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Stephen Sondheim is perhaps the greatest musical theatre writer Broadway has ever seen, and certainly the most prolific. In his anthology books “Finishing The Hat” and “Look I Made A Hat” he teaches many crucial lessons for musical theatre writing. These 3 mantras may be the greatest lessons of them all.
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Lessons from the Master
0:24 - Lesson 1: Content Dictates Form
1:05 - Lyric Example - Into The Woods
1:24 - Music Example - A Little Night Music
1:54 - Lesson 2: Less is More
2:35 - Pitfalls and Advice
3:19 - Lesson 3: God is in the Details
3:48 - Example - the Bean Theme
4:19 - All in Service of Clarity
4:34 - Next Step
Links to the Books!
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“Finishing The Hat” & “Look I Made A Hat” by Stephen Sondheim
Bookshop.Org link:
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Amazon link:
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One of my other Favorite Writing Books:
“The Writer’s Journey” by Christopher Vogler:
Bookshop.Org link:
bookshop.org/a/4758/978161593...
Amazon link:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/193...
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Michael Radi (He/Him/His) is a Composer-Lyricist, Librettist, Performer, Vocal Coach, and Musical Director currently residing in New York City. He is an alumnus of the esteemed Lehman Engel BMI Musical Theatre Writing Workshop as a lyricist, and has written four full-length musical theatre pieces in addition to ongoing projects. His original musical The King’s Legacy, which received its world premiere production in August 2019 at the Bristol Valley Theater in Naples, NY, and has also been presented in Industry Reading format both in fall of 2019 as part of the Dramatists Guild Friday Night Footlights and in November 2016. More recently, his original one-man show ’S Wonderful: An Evening with George Gershwin just played its premiere production, also at BVT. Other current projects include a musical adaptation of The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, a one-man show soon to be announced, and a family-oriented musical comedy set in the world of competitive baton twirling, based off his family's history with the sport.
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