How to Make it in Musicals
How to Make it in Musicals

Author: Michael Allen

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13:

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The author starts with the very basics and guides the performer (and also the parents of the youngest beginners) through every aspect of the training and career development needed to bring the curtain up on a life of performing. Drawing on the expertise of dozens of show business professionals, theis manual gives you advice and guidance on: vocal training -- finding a good dance studio -- learning to act -- promoting yourself -- the performing unions -- contracts -- agents, managers, and casting directors -- starting out in paying jobs -- working in New York and overseas -- auditioning.

The Back Stage Guide to Working in Regional Theater
The Back Stage Guide to Working in Regional Theater

Author: Jim Volz

Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 9780823078806

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Everyacting student and working actor needs a copy of this book! Here’s the essential guide to surviving and thriving as an actor in regional theaters. The thousands and thousands of students in the hundreds and hundreds of acting programs all over the country would all love to become stars right out of school—but the reality of a career in acting usually means honing the craft at regional theaters.The Back Stage Guide to Working in Regional Theaterincludes a history of the movement and a description of each of the League of Regional Theater (LORT) houses in the U.S, plus sections on personal marketing for the actor, the business of acting, strategies and career planning. Essential web sites, a sample organizational chart, contact names, a guide to theater unions, and listings of more than 100 theaters across the country makeThe Back Stage Guide to Regional Theatera must-have for every actor who’s working or wants to be. • Full listings for every regional theater in the US • Valuable information on websites, resources, getting organized • Helps acting students find employers near home or school while they train

Back of the Throat
Back of the Throat

Author: Yussef El Guindi

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13: 0822221853

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It is Stafford's mission to suspend you in a constant state of uncertainty: He unwinds a skein of conversations in which everything you are told has to be taken on trust, yet none of the characters is entirely to be trusted...each scene subtly erodes the a Sex, drugs and chamber music! OPUS considers the matter of music making with an intimate, appraising eye, showing us the sweat, the drudgery and the delicate balance of personalities that lie behind the creation of a seemingly effortless performance. An

Theater Careers
Theater Careers

Author: Jan Weingarten Greenberg

Publisher: Henry Holt Books For Young Readers

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13:

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Discusses backstage careers in the theater such as those of producer, manager, director, press agent, casting director, musician, lighting designer, propertyman, carpenter, and dresser. Includes interviews with persons working in the various fields.