Broadway Musical Scores

Vocal selection are now available for Frank Wildhorn's WONDERLAND, which opened on Broadway last Spring. The book features 19 piano/vocal selections from the score including: 'Advice from a Caterpillar,' 'Down the Rabbit Hole,' 'Finding Wonderland,' 'Go with the Flow,' 'Home,' 'I Am My Own Invention,' 'The Mad Hatter,' 'Off with Their Heads,' 'Through the Looking Glass,' and 'Welcome to Wonderland,' along with a special section of full-color production photos.

The seven plays that comprise Chiori Miyagawa’s Thousand Years Waiting and Other Plays explore themes of memory and identity.Her plays combine poetic language with harsh reality, and time and space are fluid in the worlds she creates—they converge and separate while the characters inhabit many dimensions at once with ease. In one way or another, the heroes and heroines of these plays are outsiders—emotionally (as in Awakening), physically (as in Comet Hunter) or socially (as in Broken Morning), ...

A convicted thief endears himself to the British public. He becomes a media pundit, living in luxury, tended by managers and courted by TV directors. Then a meeting is arranged after 14 years between this ex-thug and the bank clerk who "had a go". Ayckbourn's previous plays include "Way Upstream".

From patriotic "God Bless America" to wistful "White Christmas," Irving Berlin's songs have long accompanied Americans as they fall in love, go to war, and come home for the holidays. Irving Berlin's American Musical Theater is the first book to fully consider this songwriter's immeasurable influence on the American stage. Award-winning music historian Jeffrey Magee chronicles Berlin's legendary theatrical career, providing a rich background to some of the great composer's most enduring songs, ...

Without any formal training in music composition, Irving Berlin took a knack for music and turned it into the most successful songwriting career in American history. Berlin was the first Tin Pan Alley songwriter to go uptown to Broadway with a complete musical score (Watch Your Step in 1914); he is the only songwriter to build a theater exclusively for his own work (The Music Box); and his name appears above the title of his Broadway shows and Hollywood films (Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn), stil...

“Mad world, mad kings, mad composition!” —King John In one volume, eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide fresh new editions of two classic histories: Henry VIII and King John. THIS VOLUME ALSO INCLUDES MORE THAN A HUNDRED PAGES OF EXCLUSIVE FEATURES: • original Introductions to Henry VIII and King John • incisive scene-by-scene synopses and analyses with vital facts about the works • commentary on past and current productions based on interviews ...

“The gaudy, blabbing and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea.” —Henry VI Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of the three-part classic history that revolves around the epic, dynastic Wars of the Roses. THIS VOLUME ALSO INCLUDES MORE THAN A HUNDRED PAGES OF EXCLUSIVE FEATURES: • an original Introduction to Henry VI • incisive scene-by-scene synopses and analyses with vital facts about the work

This book examines experimental Irish theatre that ran counter to the naturalistic 'peasant' drama that became synonymous with Irish playwriting. Focusing on four marginalised playwrights who premiered works after the death of W.B. Yeats, it charts an alternative tradition linking the experimentations of the early Irish theatre movement with the innovations of contemporary Irish and international drama. Drawing on archival material never before published this study rediscovers the vibrant and d...

This book considers the hundred years of re-writes of Anton Chekhov’s work, presenting a wide geographical landscape of Chekhovian influences in drama. The volume examines the elusive quality of Chekhov’s dramatic universe as an intricate mechanism, an engine in which his enigmatic characters exist as the dramatic and psychological ciphers we have been de-coding for a century, and continue to do so. Studying the practice and the theory of dramatic adaptation both as intermedial transformation (...

From one of the most famous and influential acting teachers of her time, of all time--whose generations of students include Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Warren Beatty, Meryl Streep, Jerome Robbins, Annette Bening, Peter Bogdanovich, Sydney Pollack, and Mark Ruffalo--the long-awaited companion volume to her book On Ibsen, Strindberg, and Chekhov ("Evidence," wrote John Guare, "that Stella Adler is hands down the greatest acting teacher America has produced...Nobody with a serious in...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony for Best Musical, South Pacific flourished as the golden musical of Broadway's post-WWII golden era. Nearly 60 years after its 1949 premiere, South Pacific returned to Broadway in Lincoln Center Theater's glorious Tony-winning production, setting box office records and bringing this timely and timeless musical to new generations. With a score by Rodgers & Hammerstein and a book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan, based on James A. Michener's Puli...

