From Option to Opening : aguide to Producing Plays Off Broadway - Revised and Updated [Paperback] Review

I run a small (very small) Not-For-Profit (intentionally) Theater Group. It was with great interest that I discovered this little book on how the big boys do it in New York. It confirmed (beyond any doubt) that I don't want to go compete in the New York market.

Other than that, it was a fascinating look behind the scenes at what a producer has to go through to get a play on stage Off Broadway. I had assumed that it was just a bit bigger operation than what we go through. WRONG!

First surprise - Off Broadway is not just a theater that isn't on Broadway, there's a fairly complex definition of even what that means. Then there's the legal aspects. If you want to raise front money to investigate putting on a show, the law says that you can only ask four people. You can accept money from more than four, but you can only ask four.

I don't ever plan to go do a show in New York, but this book made fascinating reading.

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For the potential, as well as the professional, producer and for writers, actors, directors, and investors, this book is for anyone wanting or needing to understand the process of producing Off Broadway plays from start to finish. Written in crisp, clear, nonlegal language that the layman can easily understand, every page reflects the experience and expertise of Farber, a well-known and highly respected theatrical attorney. The book contains detailed information on how to: option a property, raise money, obtain a theater, deal with the cast and other personnel, the art of negotiation, partnerships and co-production agreements, and much more. Especially useful are the updated and expanded appendixes, which include all new budgets and actual examples of today's commonly used legal forms and contracts.

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Guitar TAB: Easy Jewish Folk Songs (Book & CD) [Paperback] Review

Great collection of well known Jewish songs, in tab and music notation, easy to read, big font, and fun to learn

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A wonderful collection of 20 popular, beautiful and fun-to-play songs for beginning to intermediate guitar students.The melody, an easy strumming pattern, chord diagrams and complete lyrics are provided with each song, so students can choose to either play the melody or strum to accompany themselves as they sing.Large-sized music, TAB and diagrams make the songs easy to read, even for beginners.The 48-page book also contains a review of music reading, tablature and chord diagrams.This handy songbook is the perfect tool for guitar teachers seeking fun musical activities to keep their students happy and involved with music making.

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Just Classic Rock Real Book (Just Real Books Series) [Paperback] Review

A nice fake book with some decent songs.I keep it handy for jam sessions with new players and for those nights when I'm sitting in with a new band.

