The 16-Bar Theatre Audition: 100 Songs Excerpted for Succesful Auditions (Vocal Collection-Baritone/Bass) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a great audition resource, as it not only has the songs already broken down into audition-ready length, but it also includes a wide variety. There are pieces from shows old and contemporary. And although some of the music goes a bit over 16 bars, this is generally nto a big deal. It's maybe two-four bars over. Directors are typically more concerned with your voice than PRECISE bar count. These selections keep it close, though.

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Most large audition calls for musical theatre, both professionally and in larger school situations, specify that those auditioning bring in a "16 bar" excerpt. The professionals in musical theatre often complain that singers don't know how to construct an appropriate 16 bar audition, either in choosing a song or in editing an excerpt. With this new series, that problem is solved forever! Editor Michael Dansicker, a composer/producer/music director, is a seasoned musical theatre veteran, with 100 Broadway credits. He brings his expertise and broad knowledge of the literature to this series. Each excerpt has been given a thoughtful, graceful and effective form. No more illegible scribblings for the poor audition accompanist! An enormous variety of literature is represented, from old standards to movie songs to the latest Broadway and Off-Broadway material. With 100 songs per volume, any singing actor, whatever his or her talents and strong suits, will have many choices. In the preface, the editor gives valuable pointers on the nature of a good audition and some factors in choosing songs.

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The Best Plays of 2000-2001: The Otis Guernsey/Burns Mantle Theatre Yearbook Review

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(More customer reviews)The title is totally misleading.The book contains essays ABOUT plays, not the actual plays themselves.What a waste.

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The 82nd edition of this popular series, which began in 1920, features essays by prominent theater writers, illustrations by Al Hirschfeld and comprehensive reference on the theater season in New York and around the United States.

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Into the Woods (Vocal Score) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is such beautiful music that Sondheim has written. I just wish that all of the spoken text, and music could all be together somewhere. It's so difficult, and somewhat frustrating trying to go back and forth between the book of dialogue, and then back to the music. I'm a musician that needs to see the music going on underneath me, and don't like to learn my music by just listening to a recording of it. Maybe some day the two will be printed together.

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Stephen Sondheim's Tony-Award winning musical includes: Agony * It Takes Two * Stay With Me * Any Moment * No More * No One is Alone

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The Rough Guide to Film Musicals 1 (Rough Guide Reference) Review

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(More customer reviews)As part of the expanding Rough Guide series covering the entertainment field, Empire Magazine film critic and historian David Parkinson has done a smart, admirable job documenting the history of the film musical genre within the book's 326 pages. The key to its success is the way he divides the volume, first with a cursory look at the stage shows and minstrel revues that preceded film, the concept of silent musicals before talkies arrived, and tracking how the musical film has evolved over the last century. Parkinson spotlights iconic figures both in front of and behind the camera. The usual suspects are here - Astaire, Kelly, Garland, Gershwin, Rodgers and Hammerstein - but also "underused" figures like the Nicholas Brothers and Ethel Waters.

The most interesting section describes how musicals work in terms of plot devices and visual style. Obviously, no guide is complete without a list of the fifty essential cinematic musicals, a relatively sturdy list that combines indisputable classics (Singin' in the Rain, Swing Time, the 1936 version of Show Boat) with long-forgotten gems (Summer Holiday, The Love Parade) and films of a more recent vintage (Chicago, Evita). There is a quick rundown of international musicals broken down by country, as well as lists of the best soundtracks, genre Web sites and books for further reading on the subject. My one overriding criticism is the overly jaundiced comments Parkinson makes about musicals he considers essential but obviously detests (High Society, West Side Story). Regardless, this is a fun read for aficionados of the genre.

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The perfect companion to cinema"s most spectacular genre, The Rough Guide to Film Musicals reveals how an escapist entertainment became Hollywood"s most ingenious art form. From such enduring classics as Singin" In The Rain and West Side Story to recent successes like Evita and Chicago, this book reviews 50 essential musicals, including several forgotten gems. There are profiles of musical icons such as Fred Astaire, Judy Garland and George Gershwin and details of musicals from around the world. Complete with a list of the best soundtracks, websites and books for further reading, this Rough Guide takes a behind the scenes look at this magical movie genre.

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Side Show (Vocal Selections) Review

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(More customer reviews)A good friend and I are doing Side Show for a end of the year exam and we were very excited because we had all the music downloaded and our script in the mail.When we received the "vocal selection" we were greatly disappointed with the cut versions.We had to change around our whole show to build around this "vocal selection."I recommend the actual score for anyone as serious about this play as we were!

