Tight Spot (11/19/2011)
An Improper Comedy / 3m, 3f / Interior Set / Anyone nutty enough to buy an old lighthouse for a summer home is looking for trouble. It comes on the double to a novelist, her estranged TV film star husband and the latest gleam in his roving eye when this unsociable triangle, along with the novelist's globetrotting journalist mother, a baffled editor and a grocery boy find themselves trapped on the top floor during the off season. Suspense spirals and comedy crackles during three days of confineme... |
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Tell Me Another Story, Sing Me a Song (11/19/2011)
Play . Jean Lenox Toddie. Characters: 2 female. Bare stage or simple set. . This witty look at mother daughter relationships is a light hearted exploration of irritations and misunderstandings that build walls between a woman and her female off spring-- and the love and compassion that destroys these walls. The crisis and humor of childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age are evoked in a celebration of dissonance and the harmony between mothers and daughters. With the light touch of fantasy... |
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Seascape with Sharks and Dancer (11/19/2011)
Drama / Casting: 1m, 1f / Scenery: Interior
This fine work in the Pendragon cycle of plays enjoyed a sold out, critically acclaimed production at the world famous Oregon Shakespeare Festival. The play is set in a beach bungalow. The young man who lives there has pulled a lost young woman from the ocean. Soon, she finds herself trapped in his life and torn between her need to come to rest somewhere and her certainty that all human relationships turn eventually into nightmares. The struggle betw... |
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Robin Hood (11/19/2011)
Comedy Characters: 14 male, 8 female (more if desired.) . Unit set.. In a land where the rich get richer and the poor are starving, Prince John wants to cut down Sherwood Forest to put up an arms manufactory, a slaughterhouse and a tennis court for the well to do. This bawdy epic unites elements of wild farce and ancient mythologies with an environmentalist assault on the arrogance of wealth and power in the face of poverty and hunger using feeble and insane jesters, a demonic snake oil salesma... |
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Pastiche (11/19/2011)
Romantic Farce. Nick Hall . Characters: 2 male, 2 female. Interior Set . Sir Peter, has planned a dinner for two. His companion is Viola, a young chorus girl. But he's forgotten it's his wedding anniversary-- his wife, Lady Alexandra, comes home early and aided by the butler, Medford, turns Sir Peter's evening into a shambles. Medford interrupts the dinner disguised as a policeman-- then Lady Alexandra appears in a Salvation Army uniform-- then Medford in the guise of a gypsy violinist-- and f... |
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Out of Sight... Out of Murder (11/19/2011)
Mystery Comedy / Characters: 4 males, 5 females Set Rewuirements: Interior. Peter Knight is grinding out a murder story in an old mansion where another author was murdered years before. A weird electrical storm effects a cosmic snafu and his characters come to life. There's the lovely ingenue, the trusty butler, a feisty character woman, a dauntless hero, a fascinating "other woman," the always pregnant serving girl, and the wily lawyer waiting for midnight to read the will. Peter looses control... |
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (11/19/2011)
Comedy Drama / 13m, 4f / Int. w. inset.
Kirk Douglas played on Broadway as a charming rogue who contrives to serve a short sentence in an airy mental institution rather in a prison. This, he learns, was a mistake. He clashes with the head nurse, a fierce artinet. Quickly, he takes over the yard and accomplishes what the medical profession has been unable to do for twelve years; he makes a presumed deaf and dumb Indian talk. He leads others out of introversion, stages a revolt so that they can... |
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My Husband's Wild Desires (11/19/2011)
Full Length, Comedy / Characters: 3m, 2f / Interior set / A super-macho business executive suddenly has problems in the bedroom with his long-term wife and mother of his grown children. Failure in any part of his life has never been an option for him. So he recruits his wife into solving the problem through the "Live Your Fantasy" sex-therapy technique pioneered by Dr. Leopold Baumgartner. The wife discovers the dominatrix/diva that has been buried beneath the gracious hostess, and they blackmai... |
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Mother Courage and Her Children (11/19/2011)
Full Length, Drama w/music / 18m, 5f, extras /Int./5 Exts.
This German play was written in 1939 and was first produced in Zurich in 1941. In America, it was published in English right away (1941, by New Directions) but did not reach Broadway till 1963 - in a memorable production directed by Jerome Robbins and starring Anne Bancroft. It had, of course, by that time been produced to much acclaim all over the world.