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Over 215 "Classic Rock" songs from the 60's, 70's and 80's.Arranged in fakebook style with lyrics. Includes a complete artist index, complete discograph. All critical riffs and figures are included plus a full color classic album art section. Contents:AFTER MIDNIGHT
AFTER THE GOLD RUSH
AIN'T TALKIN' `BOUT LOVE
ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER
ALL THE YOUNG DUDES
AMERICAN WOMEN
AND IT STONED ME
ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL (Part 2)
AQUALUNG
BABE, I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU
BABY BLUE
BAD COMPANY
BAD MOON RISING
BAD TO THE BONE
BAD, BAD LEROY BROWN
BEAT GOES ON, THE
BIG LOVE
BIG YELLOW TAXI
BLEED TO LOVE HER
BORN ON THE BAYOU
BOTH SIDES NOW
BOX OF RAIN
BRIDGE OF SIGHS
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
BROKEN ARROW
BURNIN' SKY
BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
CALIFORNIA
CALL ME
CAN'T FIND MY WAY HOME
CARAVAN
CASEY JONES
CAT'S IN THE CRADLE
CHAIN, THE 36. CHANGES 37. CHEAP SUNGLASSES
CHINA GROVE
CINNAMON GIRL
COCAINE
COMFORTABLY NUMB
COPPERLINE
COUNTRY GIRL
CRAZY LOVE
CROSS-EYED MARY
DANCING IN THE DARK
DANCING WITH MYSELF
DANNY'S SONG
DAY AFTER DAY
DEAR MR. FANTASY
DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET
DON'T COME AROUND HERE NO MORE
DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'
DOWN ON THE CORNER
DRIVE
EIGHT MILES HIGH
EUROPA (EARTH'S CRY HEAVEN'S SMILE)
EVERYBODY HURTS
EYES WITHOUT A FACE
FACE IN THE CROWD, A
FAITHFULLY
FAME
FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE
FIRE
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
FOREVER YOUNG
FORTUNATE SON
FOUNTAIN OF SORROW
FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN
GIMME SOME LOVIN'
GO YOUR OWN WAY
GOLDEN YEARS
GOOD TIMES ROLL
GOT ME UNDER PRESSURE
GREEN RIVER
HARVEST MOON
HAVE A CIGAR
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN?
HEART OF GOLD
HELP ME
HERE COME THOSE TEARS AGAIN
HORSE WITH NO NAME, A
HOT FOR TEACHER
HOTEL CALIFORNIA
HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
HUNGRY HEART
I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY
I GOT YOU BABE
I GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU
I KNOW YOU RIDER
I STARTED A JOKE
I WANNA BE SEDATED
I WON'T BACK DOWN
I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD
I'M A MAN
I'M ON FIRE
IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA
INTO THE MYSTIC
JAMIE'S CRYIN'
JOHN BARLEYCORN
JUMP
JUST WHAT I NEEDED
KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR
LEGS
LIFE IN THE FAST LANE
LISTEN TO THE MUSIC
LOCOMOTIVE BREATH
LONG DISTANCE RUN AROUND
LONG TRAIN RUNNIN'
LOSING MY RELIGION
LOVE SONG, A
LOW SPARK OF HIGH HEELED BOYS, THE
LYIN' EYES
MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME
MAN ON THE MOON
MARGARITAVILLE
MEXICO
MILLWORKER
MINUTE BY MINUTE
MONEY
MOONDANCE
MORE THAN A FEELING
MR. TAMBOURINE MAN
MY BEST FRIENDS GIRL
MY HOMETOWN
NEEDLE AND THE DAMAGE DONE
NEVER GOING BACK AGAIN
NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN, THE
NO MATTER WHAT
OHIO
OLD MAN
ONE IS THE LONELIEST NUMBER
ONE OF THESE NIGHTS
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER
ONLY WOMEN BLEED
OPEN ARMS
OWNER OF A LONELY HEART
PANAMA
PEACEFUL EASY FEELING
PEOPLE GET READY
PERSONALITY CRISIS
PINK CADILLAC
PRETENDER (THE)
PROUD MARY
PSYCHO KILLER
REBEL YELL
ROAD, THE
ROCK & ROLL BAND
ROCK & ROLL PART 2
ROCK ME ON THE WATER
ROCK 'N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL
ROCK STEADY
ROUNDABOUT
RUNNIN' DOWN A DREAM
RUNNIN' WITH THE DEVIL
RUNNING ON EMPTY
SCARBOROUGH FAIR/CANTICLE
SEA OF JOY
SENTIMENTAL LADY
SEPARATE WAYS
SHARP DRESSED MAN
SHE'S NOT THERE
SHEENA IS A PUNK ROCKER
SHELTER FROM THE STORM
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE
SHOOTING STAR
SISTER GOLDEN HAIR
SLOW RIDE
SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM
SOUNDS OF SILENCE, THE
SOUTHERN MAN
SPOONFUL
STAGE FRIGHT
STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND
STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA
SUFFRAGETTE CITY
SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE
TAKE IT EASY
TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT
TAKIN' IT TO THE STREETS
TALES OF BRAVE ULYSSES
TAXI
TEACHER
TELL HER NO
TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT
TEQUILA SUNRISE
THESE EYES
TIME OF THE SEASON
TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN', THE
TIN MAN
TONIGHT SHE COMES
TRASH
TURN TURN TURN
UNCLE JOHN'S BAND
UNFAITHFUL SERVANT
UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK
VENTURA HIGHWAY
WAITING, THE
WELCOME TO MY NGIHTMARE
WEREWOLVES OF LONDON
WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES
WHITE ROOM
WHITE WEDDING (Part 1)
WHITER SHADE OF PALE, A
WHOLE LOTTA LOVE
WHO'S CRYING NOW
WHY DON'T WE GET DRUNK
WILD NIGHT
WILLIE & THE HAND JIVE
WISH YOU WERE HERE
WOODSTOCK
YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR HAT ON
YOU GOT LUCKY

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Guitar Note Speller (Shearer series) [Paperback] Review

This note speller does an extremely good job of teaching the student to read music on the treble staff, and the position of the notes on the first position of the guitar (the first four frets). The book is meant to be used in conjunction with Shearer's "Classic Guitar Technique" series, so if you are looking to learn higher positions on the fingerboard then you will find that information in volume 2.

