Acting in Musical Theatre: A Comprehensive Course

Product Description
Acting in Musical Theatre remains the only complete course in approaching a role in a musical. It covers fundamental skills for novice actors, practical insights for professionals, and even tips to help veteran musical performers refine their craft. Educators will find the clear structure ideal for use with multiple courses and programs.
Updates in this expanded and revised third edition include:
A comprehensive revision of the book’s companion website into a fully online "Resource Guide" that includes abundant teaching materials and syllabi for a range of short- and long-form courses, PowerPoint slide decks and printable handouts for every chapter.
Updated examples, illustrations, and exercises from more recent musical styles and productions such as Hamilton, Waitress, and Dear Evan Hansen.
Revision of rehearsal and performance guidelines to help students and teachers at all levels thrive.
Updated and expanded reading/listening/viewing lists for specific-subject areas, to guide readers through their own studies and enhance the classroom experience.
New notes in the "The Profession" chapters to reflect the latest trends in casting, self-promotion, and audition practice.
Acting in Musical Theatre’s chapters divide into easy-to-reference units, each containing group and solo exercises, making it the definitive textbook for students and practitioners alike.
Review
International Praise for Acting In Musical Theatre
ACTING IN MUSICAL THEATER helps me to figure out many questions that have bothered me for years about performing and teaching. It gives me not only a better understanding of musical theater, but also insights guiding my own career. In China, I have recommended this must-read book to my students, colleagues and friends in this circle, believing that this comprehensive and enlightening book would give them great help too.
HE Mijiang, Instructor - Communications University of China (Beijing)
Deer and Dal Vera have put forth a process where every step is connected, making the student consistently understand the emotional journey of the character. The result is more truthful, coherent and powerful scenes. The most valuable moment in this process is when the actor gains their own autonomy by understanding the character in depth. Consequently, the result is acting where the actor’s soul overflows in the scene and the art, itself. Without soul, this artform says nothing to me.
Reiner Tenente, director and founder - CEFTEM (Center for Studies and Training in Musical Theater), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
You have in your hands an extraordinary tool for the vocational training of anyone, anywhere in the world, who wishes to approach American musical theatre in all its various styles. We have achieved incredible results by teaching the techniques and methods set out by Joe Deer and Rocco Dal Vera to young students of Opera, also.
Marco Iacomelli, Artistic Director - Scuola del Teatro Musicale, Novara, Italy
Joe Deer and Rocco Dal Vera’s Acting in Musical Theatre is a cornerstone of actor training in musical theatre, comprehensive in its scope, current in its examples, and practical at every turn. Unique among practitioner’ texts is the accessibility of the prose; both authors are great communicators, obviously joyful and caring about performance craft and artistic well-being.
Dr. Zachary Dunbar - Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, The University of Melbourne (Australia)
Joe Deer’s insight as a Broadway professional and his in-depth experience in higher education, alongside Rocco Dal Vera’s expertise make this a must-have book for
anyone involved in musical theatre. The new edition updates content to the last five years and provides an invaluable resource for those wanting to know about how to
approach musical theatre from the perspective of its place of birth.
Paul Barker, composer and Professor of Music Theatre - University of London
Royal Central School of Sp