Broadway's biggest musical comedy hit of the 1940s, this was one for the ages and built by a "dream team" - songwriter Irving Berlin, librettists Dorothy and Herbert Fields, producers Rodgers & Hammerstein, and star Ethel Merman - telling the improbable but true story of sharpshooter Annie Oakley. A staple of the touring and summer stock circuit for years, Annie Get Your Gun kept hitting bull's-eyes, with a film version, two television productions, and thousands of stage revivals over the years...

The Twentieth Century Performance Reader is the key introductory text to all types of performance. Extracts from over fifty practitioners, critics and theorists from the fields of dance, drama, music, theatre and live art make up an essential sourcebook for students, researchers and practitioners. This new third edition places a renewed focus on contributions from the world of music, as well as privileging the voices of practitioners themselves ahead of more theoretical writing. A bestseller...

A new boxed set from Knopf featuring Stephen Sondheim lyric books: Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes and Look I Made a Hat: with Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Wafflings, Diversions and Anecdotes.

This is the complete piano/vocal score for the classic 1964 Broadway musical with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Bob Merrill. This classic rags-to-riches love story about legendary entertainer Fanny Brice during Ziegfelds Golden Era of burlesque features unforgettable songs like Dont Rain on My Parade, Im the Greatest Star, The Music That Makes Me Dance, and the iconic hit People.

Contains piano/vocal sheet music by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. "Live in Living Color," "The Pinstripes Are All That They See," "Someone Else's Skin," "Jet Set," "Don't Break the Rules," "Butter Outta Cream," "The Man Inside the Clues," "Christmas Is My Favorite Time of Year," "Doctor's Orders," "Don't Be a Stranger," "Little Boy, Be a Man," "Seven Wonders," "(Our) Family Tree," "Fly, Fly Away," "Goodbye," "Stuck Together (Strange But True)," "Fifty Checks."

25 songs from the popular Broadway composer and long-time music director for Kristin Chenoweth. Selections include previously unpublished songs and songs from hit shows, including The Wild Party, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, john and jen, and more. Also includes a composer biography and notes on the songs.

Based on the New York Times best-selling children's book by actress Julianne Moore, this family friendly Off Broadway musical received critical acclaim and multiple award nominations during the 2010-2011 theatre season. Its delightful songs by composer Gary Kupper are perfect audition or performance pieces for young singers, and are now made playable and singable with this collectible vocal selections songbook arranged for piano and voice. Titles: Little Freckleface Strawberry * I Like Danny * ...

One of the most frequently produced new musicals of the last decade, 13 is a rollicking musical comedy featuring a cast exclusively made up of teenagers. Thirteen 13-year-olds, as a matter of fact. Evan Goldman is two months from turning 13 years old, living happily in New York City, the greatest city on Earth, when his world is blown apart by his parents' divorce, and he is dragged away from home to live with his mother in a small town in the Midwest. Facing a new life in a new place where the ...

An emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years. The show's unconventional structure consists of Cathy, the woman, telling her story backwards while Jamie, the man, tells his story chronologically; the two characters meet only once, at their wedding in the middle of the show. Jason Robert Brown won Drama Desk Awards for the music and the lyrics after the Off-Broadway premiere in 2002 starring Norbert L...

Based on the Nick Hornby novel of the same name, the 2006 Broadway musical High Fidelity features a pop/rock-driven score by Tom Kitt (Next to Normal) with lyrics by Amanda Green. Despite the production's short life on Broadway, songs from the show have become favorites among the musical theatre community for auditions and performances. Titles: The Last Real Record Store on Earth * Desert Island Top 5 Break-Ups * It's No Problem * She Goes * Number 5 with a Bullet * Ready to Settle ...

Stephen Sondheim returns with the second volume of his collected lyrics, giving us another remarkable glimpse into his life’s work, and into his life. As he did in the acclaimed and best-selling Finishing the Hat (one of The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2010), Sondheim richly annotates his lyrics with personal and theater history, discussions of his collaborations, and exacting, charming dissections of his work — both the successes and the failures. Picking up where he left off in Finishi...

The only official companion book to the Tony Award winner for Best Musical from the creators of South Park and the co-creator of Avenue Q. Features the complete script and song lyrics, with 4-color spot illustrations throughout, an original introduction by the creators, and a foreword by Mark Harris. The Book of Mormon, which follows a pair of mismatched Mormon boys sent on a mission to a place that's about as far from Salt Lake City as you can get, features book, music, and lyrics by Trey Pa...

