- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd; 1st.ed. edition (21 Feb 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340496576
- ISBN-13: 978-0340496572
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 679,229 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Examining musicals, this book discusses writing the libretto, adding songs, auditioning and rehearsals. It contains excerpts of interviews with Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber. The author wrote the score for "One More Song" and "Laura".
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Stephen Citron has written the bees-knees of musical theatre, in a unique, detailed yet highly entertaining and easy-to-read book. Sections are easily identified and will be a bible to composers, librettists, lyricists, directors and producers of musicals, or those wishing to enter this field.
"The musical: from the inside out" explores every step of the creation process of a musical, from the first idea to the creation to the auditions to it's closing night.
"The musical: from the inside out" explores every step of the creation process of a musical, from the first idea to the creation to the auditions to it's closing night.
It's extremely fascinating and explores length, composition techniques, orchestration, writing a book, to the title and format and, best of all, includes real, often detailed quotes and explanations from creators such as Steven Sondheim to Hal Prince, Andrew Lloyd Webber - amongst many others.
The bible of all bibles for musical theatre workers. Well done!
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is the second book I have from Stephen Citron. Not so useful techincally as the first but nonetheless fascinating for me, as I composed the musical "Below Stairs" to keep sane through three cancers and am this week seeing its tenth amdram performance, this time in Wantage, in aid of Cancer Research UK
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Sloppy and inaccurate throughout
30 April 2000
Format:Paperback
Although the author has some degree of insight into the process of creating musicals, it is mostly very basic information. And apart from that, this book is so filled with factual errors as to almost completely invalidate from serious consideration as a text on musical theatre. I hate to think of the amount of misinformation that anyone who doesn't know much about musicals would come away with as a result of reading this book.
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Mediocre
7 Mar 1999
Format:Paperback
There is some good information in this book but it's also riddled with factual errors and a real misunderstanding of several important musicals. I don't know why this guy is writing a book about musical theatre, because he really doesn't understand the art form very well and many of the historical details are just wrong...
Fun and Informative
12 Feb 2002
Format:Paperback
An excellent text for the neophyte wishing to try his hand at the creation of a musical or for the amateur (like me) who is curious to know exactly how a musical is made. Full of quotes from famous pros and always readable. Highly recommended.
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