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A Year Without Broadway

It’s been a year since the lights went dark on Broadway, leaving some 97,000 actors, stagehands, designers, ushers, and more out of work. Last night, A Late Show with Stephen Colbert presented Broadway Legend Laura Benanti and Hamilton alum Christopher … Continue reading

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Making Musicals: The Dialogue

Each scene is like a mini-musical, with its own beginning, middle, and end. Before you write any dialogue, decide how the scene begins. Playwright David Mamet asks three questions: “1. Who wants what from whom?, 2. What happens if they … Continue reading

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