On December 4, 1963 four young musicians by the names of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins recorded together at Sun Records in Memphis, creating one of the most amazing all-star jams in music history. Our matching songbook to the exciting new musical about this unforgettable night features smash hits from all four legends, including: Blue Suede Shoes * Fever * Folsom Prison Blues * Great Balls of Fire * Hound Dog * I Hear You Knocking * I Walk the Line * Sixteen Tons ...

Begin with Cinderella, Pinocchio, Humpty Dumpty and myriad other fairy-tale and nursery-rhyme figures. Add an athletic princess pretending to be dainty, a moon hiding her light and dressed as a boy, a shy prince and a scary, lonely giant who all have crushes on the obviously wrong match. There’s also an evil queen and a “hairy godmother.” Place them in odd variations on typical fairy-tale plots and mix with music and a moral. Designed specifically to be performed by a large cast of middle- and ...

MAN WITH A LOAD OF MISCHIEF was originally presented off-Broadway in 1966, receiving rave reviews and garnering such comments as: "A solid hit!" and "Perfectly charming!" (New York Times), "Remarkably appealing!" (New York Post), and "Sprightly and ingratiating!" (NY Daily News). Since then this delightful musical has become a classic, seen in many productions throughout the United States and countries across the world. The six-character show has seen four revivals in New York City. RECORD WORLD...

Digital Sheet Music of Hallelujah, Baby! Composed by: Jule Styne From the show(s): Hallelujah, Baby! FHID:315073 First Line is Watch out, I'm busting out, I gotta shout, I just found out what life's about.

All aboard for Cole Porter's saucy and splendid musical romp across the Atlantic! When the S.S. American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention head out the portholes as a comically eclectic cast of characters sets off on the course to true love. Peppering this hilariously bumpy ride are some of musical theatre's most memorable standards, including "I Get a Kick Out of You," "You're the Top," "It's De-Lovely", and of course, "Anything Goes." Titles: * I Get a Kick Out of You * You're th...

9 to 5 - The Musical is based on the hit 1980 movie. Featuring music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, the stage production premiered in Los Angeles in September 2008 and opened on Broadway in April 2009. It was nominated for 15 Drama Desk Awards and 4 Tony Awards. Our songbook presents a dozen songs (vocal lines with piano accompaniment), and fantastic full-color photos! Includes the title song and: Around Here * Backwoods Barbie * Change It * 5 to 9 * Get Out and Stay Out * Here for You * I Just Mig...

Songs have been chosen which are especially for the classical voice. The editions treat the music as substantial vocal literature in these large, generous collections. Each voice type has a unique variety of literature. The series presents primarily original keys, but there are also appropriate and practical transpositions.

This collection features 17 easy piano arrangements of songs from the popular London and Broadway musical based on the classic Disney film. Songs include: Anything Can Happen * Being Mrs. Banks (Parts 1 and 2) * Chim Chim Cher-ee * Feed the Birds * Let's Go Fly a Kite * A Man Has Dreams * Practically Perfect * A Spoonful of Sugar * Step in Time * Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious * Temper, Temper * and more.

Stephen Sondheim has won seven Tonys, an Academy Award, seven Grammys, a Pulitzer Prize and the Kennedy Center Honors. His career has spanned more than half a century, his lyrics have become synonymous with musical theater and popular culture, and in Finishing the Hat—titled after perhaps his most autobiographical song, from Sunday in the Park with George—Sondheim has not only collected his lyrics for the first time, he is giving readers a rare personal look into his life as well as his remarkab...

This show has traveled the country and has now landed on Broadway! Featuring the story and the music of the Beatles, it has been met with adoration by more than 1.5 million theatre-goers. Our folio features 36 songs from the show, including: Across the Universe * All My Loving * Come Together * Eleanor Rigby * Give Peace a Chance * Hey Jude * I Saw Her Standing There * I Want to Hold Your Hand * Revolution * Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band * Twist and Shout * We Can Work It Out * With a L...

19 vocal selections from the gritty, 1990s Tony -nominated Broadway musical featuring music by Cy Coleman and Ira Gasman. Includes bios of both, and these songs: Easy Money * Don't Take Much * He's No Good * I'm Leaving You * My Body * My Friend * The Oldest Profession * Piece of the Action * Use What You Got * and more.

