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TOC - The Musical Theatre Issue

Dramatist Guild of America
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Joey Stocks by Carla McDonald
Editor’s Notes on The Musical Theatre Issue (2018)
  • Joey Stocks
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Dear Dramatist: November/December 2018
  • Carole Schweid
Many Faces
What Rhyme Do You Admire from a Musical Theatre Lyric?
  • Cheryl Davis,
  • Timothy Huang,
  • Max Vernon,
  • Christine Toy Johnson,
  • JD Stewart,
  • Sammy Buck,
  • Sara Wordsworth,
  • and Michael R. Jackson
Adrienne Kennedy
Adrienne Kennedy: Ten Questions
  • Adrienne Kennedy
Lindsey Ferrentino
The Craft with Lindsey Ferrentino
  • Lindsey Ferrentino
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How Do You Approach Bookwriting a Musical as Opposed to a Play?
  • Carolyn Gage,
  • Gabriel Flores,
  • and DS Magid
L to R: David Henry Hwang, Marsha Norman, John Weidman
The Book of Norman, Part 2
  • Marsha Norman,
  • David Lindsay-Abaire,
  • David Henry Hwang,
  • and John Weidman
Clockwise from left: Daniel Ellis, Michael Vigilant, Karen and Steve Multer, Elise Thoron
What Should Dramatists Know About Working with Orchestrators?
  • Michael Vigilant,
  • Karen Multer,
  • ELISE THORON,
  • and Daniel Ellis
L to R: Kirsten Childs, Georgia Stitt, Rona Siddiqui
On Orchestrations
  • Kirsten Childs,
  • Rona Siddiqui,
  • Georgia Stitt,
  • and Daryl Waters
Clockwise from left: Shelia Payton, Anaïs Mitchell, Sandra Hodge-Hampton, Masi Asare, Amanda Yesnowitz, Kat Eggleston
When You're Writing Lyrics, How Important is Finding the Perfect Rhyme?
  • Masi Asare,
  • Kat Eggleston,
  • Shelia Payton,
  • Anais Mitchell,
  • Sandra Hodge-Hampton,
  • and Amanda Yesnowitz
Amanda Green, David Ives, Stephen Schwartz, and Steven Sater
Rhyme with Sondheim
  • Stephen Sondheim,
  • Amanda Green,
  • David Ives,
  • Steven Sater,
  • and Stephen Schwartz
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The Assignment Conspiracy: Dramatists & the So-Called “Work-Made-For-Hire”
  • David Faux
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From the Desk of DGF: The Musical Theatre Issue
  • Rachel Routh
Built to Float at Essential Theatre
Atlanta: Essential Theatre
  • Pamela Turner
Dr. Lisa B. Thompson
Austin/San Antonio: Dr. Lisa B. Thompson
  • Sheila Rinear
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Baltimore: Stephanie Ybarra
  • Amy Bernstein
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Colorado: Theater 29
  • Josh Hartwell
Bill McCan
Kentucky: Bill McCann
  • Liz Fentress
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Los Angeles: A Short Primer on Rewriting
  • Joshua Gershick
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Michigan: How to Write the Political Play
  • Anita Gonzalez
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Minneapolis/St. Paul: Janet Preus
  • Laurie Flanigan Hegge
David Auburn and Charlene Doneghy
New England – South: Championing Fellow Dramatists
  • Charlene Donaghy
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Upstate New York: Two New Regional Ambassadors
  • Donna Hoke
The Count
North Carolina: After the Count
  • Jacqueline E. Lawton
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Ohio: Regional Survey and Member Spotlight
  • Les Hunter
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Portland: The Event of a Lifetime
  • Francesca Piantadosi
Great Salt Lake Fringe 2018
Utah: Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival
  • Melissa Leilani Larson
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Dramatists Diary – November/December 2018
Classifieds
Classified Ads – November/December 2018
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New Guild Members as of September 15, 2018
Daniel Goldfarb by Dan Romer for The Dramatist
Daniel Goldfarb: Why I Joined the Guild
  • Daniel Goldfarb

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