I just finished this book entitled “The Musical from the Inside Out” by Stephen Citron a few days ago.
It took me awhile to finish it, cos I’m a slow reader, but I’m glad I finally did.
Now I’ve read my fair share of books on musicals over the years, and I’ve got to say that this one ranks way up there among my favourites.
I like it because it talks about a lot of things which I’ve always wanted to know about, but which not many other books talk about, for example, lead sheets, orchestrators, off-broadway tryouts, etc.
Plenty of fascinating quotes and anecdotes from the world of musical theatre, which I totally enjoyed reading.
I don’t know about you, but I personally think that this has got to be one of the best books on musicals out there in terms of an overview of putting together an entire musical from scratch.
And it can be found locally too – I believe I got my copy from Page One.
Great stuff.
Hmm…looks like I should borrow one of your books. Recommend please.
Sure! Wow, I’ve got so many good ones…will probably end up lending you a few to read, one at a time.