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The Craft and Art of Scenic Design cover image

The Craft and Art of Scenic Design
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Acting is Your Business: How to Take Charge of Your Creative Career (Introductions to Theatre) cover image

Acting is Your Business: How to Take Charge of Your Creative Career
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The Sound of Broadway Music : A Book of Orchestrators and Orchestrations: A Book of Orchestrators and Orchestrations cover image

The Sound of Broadway Music: A Book of Orchestrators and Orchestrations
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How Plays Work: New Edition cover image

How Plays Work: New Edition
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Different Every Night: Putting the play on stage and keeping it fresh cover image

Different Every Night: Putting the play on stage and keeping it fresh
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Directing Professionally: A Practical Guide to Developing a Successful Career in Today’s Theatre (Introductions to Theatre) cover image

Directing Professionally: A Practical Guide to Developing a Successful Career in Today’s Theatre (Introductions to Theatre)
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Adaptation in Musical Theatre (Topics in Musical Theatre) cover image

Adaptation in Musical Theatre
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So You Want to Be a Theatre Designer? cover image

So You Want to Be a Theatre Designer?
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Illustrated Theatre Production Guide cover image

Illustrated Theatre Production Guide
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Music Fundamentals for Musical Theatre cover image

Music Fundamentals for Musical Theatre
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Notes from a Working-Class Playwright (Theatre Makers) cover image

Notes from a Working-Class Playwright
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Performing in Contemporary Musicals cover image

Performing in Contemporary Musicals
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Physical Expression on Stage and Screen: Using the Alexander Technique to Create Unforgettable Performances cover image

Physical Expression on Stage and Screen: Using the Alexander Technique to Create Unforgettable Performances
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Recording Broadway: A Life in Cast Albums cover image

Recording Broadway: A Life in Cast Albums
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So You Want To Be A Theatre Producer? (Nick Hern Books) cover image

So You Want To Be A Theatre Producer?
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Sondheim on Music cover image

Sondheim on Music
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Sound and Music for the Theatre cover image

Sound and Music for the Theatre
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Stage Management cover image

Stage Management
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Staging Musicals: An Essential Guide cover image

Staging Musicals: An Essential Guide
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Studying Sound: A Theory and Practice of Sound Design cover image

Studying Sound: A Theory and Practice of Sound Design
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The Accidental Producer: How Anyone Can Get Their Show on Stage cover image

The Accidental Producer: How Anyone Can Get Their Show on Stage
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The Art of Scenic Design: A Practical Guide to the Creative Process (Introductions to Theatre) cover image

The Art of Scenic Design: A Practical Guide to the Creative Process
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The Heart of Light: A Holistic Primer for a Life and Career in Lighting Design and Production cover image

The Heart of Light: A Holistic Primer for a Life and Career in Lighting Design and Production
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The Musical Theatre Composer as Dramatist: A Handbook for Collaboration cover image

The Musical Theatre Composer as Dramatist: A Handbook for Collaboration
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The Outstanding Actor: Seven Keys to Success (Performance Books) cover image

The Outstanding Actor: Seven Keys to Success
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Theatre Lighting Design: Conversations on the Art, Craft and Life cover image

Theatre Lighting Design: Conversations on the Art, Craft and Life
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West Side Story, Gypsy, and the Art of Broadway Orchestration (Routledge Research in Music) cover image

West Side Story, Gypsy, and the Art of Broadway Orchestration (Routledge Research in Music)
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Working on a Song: The Lyrics of HADESTOWN cover image

Working on a Song: The Lyrics of HADESTOWN
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The Dramaturgy of Space (Theatre Makers) cover image

The Dramaturgy of Space (Theatre Makers)
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Brass Diva: The Life and Legends of Ethel Merman cover image

Brass Diva: The Life and Legends of Ethel Merman
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So You Want to Sing Musical Theatre cover image

So You Want to Sing Musical Theatre
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Into The Woods cover image

Into The Woods
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