Music-Genres & Styles-Musicals

Derived from the colorful traditions of vaudeville, burlesque, revue, and operetta, the musical has blossomed into America's most popular form of theater. Scott McMillin has developed a fresh aesthetic theory of this underrated art form, exploring the musical as a type of drama deserving...

(Vocal Collection). This volume presents 31 duets from 27 classic to contemporary shows, for various voice combinations. Songs from Aida, Cabaret, Chicago, Guys and Dolls, Hairspray, The Last Five Years, The Phantom of the Opera, The Producers, Show Boat, Spamalot, Wicked, and other shows....

(Vocal Collection). This landmark collection of music originally sung onstage by children was released in 1993, and has become the most used collection of theatre music for kids. Now this same collection is available with a much needed companion online audio of piano accompaniments....

Bingo is a splashy, zippy, fun new musical comedy - great for theatres looking to produce a small musical with a big heart. Bingo is about a group of die-hard bingo players who stop at nothing to miss their weekly game. In between the...

Characters: 15 male, 3 femaleScenery: InteriorWinner of multiple Tony Awards including Best Musical, Kiss of the Spider Woman revamps a harrowing tale of persecution into a dazzling spectacle that juxtaposes gritty realities with liberating fantasies. Cell mates in a Latin American prison, Valentin is...

Musical comedy Book by Peter DePietro. Music by Galen Blum, Wayne Barker and Vinnie Martucci. Lyrics by Tom Chiodo. Based on the Parker Brothers' Board Game. Characters: 5male, 3female Unit set. The internationally popular game is now a fun filled musical which brings the...

Composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb are the longest-running song-writing partnership in Broadway history, having first joined forces in 1962. The creators of such groundbreaking musicals as Chicago, Cabaret, and Kiss of the Spider Woman, Kander and Ebb have helped to push American...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). In late 2016, Lin-Manuel Miranda released this "mixtape" album of 23 tracks from the score to the mega-hit, Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation Hamilton as performed by several recording artists. This songbook features piano, voice and guitar arrangements for 22 of these songs:...

Musical Theatre: A History is a new revised edition of a proven core text for college and secondary school students - and an insightful and accessible celebration of twenty-five centuries of great theatrical entertainment. As an educator with extensive experience in professional theatre production,...

(Willis). 12 songs that can be used on their own, or as a supplement to John Thompson's Modern Course for the Piano or any other method. Includes: Edelweiss * Fly Me to the Moon * Go the Distance * It's a Small World *...

(Vocal Selections). 11 songs from the stage musical arranged with vocal line and piano accompaniment. Jeremy Heere is just an average teenager. That is, until he finds out about "The Squip" a tiny supercomputer that promises to bring him everything he desires most: a...

(Easy Piano Songbook). Play 50 of your favorite songs in the easiest of arrangements Enjoy Broadway showstoppers presented simply, with lyrics. You'll find something for everyone Songs include Dancing Queen * Defying Gravity * Edelweiss * Let It Go * Mama, I'm a Big...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). A dark force threatens the people of Auradon, and it's up to Mal and the VKs to save everyone in their most epic battle yet Our matching songbook to the final installment of the 2019 Disney trilogy features eight songs and six...

(Vocal Collection). A collection of songs from the musical stage presented in their authentic settings, excerpted from the original vocal scores. There is no duplication from prior volumes Contents: AMELIE: Thin Air * ANASTASIA: My Petersburg * Still * ANNIE: You're Never Fully Dressed...

Hamilton opened on Broadway in 2015 and quickly became one of the hottest tickets the industry has ever seen. Lin-Manuel Miranda - who wrote the book, lyrics, and music, and created the title role - adapted the show from Ron Chernow's biography Alexander Hamilton....

A collection of the letters from and to American musical theater's greatest innovator that provides an entertaining look behind the scenes of Broadway Oscar Hammerstein II virtually invented the modern American musical, first with Show Boat and then in his celebrated collaborations with composer...

