Musical theatre song : a comprehensive course in selection, preparation and presentation for the modern performer /: a comprehensive course in selection, preparation and presentation for the modern performer. (2016 copyright 2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stephen Purdy ; forward by Hunter Foster.
• Authors: Purdy, Stephen
• Other Names: Foster, Hunter
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: SECTION I Song Selection -- 1.Introduction to Song Selection and Historical Context: What You Should Know (and Why You Should Care) -- Introduction -- The minstrel show, the saloon revue, and the first "musical" -- The variety show and vaudeville in America -- Tin Pan Alley and Irving Berlin -- George Gershwin, the revue, and cultural crossovers -- The musical comedy in the 1920s and 1930s -- The "fully integrated" musical -- Musical theatre in the 1950s -- Musical theatre in the 1960s -- The 1970s: The doldrums ... and then that happened -- The 1980s -- the wave of the mega-musical -- and the 1990s -- 2000 onward -- 2.Song Selection for Singing Actors Part I: What to Sing and Where to Find It -- the Philosophical -- 3.Song Selection for Singing Actors Part II: The Song Is You -- the Practical -- The feeling's the thing -- Forger "type": Sing who you are -- Note continued: What are the styles of songs that you need to prepare and include in your repertoire "book, " how many, and why? -- Belt and legit -- Beyond belt and legit: Understanding and performing the diverse song and vocal styles used in modern musical theatre -- Mutual plausibility between you and the song: Getting closer than "one-and-the other" -- Does the song cut well? -- Musical key consistency within the proposed cut -- Playing the song out of context -- Choosing songs with, and understanding, a playable "arc" (and "cutting" them accordingly) -- Often-heard and iconic songs -- A subjective, arguable "Top 25" often-heard list (and runners-up) -- Delivering the goods -- Choosing (and performing) pop and rock songs -- SECTION II Song Preparation -- 4.Introduction to Song Preparation -- Table Work I Ascertaining (and understanding) objective information -- Table Work II Why sing it and not just speak it? -- Note continued: Table Work III Theatre song "brands" and traits that inform style and lead to playability -- 5.Off the Table and Off the Page: Techniques for Payability -- Speaker -- receiver interaction and relationship -- Interior monologue in song -- The lines under the lines (subtext in song) -- Music as subtext -- Objectives: What's the problem? (the want is always stronger) -- Tactics: How do I solve the problem? -- Charting it out: Hitting objectives and tactical points and identifying obstacles -- Song worksheet -- Methods and modes of song delivery -- 6.A Music and Musical Theatre Term Lexicon -- 7.Coaching Songs Through -- "Much More" (From The Fantasticks) -- "Separate Ways" (Worlds Apart) (Words and music by Steve Perry and Jonathan Cain) -- "Another Night at Darryl's" (From The Witches of Eastwick) -- "Perfect" (From Edges) -- "Maria" (From West Side Story) -- SECTION III Song Presentation -- 8.Your Turn at Bat, Sir -- Introduction -- Note continued: Who am I anyway (in the show)? -- Casting notices -- Keeping it real(istic) -- A first-date guide to dressing for auditions and song presentations -- Dressing (up) for the part? -- So many choices with so little time -- 9.Musical Theatre Song and Collaboration -- I love a pianist -- Setting yourself up for success in spontaneous collaboration -- 10.How They See Us: Body Language Onstage and Media Online -- Now that I'm here, what do I do with my hands (and feet, and hips, and legs, and...)? -- See and be seen on Facebook, YouTube, and everything else -- 11.Finale -- If I had a dollar, euro, or pound for every coulda, shoulda, and woulda -- Thank you and goodnight.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (312 pages)
• Subjects: 783.043; Drama -- General; Singing -- Instruction and study; Musical theater -- instruction and study; Musical theater; Singing; Theatre studies; Methods (Music) -- Self-instruction
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472595119; 1472595114
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