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This invaluable inside account, written by a writer and director of many successful musicals, is jam-packed with great advice, information, and exercises designed to help new musicals reach their full potential. It's the ultimate guide to what to do and not do when you're putting your show together.
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Julian Woolford is a theatre director, playwright and lyricist, based in the UK and working internationally. Julian’s work, including the hit musical Bluebirds, has been seen in the West End, off-Broadway, and throughout Europe. He has directed many British national tours and productions in regional theatres, including the hugely successful 2010 national tour of Oklahoma! starring Marti Webb.
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"A comprehensive and thoughtful guide to everything one must consider in order to write a successful musical. It would take at least a decade to learn all of this on one's own. Invaluable." —David Zippel (lyricist of City of Angels and The Woman in White)
(2013-01-17)"If anyone knows how musicals work (I'm not sure I do), this highly entertaining dissection of every aspect of that bewildering art form reveals that Julian Woolford does." —Tim Rice
(2013-01-17)"Excellent... a useful source of information." —The Stage
(2019-05-21)"Extraordinarily informative... always practical and always readable... a seminal examination." —ReviewsGate.com
(2019-05-21)"There is plenty here of interest to anyone wishing to analyse or create musicals or even with a general interest in the subject." —British Theatre Guide
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- PublisherNick Hern Books
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1848421753
- ISBN 13 9781848421752
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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