Staging a Musical The Complete Guide to Putting on a Musical

Staging a Musical 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 a Musical: The Complete Guide to Putting on a Musical is a must-have text for any would-be impresarios planning their first production.

Acknowledgements
Foreword, by Cameron Mackintosh
Introduction
1 Where does it all begin?
2 The creative team
3 Stage management and technical support
4 Budgets, schedules and publicity
5 Research and design
6 Casting the show
7 The first day of rehearsals
8 Rehearsals - creating a company
9 Rehearsals - songs, scenes, choreography and staging
10 Rehearsals - stage management responsibilities
11 From the rehearsal room to the stage
12 The first night and beyond
13 The Musical as a distinct genre
Appendix
Index

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