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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 792.0232
EAN num: 9780325009810
ISBN number: 0325009813
Label: Heinemann Drama
Manufacturer: Heinemann Drama
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 176
Printing Date: April 12, 2007
Publishing house: Heinemann Drama
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Let's Put On a Show! is a one-stop, reader-friendly handbook for anyone producing a play or musical. Renowned Broadway producer and three-time Tony Award - winner Stewart Lane guides you through the entire process from idea to ovation, with ways to keep everyone involved working together and solutions to those little - and not so little - problems that occur in every show.
Let's Put On a Show! gives novice and first-time theatre producers at all levels, but especially in community and regional theatre, a Broadway insider's advice for successfully staging a performance - even when you don't have a big Broadway budget. Lane offers how-tos on the fundamentals of every aspect of production, including:
- selecting a show
- finding a theatre space
- putting together your creative team
- holding auditions and making casting decisions
- scheduling rehearsals
- promoting the show
- handling all of the basic elements of bringing a production from the page to the stage.
Best yet, because in nonprofit and educational settings the producer often doubles as director, Lane also banks on his regional-theatre directorial experience to weave in thoughts from the director's perspective throughout the book. He even provides tips for playwrights and suggestions for dealing with reviews - in short, from every perspective important to a good performance.
Packed with information that's not just useful but crucial to your production's sucess and sprinkled throughout with entertaining and encouraging stories from Lane's own Broadway experience, Let's Put On a Show! will be the helper you'll turn to time and again as you make your subsequent show your best one.
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I Love this book! It's an easy read, simple, and straight to the point. Packed full of useful info. I'm directing my very first play for a fund raiser for a Christian school and I can tell you how great this book is. I actually bought 3 books on Theater, the others were just to all over the place. " Lets Put On A Show", is Awesome,Do yourself a favor BUY IT!! you won't regret it.
Margie Rigby
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I saw an advertisement for this book in the Playbill for "Mary Poppins" on Broadway when I was last in New York. A group of us had been kicking around the idea of formalizing our little theatre productions which we had been putting on sporadically for several years, so I ordered this book.
It's a great little reference on starting and maintaining a community theatre. It has sections on play selections, incorporation, rehearsal schedules, finances, advertising, and most other topics which arose as we discussed our subsequent production and incorporating our little group. Even though it's written by a five-time (!) Tony-award winner, it's not written just for big cities or groups with big budgets. We have a miniscule budget in a rural community and it spoke right to us.
I highly recommend it. (I also recommend seeing a Disney show if you happen to be in New York any time soon. Wow!)
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How informative can a big, Broadway producer really be? How much does he know about the real world and shoestring budgets? A LOT! Mr. Lane covers theatre from so many angles he has obviously lived it at several different levels.
It is very well written, humorous and it's playwriting section was my favorite. The list of resources, in itself, is worth the price.
My main interest is developing new musicals and this book has proved to be inspirational.
This volume has more than exceeded expectations and has me applying to the "Old Farts Rep Co." as we speak!
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If you want a good introduction to theater production, especially for new venues, don't miss this valuabe and amusing guide.
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There are many reasons to put on a theater production, and not just because it's entertaining for both its participants and its audience. "Let's Put on a Show!: Theatre Production for Novices" is a complete and comprehensive guide to help anyone who lacks experience in running theatre productions to get started to produce their own show. Written by a Tony-Award winning Broadway producer in Stewart F. Lane, "Let's Put on a Show!: Theatre Production for Novices" grants advice on selecting the right show to start out with, finding a place to run it, running auditions, rehearsals, promotion, and so much more to get would-be producers off on the right foot. Well composed and informative, "Let's Put on a Show!: Theatre Production for Novices" is highly recommended for community library theatre collections and for any theatre lover who wants to produce something of his own.
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