Paul Gemignani is one of the titans of the modern musical theater industry. Serving as musical director for more than forty Broadway productions since 1971, his collaborations with Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Hal Prince, Michael Bennett, and Alan Menken...

(Instrumental Solo). 13 songs from the classic musical, including: Bring Him Home * Do You Hear the People Sing * I Dreamed a Dream * A Little Fall of Rain * On My Own * and more.Author: Alain BoublilISBN-10: 0793549019ISBN-13: 9780793549016Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing...

(Vocal Collection). The world's most trusted source for great theatre literature for singing actors. The book features authentic editions of each song in the original keys. The songs have been carefully chosen for each voice type and are culled from a wide selection of...

Cannibal The Musical is the true story of the only person convicted of cannibalism in America - Alferd Packer. The sole survivor of an ill-fated trip to the Colorado Territory, he tells his side of the harrowing tale to news reporter Polly Pry as...

Musical comedy Based on the story by James ThurberCharacters: 5 male, 6 female, and as many extras as desired.Scenery: Various simple sets (or one basic set).On his fortieth birthday Walter Mitty reflects on his drab, ordinary life. Defeated in his quest for wealth and...

Subverting assumptions that American musical theater is steeped in nostalgia, cheap sentiment, misogyny, and homophobia, this book shows how musicals of the 1950s and early 1960s celebrated strong women characters who defied the era's gender expectations. A Problem Like Maria reexamines the roles, careers,...

The official behind-the-scenes book of the hit musical that won 6 Tony Awards, now also a major motion picture! A letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie that was never meant to be told, a life he never dreamed he could...

From West Side Story in 1957 to Road Show in 2008, the musicals of Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021) and his collaborators have challenged the conventions of American musical theater and expanded the possibilities of what musical plays can do, how they work, and what they...

(Vocal Collection). A collection of songs from the musical stage, written for trios of various voice types. The selections are presented in their authentic settings, excerpted from the original vocal scores. Contents: ANNIE: Easy Street * AVENUE Q: I Wish I Could Go Back...

(Vocal Selections). 14 selections from the Tony Award -winning production presented in vocal line arrangements with piano accompaniment. Includes: An American in Paris * But Not for Me * For You, for Me for Evermore * I Got Rhythm * I'll Build a Stairway...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). A delightful collection of 11 songs complete with a synopsis with color photos from the film. Songs include: Chim Chim Cher-ee * Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious * A Spoonful of Sugar * and more.Author: Richard M. ShermanISBN-10: 0881886033ISBN-13: 9780881886030Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/1985Pages:...

Winner of six Tony Awards "A wondrous fable that is as simple and complicated as its ineffable subject--love. The Light in the Piazza has ravishing power. It's as if Guettel were determined to capture the golden light of Tuscany in a bottle. His lyrics...

The script to the Tony winning music featuring a book by Larry Gelbart, music by Cy Coleman, and lyrics by David Zippel. The book also includes an introduction by Larry Gelbart, illustrations by Al Hirschfeld, production photographs, and original costume designs. Hardcover.Author: Larry GelbartISBN-10:...

(Vocal Collection). This third edition of the bestselling collection features 39 songs from 34 shows with 12 new songs Includes: Dust and Ashes from Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 * Hard to Be the Bard from Something Rotten * Her Voice...

The 1910s shaped the future of the American musical. While many shows of the decade were imports of European operettas, and even original Broadway musicals were influenced by continental productions, the musicals of the 1910s found their own American voice. In The Complete Book...

This volume contains detailed information about every musical that opened on Broadway from 2010 through the end of 2019. This book discusses the decade's major successes, notorious failures, and musicals that closed during their pre-Broadway tryouts. In addition to including every hit and flop...

(Vocal Selections). This folio features 15 vocal selections from the TONY AWARD -nominated Broadway musical about a cynical TV weatherman who is sent to cover the annual Groundhog Day event in the small town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Caught in a time loop, he's forced...

Winner! Three 1947 Donaldson Awards, for Best Book, Best Lyrics and Best Score Nominee: Seven 2005 Helen Hayes Awards Winner! Two 2005 Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Resident Musical and Outstanding Director This ensemble musical chronicles nearly four decades in the life of an...