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This collection features PVG arrangements of 16 songs from the recent Broadway run of this controversial, critically acclaimed new musical that will be opening next year in Europe. Songs include: Come Look at the Freaks ¥ The Devil You Know ¥ Feelings YouÕve Got to Hide ¥ I Will Never Leave You ¥ Leave Me Alone ¥ Like Everyone Else ¥ One Plus One Equals Three ¥ Private Conversation ¥ Say Goodbye to the Freak Show ¥ Tunnel of Love ¥ We Share Everything ¥ When IÕm by Your Side ¥ You Should Be Loved ¥ and more. Includes color photos from the Broadway production.

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I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change: P/V/G Vocal Selections Review

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(More customer reviews)The production at Theatre at Old Town (San Diego) was fun, funny, fabulous, worth every cent, charming, and when it comes back (especially with the cast I saw!) I will definitely see it again.After all . . . 8 times was simply not enough!!

Don't miss this ... and listening to the CD brings it all back ... and allows me to sing-a-long!!

Gentle as you go ...

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Features 8 vocal selections from this hilarious off-Broadway send-up of "the relationship" that Variety calls, "Smartly conceived...(with) catchy tunes and witty lyrics." Songs include: Always a Bridesmaid * The Baby Song * I Can Live with That * I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change * I Will Be Loved Tonight * Marriage Tango * Shouldn't I Be Less in Love with You? * Tear Jerk.

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Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 5: Baritone/Bass Book/2 CDs Pack (Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology (Songbooks)) Review

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(More customer reviews)I had searched for quite a while to find an anthology on newer musical theatre rep.
When I found this on Amazon, I was excited because it not only has newer songs, but also the CDs are a great way of learning and practicing. I can use it, my students can use it. It is brilliant.

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The world's most trusted source for authentic editions of theatre music for singers has expanded with yet another volume. Many of the songs are found in no other collections. The 40 songs in each volume are in the original keys, excerpted from vocal scores and piano/conductor rehearsal scores. Includes both recent shows and a deeper look into classic musicals. Includes: ALL AMERICAN: Once Upon a Time * ANNIE: Something Was Missing * ANYONE CAN WHISTLE: With So Little to Be Sure Of * AVENUE Q: Purpose * I Wish I Could Go Back to College * BARNUM: There's a Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute * The Colors of My Life * CHICAGO: Razzle Dazzle * CITY OF ANGELS: Funny * CURTAINS: Coffee Shop Nights * I Miss the Music * DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS: Love Sneaks In * DREAMGIRLS: When I First Saw You * FIDDLER ON THE ROOF: If I Were a Rich Man * 42ND STREET: Lullaby of Broadway * A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM: Your Eyes Are Blue * GREY GARDENS: Marry Well * HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING: A Secretary Is Not a Toy * LITTLE ME: Real Live Girl * LES MISERABLES: Drink with Me (To Days Gone By) * Javert's Suicide * ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: I Rise Again * 110 IN THE SHADE: Gonna Be Another Hot Day * THE PRODUCERS: The King of Broadway * I Wanna Be a Producer * RENT: Santa Fe * THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT - THE SMELL OF THE CROWD: Look at That Face * SEESAW: It's Not Where You Start * SHE LOVES ME: Try Me * Grand Knowing You * MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT: Robin's Song * You Won't Succeed on Broadway * SPRING AWAKENING: All That's Known * TARZAN: No Other Way * TICK, TICK ... BOOM!: Real Life * THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN: Colorado, My Home * WEST SIDE STORY: Jet Song * Cool.

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Prince -- Come: Piano/Vocal/Chords Review

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(More customer reviews)The score was delivered in excellent condition and just as provider described.I am very pleased and will use this service again with confidence.

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Always creative and often controversial, Prince has won over both fans and critics by blending infectious rhythms with memorable melodies. This album-matching folio includes the chart-topping hit ""Letitgo"" plus: Come
* Space
* Pheromone
* Loose!
* Papa
* Race
* Dark
* Solo.

