Bloomsbury Staging Musicals: An Essential Guide

Staging Musicals describes all the elements involved in putting on a musical production, including: choosing the right show, creating budgets and schedules, auditions, rehearsals and performances, as well as showing you to deal with set and costume design, lighting and publicity. Drawing on his experience as an actor, director and producer of musical theatre, as well as from many interviews with other producers, choreographers and desginers in the UK and the US, Matthew White shows how the ideal production is the result of careful organisation and a dedicated team. Structured as a step by step reference detailing every stage of the work, Staging Musicals is a must-have text for any would-be impresarios planning their production. Review White gives theater students, working professionals and fans some genuine insight into how to stage a musical. Whether you're an ambitious member of your local community theater, dreaming of making it on Broadway or just want to know more about what goes into creating your favorite shows, White gives a step by step guide from start to finish. - --Broadway Direct About the Author Matthew White has appeared in many musicals, including Les Misérables, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar. As a director he has worked extensively with professionals, amateurs and students: his credits include Carousel, Oklahoma!, Hot Mikado, Into the Woods, The Demon Headmaster, Starting Here, Starting Now, and Closer Than Ever. He is also a regular guest director at Mountview Theatre School, The Royal Academy of Music and is a consultant at the London School of Musical Theatre.