When Bertolt Brecht directed the play in Munich (1950), Eric Bentley, Assista... |
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A Little Something for the Ducks (11/19/2011)
Dramatic Comedy / 1m, 1f / Winner of the John Gassner Playwriting Contest and the Princeton Players One Act Playwrighting Contest. This is a story of a zestful, youthful courtship. She is 68 and he is 79. They put their moves on each other in a minuet that is a joy to behold. Published with A Scent of Honeysuckle |
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It Had to be You (11/19/2011)
Comedy / 1m, 1f / This delightful comedy which starred the authors on Broadway is about Theda Blau, a failed actress, health food nut, analysand and would-be playwright who wants to find love and success in New York, and Vito Pignoli, a hugely successful TV commercial director. By holding him hostage in her apartment on a snowy Christmas Eve, she somehow manages to convince him to be her partner both in on the page and off. |
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Having a Wonderful Time, Wish You Were Her (11/19/2011)
Comedy. Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore. Characters: 3 male, 3 female. Single set. This wild bedroom farce involves infidelity, double standards, midnight rendezvous and a hungry bear. Danny and Kathy halt their night of sultry passion when Kathy reveals she is dating another man. Paul and Jennifer play a mad slapstick scene of frustration because she is reluctant to cheat on her husband. Bill and Mary, a couple about to celebrate their twenty ninth wedding anniversary are at odds: Mary yearn... |
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Galway Girl, A (11/19/2011)
Drama / Characters:1 male, 1 femaleScenery: Interior. A couple sit at opposite ends of a table reminiscing about their life together. Each has a point of view and they rarely address each other directly. They are young to begin with, then middle aged, then old, then one dies. The anecdotes they relate are both humorous and tragic. Their lives seem wasted, yet the wife's muted final gesture of affection conveys a love that endured through years of bickering. A critical success in London, Ireland ... |
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Frankenstein (11/19/2011)
Drama / Character: 4 male, 4 femaleScenery: Interior. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant young scientist, returns to his Swiss chateau to escape a terrible pursuer. No one can shake free the dark secret that terrifies him: not his mother, nor his fiancee, nor his best friend. Even the pleading of a gypsy girl accused of murdering Victor's younger brother falls on deaf ears, for Victor has brought into being a creature made from pieces of the dead. The creature tracks Victor to his sanctuary to dem... |
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Letters from an Actor (4/1/1984)
Letters from William Redfield while he was performing in the Gielgud-Burton production of "Hamlet." |
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The Whorehouse Papers (5/17/1982)
A Candid, Hilarious, and sometimes hysterical out of school account of the joys, sorrows, and confusions, and small murders attendant to the making of a smash Broadway Musical.
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Letting My Hair Down (1/1/1973)
Lorrie Davis's account of two years with the love rock tribe of the musical 'Hair' --from dawning to downing of Aquarius |
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The Show Business Nobody Knows (1/1/1973)
Wilson was writer with the New York Post whose column ran from 1942 until 1983. His chronicling of the Broadway scene during the "Golden Age" of show business formed the basis for his book 'The Show Business Nobody Knows' which was published in 1971. |
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The Making of No, No, Nanette (1/1/1973)
Don Dunn's account of the making of No, No, Nanette. |
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The Making of a Musical: Fiddler on the Roof (1/1/1971)
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the classic musical 'Fiddler on The Roof'. |
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Sam Shepard: Seven Plays ()
Sam Shepard is the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of more than forty-five plays. He was a finalist for the W. H. Smith Literary Award for his story collection Great Dream of Heaven, and he has also written the story collection Cruising Paradise, two collections of prose pieces, Motel Chronicles and Hawk Moon, and Rolling Thunder Logbook, a diary of Bob Dylan's 1975 Rolling Thunder Review tour. As an actor he has appeared in more than thirty films, and he received an Oscar nomination in 1984 for h... |
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The Street Where I Live ()
This is a highly personal biography of three great shows: My Fair Lady, Camelot, and Gigi. Warm, witty, loving, often hilarious, and poignant in its affection for a glorious era in the American theater, it is the story of what Mr. Lerner calls "the sundown of wit, eccentricity, and glamour." The author himself, try as he will to keep himself out of his pages, emerges not merely as a great talent, but as a man of laughter and love. His principals, however, are Moss Hart and Fritz Loewe, with a st... |
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Cole Porter: A Biography ()
In 1933 Irving Berlin wrote to composer-lyricist Cole Porter, ”I am mad about Night and Day.” Millions of others throughout the world have been ”mad about” that Porter gem, as well as dozens of others, including, to name just a few, Begin the Beguine, From This Moment On, It’s De-Lovely, Just One of Those Things, Love for Sale, and My Heart Belongs to Daddy. Cole Porter (1891-1964) set new standards for popular song-writing, and his lyrics and melodies are as bright and sophisticated today as wh... |
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Cats: Vocal Selections ()
This outstanding collection features ten top songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber's beloved musical: The Ad-dressing of Cats * Bustopher Jones: The Cat About Town * Gus: The Theatre Cat * Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats * The Journey to the Heavyside Layer * Memory * Mr. Mistoffelees * Old Deuteronomy * The Old Gumbie Cat * Skimbleshanks: The Railway.