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Ever After: The Last Years of Musical Theater and Beyond Review

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(More customer reviews)Primarily Barry Singer's compilation (with some re-editing) of pieces he wrote for a number of publications, perhaps most notably The New York Times, Ever After: The Last Years of Musical Theater and Beyond is intriguing as surface-level look at the last couple of decades in musical theater.It's useful for little else, however--Singer speeds through discussions of important shows, wastes time detailing events and productions of minor importance at best, and never provides a truly engaging or thought-provoking point of view.Instead, he attempts to pass his opinions off as fact, which results in a number of statements of questionable veracity that have been noted by theater writers and critics from the esteemed Mr. Miller to Peter Filichia.Perhaps even more unfortunate is that Singer's chronicle covers exactly the same time period as Ethan Mordden's forthcoming The Happiest Corpse I've Ever Seen: The Last 25 Years of Musical Theatre; Singer's Ever After does not stand up well to Mordden's latest volume, coming across more as a simpleton's whining screed opposite an intelligent and informed gentleman's thoughtful analysis.Ever After is perhaps most enjoyed and appreciated by those with little functional knowledge of the workings of New York theater; they're likely to find Singer's anecdotes more interesting than people who know it's possible cover the subject in considerably more depth than Singer attempts.

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Ever After is more than a detailed show-by-show history of the last quarter century in American musical theater. It explains how the storied Broadway tradition in many cases went so very wrong. Singer takes the reader behind the scenes for an unparalleled look at A Chorus Line's final bow, the creation of Rent, the real people behind Disney's uber-musicals, and even an afternoon with Andrew Lloyd Webber.Ever After also celebrates the promise of the next generation of young musical theater artists, especially Adam Guettel, Michael John LaChiusa, Ricky Ian Gordon and Jason Robert Brown, addressing not only their work to date, but their future projects.There is no other book currently available that covers this period and subject. Through his work for The New York Times, Singer has interviewed virtually everyone of significance. They are all here, very much speaking for themselves. Ever After is both anecdotal and analytical, featuring personality profiles of important creative figures, from Jule Styne to Stephen Sondheim to Jonathan Larson, while critically evaluating all of the many musicals produced during the past 25 years.Sure to generate debate, this is a book written not only for the musical theater aficionado, but for anyone who has seen a Broadway musical or has just enjoyed the movie version of Chicago and is curious to know more.

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Passion (Vocal Selections) Review

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(More customer reviews)While this book is simply amazing... you should either get thecd to listen to while reading this script or watch the movie tohear/see the fabulous performances and Sondheim's glorious music. This book is still worth buying even if you aren't able to hear the score.This play works in mysterious ways and bring out many passionate feelings in anyone with a heart.It conveys and brings forth emotions from anger to pity with Fosca, love and hate, hapiness and depression... This is a truly beautiful book!

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1994 Tony Award Winner-- Best Musical and Score! The titles are: Happiness * I Read * Love Like Ours * They Hear Drums * I Wish I Could Forget You * Loving You * No One Has Ever Loved Me. Includes four pages of color photos.

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Your Arms Too Short to Box With God Review

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(More customer reviews)Unsatisfied. I was under the impression that I was ordering a CD: instead, I received sheet music

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Titles include: Something Is Wrong in Jerusalem * We're Gonna Have a good Time * Beattitudes * It's Too Late, Judas * We Are the Priests and Elders.

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Bernstein Theatre Songs: High Voice (Vocal) Review

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(More customer reviews)I do not recommend buying this book from Amazon, not because this is not a good book, but because I ordered this book on Nov. 29 2006 and I still have not recieved it on March 1 2007. If you want this book, get it at a store.

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A fantastic resource for Leonard Bernstein's rich theatre songs, from On the Town, Peter Pan, Wonderful Town, Candide, West Side Story, Mass, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and other shows. Includes several songs cut from shows, songs never before published, and also new solo editions of some songs that have never before been available as stand-alone numbers. The songs have been newly engraved and edited, largely presented in authentic vocal score format (rather than piano/vocal sheet music arrangements). The song lists are not the same for High Voice and Low Voice editions; some songs are transposed; others are uniquely in only one volume.

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Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 5: Tenor Book/2 CDs Pack (Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology (Songbooks)) Review

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(More customer reviews)I received the Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology (Volume 5 tenor version) quickly and it was exactly what I was looking for and in perfect shape.There is a wide selection of tenor selections and it also comes with a CD as well.I have the other four volumes and this one is probably my favorite so far.