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The purpose of this book is to simplify the process of learning the positions of the notes in music and on the guitar fingerboard.

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Nicole C. Mullen - Everyday People (Personality) [Paperback] Review

Everyday people is a great song. A wonderful cd with lots of great songs. My favorite is "I will be free."

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This Grammy-nominated Gospel Album of the Year includes 14 tracks: Bye Bye Brianna * Deity * Every Nation * Everyday People * I Am * Music of My Heart * Without You * and more.

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Classic Praise: 10 Master Pieces for Solo Piano (Sacred Folio) [Paperback] Review

This is one of the greatest books on the market for advanced solos of Praise Music.I've used it for preludes for church and weddings and received many compliments.Many of the pieces are ethereal and elevate one to the true meaning of the lyrics.

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This is the first book in Word Music's brand new Solo Piano Artist series, with arrangements designed especially for more advanced pianists who want challenging performance pieces to add to their repertoire. The creator of this folio, Larry Dalton, is a popular Steinway(TM) concert artist, who travels and performs extensively throughout the world. His heart for worship is captured in these exquisite solo arrangements of well-known praise and worship melodies - some older, some more recent - but all destined to become classics in church music. Songs include: Above All * As the Deer * Knowing You * Lord, Have Mercy * Open the Eyes of My Heart * Shout to the Lord * The Heart of Worship * There Is None Like You * You Are My All in All * You Are Worthy of My Praise.

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Songs, 1896-1914 [Paperback] Review

This is a wonderful collection of many of the most important art songs by Maurice Ravel. While not all of his art songs are contained here, it contains all of his early works in the genre for a very affordable price. A very nice addition to any music lover's library.Ravel: Songs

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Ravel's greatest songs and song cycles-among them Sheherazade, Five Greek Folk Songs and Three Poems by Stephane Mallarme-edited and introduced by the world's leading Ravel scholar, Arbie Orenstein. Reprinted from authoritative French editions and provided with new English translations.

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Falstaff: Vocal Score (G. Schirmer Opera Score Editions) [Paperback] Review

Verdi's two Comedies philosophically, and emotionally, frame his long career. While writing Il Giorno di Regno, his first comedy, and only his second opera, the rather naive young Verdi lost his first wife and theirchildren in a fire. Needless to say, the opera wasn't very funny, and theaudience booed it off the stage. Verdi quit Opera...he thought for good.However, his self-imposed exile didn't last long, and Verdi eventuallywrote several of Opera's greatest masterpieces. He also loved Giuseppina,first as his paramour, eventually as his second wife, became one ofEurope's most generous philanthropists, and admired his great rival RichardWagner, who referred to Verdi simply as "pig." Arrigo Boito, agenius in his own right (if you don't believe it, get a good recording ofMefistofele), testified in Italian newspapers that Verdi's "oldways" of writing Opera were permanently invalidated by Wagner. Yet oneday, eight years after Verdi had retired for the second time, Boito, thegreat Verdi hater, came to Sant' Agata, hat in hand, to ask Verdi tocompose music for two Shakespearean music dramas he had written. The secondof those music dramas, Falstaff, was to be Verdi's second comedy, and hislast opera. Falstaff is a towering monument to artistic collaboration. Init, Verdi, Boito, and Shakespeare tell us that life is a great cosmic joke,and, since we cannot escape being its brunt, we might as well laugh along.Dover republished an early Ricordi edition of Falstaff. Ricordi is, simplyput, the most useful publisher of late romantic Italian opera, especiallyof Verdi and Puccini. The scholarship is top notch, making this Doveredition quite a useful volume. The book itself is, as always, well craftedand easy to read. The score may be too large, and the book too small, tomake this volume useful for the podium, but at home, in front of thestereo, it's invaluable. Falstaff is one of the west's great example's ofexistentialism expressed in artistic form. If you are not familiar withthis opera, I strongly recommend you buy this score, and a good recordingto go with it, and knock yourself out.

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Italian/English. Translated by Ducloux.

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