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South Pacific Vocal Selections ()
The New York Times described South Pacific, the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and nine Tonys, as "magnificent ... lively, warm, fresh and beautiful." Our deluxe revised Vocal Selections features 15 beloved songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein, a biography, plot synopsis, history of the show, and photos! Includes:
Bali Ha'i
* Happy Talk
* Honey Bun
* I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
* Some Enchanted Evening
* There Is Nothin' like a Dame
* A Wonderful Guy
* and more |
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Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella ()
13 piano/vocal selections from the 1957, 1965, and 1997 television productions of Cinderella, including: Cinderella Waltz * Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful * Falling in Love with Love * Impossible * In My Own Little Corner * Stepsister's Lament * Ten Minutes Ago * and more. Extra features include a Rodgers & Hammerstein biography, plot synopsis, a history of the show, and photos from all three productions.
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The time of the cuckoo: A comedy in two acts ()
A two act play with 3 scenes in each act for 5 males and 5 females. The plot concerns an older unmarried secretary who meets an attentive man while vacationing in Venice. When she finds out he is married and has children she is torn with the moral problem of whether to partake in a short affair.
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Exploring Theatre and Education ()
Ken Robinson is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources. He has worked with national governments in Europe and Asia, international agencies, Fortune 500 companies, national and state education systems, non-profit organizations and some of the world's leading cultural organizations. He was knighted in 2003 for his contribution to education and the arts. |
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Zorba - Vocal Selections ()
8 selections from the 1968 collaboration of Kander & Ebb: Zorba Theme (Life Is) * Happy Birthday to Me * No Boom Boom * Only Love * The Top of the Hill * The First Time * I Am Free * Why Can't I Speak.
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Wuthering Heights - Vocal Score ()
Musical drama in a prologue and three acts. Dramatization by Carlisle Floyd after the novel by Emily Bronte, Vocal score published by Boosey & Hawkes.
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The Wiz - Vocal Selections ()
Musical / 11 Principals, Various small parts, Singers and Dancers / Various sets Dorothy's adventures in the Land of Oz have been set to music in a dazzling, lively mixture of rock, gospel and soul music. Everybody knows the story, but now it's a new fantasy for today- mysterious, opulent and fanciful. |
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Where's Charley? - Vocal Selections ()
7 vocal selections, including: Lovelier Than Ever * Make a Miracle * My Darling, My Darling * The New Ashmolean Marching Society and Students Conservatory Band * Once in Love with Amy * Pernambuco * Where's Charley?
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What Makes Sammy Run? - Vocal Selections ()
Titles include:
* Bachelor Gal
* The Friendliest Thing (Two People Can Do)
* My Hometown
* A Room Without Windows
* Some Days Everything Goes Wrong
* Something to Live For
* A Tender Spot
* You're No Good. |
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The Unsinkable Molly Brown - Vocal Selections ()
The Unsinkable Molly Brown is a musical with music and lyrics by Meredith Willson and book by Richard Morris. The plot is a fictionalized account of the life of Margaret Brown, who survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic, and her wealthy miner-husband. |
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They're Playing Our Song - Vocal Selections ()
They're Playing Our Song is a musical with a book by Neil Simon, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, and music by Marvin Hamlisch.
In a story based on the real-life relationship of Hamlisch and Sager, a wisecracking composer finds a new, offbeat lyricist, but initially the match is not one made in heaven. The two undergo a series of trials and overcome a number of hurdles before finding true love by the final curtain.
They're Playing Our Song is essentially a two-character show. Vernon and Sonia are... |
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The Tap Dance Kid - Vocal Selections ()
In this musical play, ten-year-old Willie pursues his interest in dancing despite his father's insistence that he follow in his footsteps and become a lawyer.
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Take Me Along - Vocal Selections ()
Take Me Along is a musical based on the Eugene O'Neill play Ah, Wilderness, with music and lyrics by Bob Merrill and book by Joseph Stein and Robert Russell. |
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Sugar Babies - Vocal Selections ()
This piano-vocal highlights score includes words/music for the following songs: Cuban Love Song, Don't Blame Me, Down at the Gaity Burlesque, Exactly Like You, A Good Old Burlesque Show (You Don't Know the Half), I Can't Give You Anything But Love, I Feel a Song Comin' On, I Just Want to Be a Song and Dance Man, I'm Keepin' Myself Available for You, I'm Shooting High, In Lou'siana, Let Me Be Your Sugar Baby, Mister Banjo Man, On the Sunny Side of the Street, Sally, Warm and Willing, When You and... |
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Strike Up the Band - Vocal Selections ()
Strike Up the Band is a musical with a book by Morrie Ryskind, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin. The musical ran on Broadway in 1930 after the original book by George S. Kaufman was revised.