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The world's most trusted source for authentic editions of theatre music for singers has expanded with yet another volume. Many of the songs are found in no other collections. The 40 songs in each volume are in the original keys, excerpted from vocal scores and piano/conductor rehearsal scores. Includes both recent shows and a deeper look into classic musicals. Includes: ANNIE: Easy Street * BARNUM: Bigger Isn't Better * CHILDREN OF EDEN: Lost in the Wilderness * CITY OF ANGELS: Stay with Me * DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS: Great Big Stuff * DO I HEAR A WALTZ?: Take the Moment * THE DROWSY CHAPERONE: I Am Aldolpho * GODSPELL: Alas for You o GREASE: Mooning * GREY GARDENS: Body Beautiful Beale * Drift Away * HAIRSPRAY: The Nicest Kids in Town * Hairspray * JERSEY BOYS: December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) * Can't Take My Eyes Off of You * THE LAST FIVE YEARS: Shiksa Goddess * Moving Too Fast * THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA: Il mondo era vuoto * Passeggiata * LITTLE WOMEN: Take a Chance on Me * MOVIN' OUT: She's Got a Way * Summer, Highland Falls * MYTHS AND HYMNS: Saturn Returns * Hero and Leander * ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: I Have Written a Play * THE PIRATE QUEEN: I'll Be There * THE PRODUCERS: Springtime for Hitler * Heil Myself * RENT: What You Own * SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD: She Cries * SPRING AWAKENING: Left Behind * TARZAN: Two Worlds * Strangers like Me * THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE: What Do I Need with Love * TICK, TICK ... BOOM!: 30/90 * Sunday * URBAN COWBOY: It Don't Get Better Than This * WEST SIDE STORY: Something's Coming * Maria.

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The Sound of Their Music: The Story of Rodgers and Hammerstein (Applause Books) Review

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(More customer reviews)Frederick Nolan tells the story of Rodgers and Hammerstein both as a team and as separate people. Indeed there is a good deal of space allotted to their careers BEFORE they ever worked together. But after they team up the narrative becomes more lively and a real page turner, at least partly because Nolan's style is graceful and charming in itself. He seems to have read everything written about them, even going so far as to watch TV kinescopes of them from the 1950s, and he talked to many people who knew them, worked with them.
It's the backstage stories that make the book sing. Practically every page has a at least one fascinating anecdote. And he doesn't sugar-coat their personalities--Rodgers's curtness, even cruelty, and Hammerstein's insecurity, tendency to swallow his pride.
It's hard to read the book without singing to yourself. My God, what songs these two wrote! But more than that, what dramatists they were; they broke convention again and again and mostly successfully.
Pull out your recordings of Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific and start reading!

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The greatest partnership in the history of the musical, captured in print, wonderfully illustrated. For this new edition, the book has been completely rewritten and substantially expanded to include material on Rodgers' early career with Lorenz Hart as well as his later work, and also features recollections from such theatrical titans as Sheldon Harnick, Martin Charnin, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents. Also, a completely new appendix reveals the details of the continuing worldwide phenomenon of Rodgers and Hammerstein's work up to and including the 2002 centennial year for Rodgers.

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The Jason Robert Brown Collection: 24 Selections from Shows and Albums (P/V/G Composer Collection) Review

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(More customer reviews)A Summer In Ohio
All The Wasted Time
And I Will Follow
Coming Together
Dreaming, Wide Awake
Getting Out
Grow Old With Me
Hear My Song
I Could Be In Love With Someone Like You
If I Told You Now
I'm Not Afraid Of Anything
It Don't Get Better Than This
It's Hard To Speak My Heart
Just One Step
Letting You Go
Moving Too Fast
Nothing In Common
See I'm Smiling
Someone To Fall Back On
Stars And The Moon
The Next Ten Minutes
The Old Red Hills Of Home
The Picture Show

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This collection includes the best of the first ten years of this young Broadway songwriter's career. It includes 24 selections from Songs for a New World, Parade, The Last Five Years, and also from the albums Songs of Jason Robert Brown and Wearing Someone Else's Clothes. In addition to many songs never before in print, this collection also has a note on every song by the composer, as well as a biography.

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Jane Eyre (The Musical) (Vocal Selections) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book provides reasonably accurate orchestral reductions for the major songs of the show's score.The melodic line does not appear in the piano part (and a big thank you goes out to the people at Warner Brothers Music for this) in favor of a more accurate representation of orchestral lines.What can I say?If you like the show and want the sheet music (and don't feel like transcribing) you should buy the book!

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Thirteen songs from the Broadway adaptation of Charlotte Bronté's passionately romantic novel Jane Eyre, which received five Tony Award® nominations in 2001. Titles are: Forgiveness
* Sweet Liberty
* As Good As You
* Secret Soul
* Finer Things
* Sirens
* Painting Her Portrait
* In the Light of the Virgin Morning
* The Gypsy
* The Proposal
* Slip of a Girl
* Farewell, Good Angel
* Brave Enough for Love.

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Noel & Cole - The Sophisticates (Book) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book not only takes a fresh and thoroughly readable look at two extraordinary lives -- it also includes some excellent assessments of their songs.I've read most everything published on these two men and found thisbook worthwhile and highly enjoyable.If only all composer bios were sointelligently handled!

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