Full Description
Directing in Musical Theatre offers a comprehensive guide which will equip aspiring directors with all of the skills that they will need in order to guide a production from beginning to end. This new and fully revised edition includes the latest industry knowledge, examples of contemporary musicals from across the globe, and new sections focusing on contemporary casting, identity, and intimacy coordination.
From the very first conception and collaborations with designers and cast, through rehearsals and technical production all the way to the final performance, Joe Deer covers the full range. Deer's accessible and compellingly practical approach uses proven, repeatable methods for addressing all aspects of a production. The focus at every stage is on working with others, using insights from experienced, successful directors to tackle common problems and devise solutions. Each section uses the same structure, to stimulate creative thinking:
Timetables: detailed instructions on what to do and when, to provide a flexible organization template
Prompts and Investigations: addressing conceptual questions about style, characterization and design
Skills Workshops: Exercises and 'how-to' guides to essential skills
Essential Forms and Formats: Including staging notation, script annotation and rehearsal checklists
Case Studies: Well-known productions show how to apply each chapter's ideas
Directing in Musical Theatre not only provides all the essential skills for students and aspiring professionals alike but also explains when and how to put them to use.
Video links to interviews, profiles, archive footage and behind-the-scenes footage from some of the key productions covered in the book as well as additional exercises and grading rubrics offering clear criteria for grading assignments are available via www.routledge.com/9781032555027.
Contents
Foreword by Marcia Milgrom Dodge
Introduction
PHASE 1 CONCEPTION
Charting a detailed course for your production journey
Timetable 1: preparation
Chapter 1 Preparing for Collaboration
Chapter 2 Imagining the Chorus
PHASE 2 COLLABORATION
Timetable 2: Setting your production in motion
Chapter 3 Collaborative Partners
Chapter 4 Directing the Design
PHASE 3 REHEARSAL
Timetable 3: Auditions to final studio run-through
Chapter 5 Auditions
Chapter 6 Staging and Coaching
PHASE 4 PRODUCTION
Timetable 4: technical rehearsals to final dress rehearsal
Chapter 7 Moving into the Theatre
PHASE 5 PERFORMANCE
Timetable 5: Previews to closing
Chapter 8 Shaping the Production
Chapter 9 Etcetera - and All the Rest
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Sample documents
Appendix B: Complete production timetable
Appendix C: Questionnaires
Appendix D: Brief glossary of useful stage terms