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The Craft and Art of Scenic Design cover image

The Craft and Art of Scenic Design
£62.99
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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
£21.99
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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
£54.00
£54.00
How Plays Work: New Edition cover image

How Plays Work: New Edition
£14.99
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Broadway Poster Art: 1945–1969 cover image

Broadway Poster Art: 1945–1969
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Designing Broadway: How Derek McLane and Other Acclaimed Set Designers Create the Visual World of Theatre cover image

Designing Broadway: How Derek McLane and Other Acclaimed Set Designers Create the Visual World of Theatre
£38.00
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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)
£9.99
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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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How to Write a Song that Matters cover image

How to Write a Song that Matters
£16.99
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If the Song Doesn't Work, Change the Dress: The Illustrated Memoirs of Broadway Costume Designer Patricia Zipprodt

If the Song Doesn't Work, Change the Dress: The Illustrated Memoirs of Broadway Costume Designer Patricia Zipprodt
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Illustrated Theatre Production Guide cover image

Illustrated Theatre Production Guide
£58.99
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Into The Woods cover image

Into The Woods
£12.99
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Music Fundamentals for Musical Theatre cover image

Music Fundamentals for Musical Theatre
£28.99
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Music, Lyrics, and Life: A Field Guide for the Advancing Songwriter cover image

Music, Lyrics, and Life: A Field Guide for the Advancing Songwriter
£25.00
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Musical TheatreActing cover image

Musical Theatre Acting
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Musical Theatre Song: A Comprehensive Course in Selection, Preparation, and Presentation for the Modern Performer (Performance Books) cover image

Musical Theatre Song: A Comprehensive Course in Selection, Preparation, and Presentation for the Modern Performer
£25.99
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Notes from a Working-Class Playwright (Theatre Makers) cover image

Notes from a Working-Class Playwright
£22.99
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Performing in Contemporary Musicals cover image

Performing in Contemporary Musicals
£38.99
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Cowboys at the Ballet: The Story of Choreographer Agnes de Mille cover image

Cowboys at the Ballet: The Story of Choreographer Agnes de Mille
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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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Playwriting: Structure, Character, How and What to Write cover image

Playwriting: Structure, Character, How and What to Write
£16.99
£16.99
Recording Broadway: A Life in Cast Albums cover image

Recording Broadway: A Life in Cast Albums
£35.00
£35.00
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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So You Want to Be in Musicals? (So You Want to Be... (Nick Hern Books)) cover image

So You Want to Be in Musicals?
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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
£43.00
£43.00
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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