{"product_id":"the-musical-theatre-writers-survival-guide-paperback","title":"The Musical Theatre Writer's Survival Guide - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Spencer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Spencer has written a book full of truths a young writer will not find articulated anywhere else. Most of us in the theatre gained our \"experience\" by making mistakes and learning from them. David's book lets you gain the \"experience\" and skip the mistakes part. Anyone maneuvering the treacherous waters of musicals will find it not nearly so lonely or baffling with this remarkable volume as a companion.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Maltby, Jr., Director\/Lyricist, \u003ci\u003eMiss Saigon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAin't Misbehavin'\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBaby\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eConsider \u003c\/i\u003eThe Musical Theatre Writer's Survival Guide \u003ci\u003eyour new best friend in the business.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlan Menken, Oscar recipient and Tony-Award nominee, composer, \u003ci\u003eLittle Shop of Horrors\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeauty and the Beast\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eAt long last: a how-to book written by someone who actually knows how to. It hits so many nails on the head I could barely get through it for the sound of all that hammering.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLarry Gelbart, Award-winning co-librettist, \u003ci\u003eA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum\u003c\/i\u003e and librettist, \u003ci\u003eCity of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e For its practitioners, musical theatre is an art, a passion, and a lifelong love. But it's also a complex landscape involving not merely principles of craft about book, music and lyrics, but also principles of collaboration, script\/demo presentation, project\/production development, venue, business, andeverybody's area of uncertaintypolitics. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Musical Theatre Writer's Survival Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning musical dramatist and teacher David Spencer provides a guide-to-the-game that helps you negotiate all those aspects of the business and more. This professional handbook will walk you through: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003egetting your name and your projects into the hands of producers, instead of the rejection pile\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003echoosing the right producer, agent, or director, instead of surrounding yourself with people uninterested in your work and your career-or interested for the wrong reasons\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ebringing your vision to life through stage-savvy writing, instead of watching it sputter due to flaws in craft\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eliving a happy, healthy life in musicals, instead of dying a slow, showbiz death.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e If you're taking your first steps, Spencer's counsel, anecdotes, and instructions will save you years of blindly stumbling about without results. Likewise, if you've been around the block a few times, \u003ci\u003eThe Musical Theatre Writer's Survival Guide\u003c\/i\u003e can rescue you from the kinds of career-stalling traps, bad habits, and false assumptions that lead to dead ends. \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Spencer won a 2002 Richard Rodgers Development Award (as composer-lyricist for his current project, The Fabulist), a 2000 Kleban lyrics award, and two Gilman \u0026amp; Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Foundation grants. He has been the lyricist-librettist for two musicals with composer Alan Menken: Weird Romance and The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz. He made his professional debut in 1984 with the English adaptation of La Boheme at the Public Theatre and has since written music and lyrics for Theatreworks\/USA's all-new, award-winning TYA versions of The Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables and penned the original Alien Nation novel, Passing Fancy. He is on faculty at the BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and is webmaster and principal New York drama critic for Aisle Say (www.aislesay.com).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 9.44 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45602574565420,"sku":"9780325007861","price":46.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/the-musical-theatre-writers-survival-guide-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}