This Broadway dance revue conceived, directed & choreographed by Twyla Tharp around the songs of Frank Sinatra follows four NYC couples as they look for love. The New York Times calls it "a sleek, energizing mixture of Sinatra's inimitable cool and Ms. Tharp's kinetic heat." Our folio features vocal lines with piano accompaniment for 29 beloved Sinatra songs: Body and Soul * Come Fly with Me * Just Friends * Learnin' the Blues * My Funny Valentine * My Way * Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Nigh...

Lights up on the most traditional of all musical settings - a toxic waste dump off the New Jersey Turnpike. As the citizens of Tromaville cry for help ("Who Will Save New Jersey?") Melvin Ferd the Third, an aspiring earth scientist, vows to clean up the state. Everyone is skeptical. This is the setting for The Toxic Avenger, a rock musical based on Lloyd Kaufman's film. This songbook includes vocal selections for 13 tunes from DiPietro & Bryan's award-winning musical adaptation: All Men Are Frea...

Sister Act is a divine new musical comedy currently raising the roof at the London Palladium (UK). Based on the smash-hit movie, Sister Act features a brand new score by 8 time Oscar winner Alan Menken who also wrote Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and most recently the hit movie Enchanted. This book features the hits from the show arranged for voice and piano with guitar chords, along with four pages of full color photographs. Titles: Prologue * Take Me To...

Is there such a thing as absolute truth? That is the resounding question in Michael John LaChiusas masterful chamber musical, whose New York premier boasted Marc Kudisch, Idina Menzel, Mary Testa, and additional top talent. Based on the short stories of Ryunosuke Akutagawa, the show features LaChiusas most brilliant writing to date, and blends provocative depth with wry hilarity. Titles: She Looked at Me * See What I Wanna See * The Greatest Practical Joke * Central Park * Coffee * Cur...

Part operetta, part farce, part screwball comedy, the 1978 Tony -winner for Best Musical examines the behind-the-scenes relationship of a temperamental actress and a director. Featuring lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Cy Coleman, our folio includes 13 tunes: I Rise Again * I've Got It All * Life Is like a Train * On the Twentieth Century * She's a Nut * Together * Veronique * and more, plus a bio of Coleman.

Based on the 1960 film The Apartment, this classic Bacharach & David musical is enjoying a resurgence thanks to the acclaimed, Tony-nominated 2010 revival. Our brand new folio features a dozen songs in standard piano/vocal format with the melody in the piano part: A House Is Not a Home * I Say a Little Prayer * I'll Never Fall in Love Again * Knowing When to Leave * Promises, Promises * She Likes Basketball * Upstairs * Wanting Things * and more.

Cole Porter's musical that incorporates Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew within his own story. This was Porter's 'comeback' musical and was indeed his most successful. Titles: Always True To You In My Fashion; Another Op'nin', Another Show; Bianca; Brush Up Your Shakespeare; I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple; I Hate Men; I Sing Of Love; I've Come To Wive It Wealthily In Padua; Overture-Kiss Me, Kate; So In Love; Tom, Dick, Or Harry; Too Darn Hot; We Open In Venice; Were Thine That Spec...

The Associated Press calls Memphis - the 2010 Tony-winner for Best Musical - "the very essence of what a Broadway show should be!" Set in the smoky halls and underground clubs of the segregated 1950s, this show tells the story of a young white DJ named Huey Calhoun who fell in love with everything he shouldn't: rock 'n roll and an electrifying black singer. Memphis is an original story about the cultural revolution that erupted when his vision met her voice, and the music changed forever. Our fo...

Based on the macabre cartoon Charles Addams created in 1938 for The New Yorker, this Broadway musical was nominated for multiple awards in 2010, including two Tony nods. Our songbook features vocal lines with piano accompaniment for 14 fantastic tunes by Andrew Lippa: The Addams Family Theme * Crazier Than You * Happy/Sad * In the Arms * Just Around the Corner * Let's Not Talk About Anything Else but Love * Live Before We Die * The Moon and Me * Morticia * One Normal Night * Pulled * Waiting * W...

Alfred's collectible piano vocal songbook of the critically acclaimed Broadway show, featuring four pages of full-color photographs and sheet music for all 22 of the show's songs. Titles: American Idiot * Jesus of Suburbia (Jesus of Suburbia, City of the Damned, I Don't Care, Dearly Beloved, Tales of Another Broken Home) * Holiday * Boulevard of Broken Dreams * Favorite Son * Are We the Waiting * St. Jimmy * Give Me Novacaine * Last of the American Girls/She's a Rebel * Last Ni...