(Vocal Collection). Contents: AIDA: Fortune Favors the Brave * ASPECTS OF LOVE: Love Changes Everything * AVENUE Q: If You Were Gay * A CHORUS LINE: I Can Do That * A CLASS ACT: One More Beautiful Song * DO I HEAR A WALTZ?:...

A revelatory portrait of the creative partnership that transformed musical theater and provided the soundtrack to the American Century They stand at the apex of the great age of songwriting, the creators of the classic Broadway musicals Oklahoma , Carousel, South Pacific, The King...

Twin brothers are separated at birth. One is given to wealthy Mrs. Lyons and they grow up as friends in ignorance of their fraternity until the inevitable quarrel unleashes a blood-bath.Author: Willy RussellISBN-10: 057308064XISBN-13: 9780573080647Publisher: Samuel French LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/1985Pages: 134Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 8.50h...

A personal memoir of the author's time in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, first of all as repetiteur and then as chorus master and associate conductor.Author: David MacKieISBN-10: 1786233169ISBN-13: 9781786233165Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing LimitedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/06/2018Pages: 312Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d

(Easy Fake Book). All your favorite Broadway songs in one big collection The Easy Broadway Fake Book includes larger-than-usual notation, all songs in the key of C, simplified harmonies and melodies, and over 100 favorites. This second edition includes: Alexander Hamilton * And All...

(Vocal Collection). A collection of Gershwin songs, curated for today's singer, transposed into appropriate keys, based on original sources. SOPRANO CONTENTS: Bess, You Is My Woman * Blah, Blah, Blah * But Not for Me * By Strauss * Embraceable You * Fascinating Rhythm...

Music by Bob Johnston and Nancy White Book by Jeff Hochhauser Lyrics by Nancy White, Bob Johnston and Jeff Hochhauser Based on the novels Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery Based on the sequel novels to Anne of Green...

(Vocal Collection). This publication is a hit With almost 30 great songs in each volume from the stage and movie musicals, it has become indispensible in teaching young singers. There are plot notes included for each song. Hal Leonard has had many, many requests...

In On Sondheim, renowned author Ethan Mordden takes the reader on a tour of Stephen Sondheim's work, arguing for the importance and appeal of the composer-lyricist in American theater and, even more, in American culture. Over the course of eighteen shows, Mordden demonstrates that...

In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, swaggering, carefree carnival barker Billy Bigelow captivates and marries naive millworker Julie Jordan. Billy loses his job just as he learns that Julie is pregnant, and - desperately intent upon providing a...

The King and I opened on Broadway on March 29, 1951. The musical is based on a 1944 novel by Margaret Landon, Anna and the King of Siam, which in turn was adapted from the real-life reminiscences of Anna Leonowens, as recounted in her...

In this textbook for performers, the position of a Swing-an Understudy for the Ensemble-on Broadway is examined from every angle, showing just how vital Swings are to the success of any musical theatre production.Authors J. Austin Eyer and Lyndy Franklin Smith draw on their...

A group of resourceful kids start solution-seekers.com, a website where cybervisitors can get answers to questions that trouble them. But when one questioner asks the true meaning of Christmas, the kids seek to unravel the mystery by journeying back through the prophecies of the...

While the 1960s may have been a decade of significant upheaval in America, it was also one of the richest periods in musical theatre history. Shows produced on Broadway during this time include such classics as Bye, Bye Birdie; Cabaret; Camelot; Hello Dolly!; Fiddler...

(Vocal Selections). Ten songs from the hilarious Broadway musical that won the most 2006 Tonys, plus the New York Critics' Circle and Drama Desk awards for Best Musical. Includes: Accident Waiting to Happen * Bride's Lament * Cold Feets * I Am Aldolpho *...

On the night of Sunday, April 23, 1961 Judy Garland made history. That's no hyperbole. Surrounded by a throng of ecstatic fans (3,165 to be exact), the legendary performer delivered a concert in Carnegie Hall the live recording of which became, upon release, an...