Titles Include: Military Dancing Drill
* Strike Up the Band!
* Mademoiselle from New Rochelle
* I've Got a Crush on You. Nine great songs in all. |
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Street Scene: Vocal Score ()
Songs include: A Boy Like You; Ain't It Awful, The Heat?; Catch Me If You Can; Don't Forget The Lilac Bush; Get A Load Of That (K.Weill); I Got A Marble And A Star; I Loved Her Too; Ice Cream Sextet (Weill K); Let Things Be Like The Always Wa; Lonely House; Lullaby (Scott); Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed; Remember That I Care; Somehow I Never Could Believe; There'll Be Trouble (K.Weill); We'll Go Away Together; What Good Would The Moon Be?; When A Woman Has A Baby; Woman Who Lived Up There, The; Would... |
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Stop the World I Want to Get Off - Vocal Selections ()
Songs included: Gonna Build a Mount, Lumbered, Meilinki Meilchik, Once in a Lifetime, Someone Nice Like You, All American, Typische Deutsche, Glorious Russian, Typically English, I Wanna Be Rich, What Kind of Fool Am I? 32 pages.
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Snoopy - Vocal Selections ()
10 vocal selections from the stage musical, including: Clouds * Daisy Hill * Don't Be Anything Less * Friend * I Know Now * Just One Person * Poor Sweet Baby * Where Did That Little Dog Go? * Woodstock's Theme * The World According to Snoopy.
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Shenandoah - Vocal Selections ()
Charlie Anderson, a widower, lives with his large family in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, during the American Civil War. Anderson does not wish to be involved in the war because he doesn't consider it "his" war, but he is forced to take action when his youngest son Robert is taken prisoner by Union soldiers. In the course of searching for Robert, Charlie, his daughter Jenny, and some of his sons rescue Sam (Jenny's newlywed Confederate soldier husband), from a Yankee POW train. After enduri... |
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Salvation - Vocal selection ()
The story follows a young man, who is a hardshell-Baptist kind of guy. He searches, and tries to figure out how relevant is religion to men and women society as a whole? He becomes enthralled by the pageantry and the ritual of Roman Catholicism. He is unenthusiastic about hearing others confess their sins, and literally and as well as figuratively, reveal themselves to him. He begins to search for something else, becoming a Timothy Leary-like guru. |
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Runaways ()
Runaways is a musical which was written, composed and directed by Elizabeth Swados, about the lives of children who run away from home and live on the city streets. The characters were taken from workshops conducted by Swados with real-life runaways in the late 1970s. |
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I Do! I Do! - Vocal Score ()
The complete vocal score to the musical first staged with Robert Preston and Mary Martin. 19 songs, including: Good Night * Honeymoon Is Over, The * I Do, I Do * I Love My Wife * It's a Well Known Fact * Love Isn't Everything * My Cup Runneth Over * Nobody's Perfect * This House * What Is a Woman * and more.
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Two by Two - Vocal Selections ()
Complete vocal score to the 1970 musical starring Danny Kaye. Songs include: As Far As I'm Concerned * The Covenant * Hey, Girlie * I Do Not Know a Day I Did Not Love You * Ninety Again * An Old Man * Poppa Knows Best * Something Doesn't Happen * Something, Somewhere * Two by Two * When It Dries * Why Me? (Why Me, Lord?) * You * and more.
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The Rothschilds - Vocal Selections ()
The Rothschilds is a musical with a book by Sherman Yellen, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and music by Jerry Bock.
Based on The Rothschilds by Frederic Morton, it tells of the rise of the Rothschild family from humble beginnings in Germany, to their founding of their financial empire and growing political influence under the guidance of patriarch Mayer Rothschild, to their assistance in funding Napoleon's defeat, and how they secure a declaration of rights for European Jews in the midst of an oppre... |
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State Fair - Vocal Selections ()
USA Today says of State Fair, "This may be what the Golden Age of Broadway was really about!" Our deluxe revised Vocal Selections features 11 beloved songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein, a biography, plot synopsis, history of the show and photos! Includes: It Might as Well Be Spring * It's a Grand Night for Singing * Our State Fair * You Never Had It So Good * more.
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Perchance to Dream - Vocal Score ()
Perchance to Dream is a musical romance with book, lyrics and music by Ivor Novello. It was the only musical for which Novello wrote lyrics.
It opened on the London stage at the Hippodrome Theatre on 21 April 1945. The show starred Novello, Olive Gilbert, Roma Beaumont, Muriel Barron, and Bobbie Andrews, and veteran actress Zena Dare appeared in the piece as Charlotte Fayre. Sylvia Cecil was a replacement during the run. It is one of Novello's most successful works and enjoyed an original run ... |
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