and teachers, including Powerpoint lecture slides, sample syllabi, and checklists for projects and exercises.
Learning outcomes for each chapter to guide teachers and students through the books core ideas and lessons
New style overviews for pop and jukebox musicals
Extensive updated professional insights from field testing with students, young professionals, and industry showcases
Full-colour production images, bringing each chapter to life
Acting in Musical Theatres chapters divide into easy-to-reference units, each containing group and solo exercises, making it the definitive textbook for students and practitioners alike.
Recenzijos
"An essential guide to musical theatre acting. [ ...] This book should be a staple on the shelf of every musical theatre professor, instructor, and student as it is an invaluable resource."
- Matthew Teague Miller, Musical Theatre Educators' Alliance
Introduction Part 1: Fundamentals of Acting in Musical Theatre
1.
Acting Basics - The Foundation 2. Acting Basics - Step-by-Step
3. Making it
Matter Part 2: Score and Libretto Analysis and Structure
4. Musical
Analysis - Listening for Clues
5. Working with Words - The Language of the
Lyric and Libretto
6. Elements of Storytelling
7. Character Analysis Part
3: The Journey of the Song 8. The Journey Begins
9. Working with
Relationships
10. Intensifiers Part 4: Making it 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. Style Overviews Part 6: The Profession
17. Do you have the Stuff?
18. Auditioning
19. A Winning Attitude Subject Index Show, Character and
Song Index
Rocco Dal Vera was Professor of Drama at the University of Cincinnatis College-Conservatory of Music where he headed the Division for Musical Theatre, Acting, Opera, Dance, Arts Administration, Theatre Design and Production. He is the author and editor of six books including Voice: Onstage and Off with Robert Barton.
Joe Deer is Head of Musical Theatre at Wright State University, as well as being an experienced director, choreographer, actor, dancer, stage manager, and artistic director. He has been a musical theatre educator for almost thirty years, and is a frequent contributor to theatre publications, including Teaching Theatre Journal and Dramatics Magazine.
