Theatre Resources: Musical Theater

Avenue Q by Robert Lopez (Composed by); Jeff Marx (Composed by) (Vocal Selections). 2004 Tony Award winner for Best Musical , Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical ! Playbill.com describes Avenue Q , a decidedly adult puppet/human show, as a meeting of Sesame Street and South Park . This songbook features 13 songs with vocal line and piano accompaniment. Tunes include: The Avenue Q Theme * Fantasies Come True * I Wish I Could Go Back to College * I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today * The Internet Is for Porn * It Sucks to Be Me * Purpose * Special * What Do You Do with a B.A. in English * and more. PARENTAL ADVISORY: EXPLICIT LYRICS. Also available: P/V/G edition: #00313269

The Full Monty by David Yazbek (Composed by) (Vocal Selections). The Full Monty has taken Broadway by storm! Based on 1997's runaway international movie hit, the musical features a book by noted playwright Terrence McNally, and songs with music and lyrics by David Yazbek. This folio features 11 songs in standard piano/vocal format with the melody in the piano part. Includes: Big-Ass Rock * Big Black Man * It's a Woman's World * Let It Go * You Rule My World * You Walk with Me * and more, as well as a composer biography and five pages of great color photos from the Broadway production!

Jersey Boys - Vocal Selections by Hal Leonard Corp. Staff (Created by); Four Seasons Staff (Other Primary Creator); Frankie Valli (Other Primary Creator) (Vocal Selections). 20 vocal selections from the Broadway musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons. This is the story of how a group of blue-collar boys became the biggest American pop sensations of all time, selling over 175 million records worldwide. Songs include: Big Girls Don't Cry * Can't Take My Eyes off of You * December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) * My Boyfriend's Back * Rag Doll * Walk like a Man * Working My Way Back to You * and more.

Kinky Boots -- Sheet Music from the Broadway Musical by Cyndi Lauper (Composed by) This colorful, 164-page souvenir songbook for the hit Broadway musical contains sheet music for every song on the show's original cast recording! Singers and pianists will delight in bringing the unforgettable songs from Cyndi Lauper's score to life with these impeccable piano/vocal arrangements. Several pages of dazzling color photos from the original Broadway production are included, making this book a must-own collectible for every fan of musical theatre. Titles: Price and Son Theme * The Most Beautiful Thing in the World * Take What You Got * Land of Lola * Charlie's Soliloquy * Step One * Sex Is in the Heel * The History of Wrong Guys * Not My Father's Son * Everybody Say Yeah * What a Woman Wants * In This Corner * Charlie's Soliloquy (Reprise) * Soul of a Man * Hold Me in Your Heart * Raise You Up / Just Be.

A New Brain - Vocal Selections by William Finn (Composed by) (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Titles are: And They're Off * Change * Don't Give In * Eating Myself Up Alive * Gordo's Law of Genetics * Heart and Music * I Feel So Much Spring * The Music Still Plays On * Poor, Unsuccessful, and Fat * A Really Lousy Day in the Universe * I'd Rather Be Sailing.

Phantom of the Opera - Souvenir Edition by Andrew Lloyd Webber (Composed by) (Vocal Selections). This souvenir folio features full-color photos from the stunning production as well as piano/vocal arrangements of 9 songs, including: All I Ask of You * Angel of Music * Masquerade * The Music of the Night * The Phantom of the Opera * The Point of No Return * Prima Donna * Think of Me * Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again.

Porgy And Bess by George Gershwin (Vocal Score). Titles include: Jasbo Brown Blues * Summertime * A Woman Is a Sometime Thing * Here Come de Honey Man * They Pass by Singin' * Oh Little Stars * Gone, Gone, Gone * Overflow * My Man's Gone Now * Leavin' for the Promise' Lan' * It Take a Long Pull to Get There * I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' * Buzzard Song * Bess, You Is My Woman * Oh, I Can't Sit Down * I Ain't Got No Shame * It Ain't Necessarily So * What You Want Wid Bess? * Oh, Doctor Jesus * Strawberry Woman * Crab Man * I Loves You, Porgy * Oh, Hev'nly Father * Oh, de Lawd Shake de Heavens * Oh, Dere's Somebody Knockin' at de Do' * A Red Headed Woman * Clara, Clara * There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York * Good Mornin', Sistuh! * Oh, Bess, Oh Where's My Bess * Oh Lawd * I'm on My Way.

Sara Bareilles - What's Inside: Songs from Waitress by Sara Bareilles (Other Primary Creator) (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Bareilles' 2015 release features a dozen songs from the Broadway adaptation of Adrienne Shelly's 2007 indie comedy-drama Waitress . Our folio features piano/vocal/guitar arrangements of all the songs: Bad Idea * Door Number Three * Everything Changes * Lulu's Pie Song * Never Ever Getting Rid of Me * Opening Up * She Used to Be Mine * When He Sees Me * and more.

The Sound of Musicals by Steven Cohan D'espite having had its obituary written many times, the movie musical remains a flourishing twenty-first century form, and as this volume demonstrates, one that exists far beyond the confines of Broadway and Hollywood. The Sound of Musicals examines the films, stars, issues and traditions of the genre from the 1930s to the present day. Featuring sixteen original essays by leading international scholars, this illuminating collection addresses the complex history and global variety of the movie musical, and considers the delight and passionate engagement that musicals continue to inspire in audiences around the world. The contributors address key issues for understanding the movie musical: questions of genre and generic traditions; questions of history, bringing fresh perspectives to a consideration of Classical Hollywood musicals; and the musical beyond Hollywood, looking at alternatives to the Hollywood model from the 'New Hollywood' and American independent cinema to Bollywood and other national musical traditions. Individual chapters consider key musical stars such as Frank Sinatra, Julie Andrews and Barbra Streis∧ film-makers including Robert Altman and Christophe Honoré, and classic musicals such as South Pacific (1958) and Hairspray (1988). In his introduction to the volume, Steven Cohan addresses the significance and enduring appeal of this multi-faceted genre, and considers its recent renaissance with movies such as the High School Musical franchise, and the success of the television series Glee.

Spring Awakening by Steven Sater (Composed by); Duncan Sheik (Composed by) (Vocal Selections). Based on a controversial 1891 German play, Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater turned the story into an exciting rock musical that went on to win eight Tony Awards in 2007 including the coveted best musical. Our piano/vocal selections feature 17 of the songs, including: All That's Known * The Bitch of Living * The Dark I Know Well * I Believe * Mama Who Bore Me * My Junk * Those You've Known * Touch Me * The Word of Your Body * and more. This souvenir folio also includes great color photos from the Broadway production. PARENTAL ADVISORY: EXPLICIT LYRICS

Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim (Composed by) (Vocal Score). Vocal score to Sondheim's classic tale of the demon barber of Fleet Street. 25 songs, including: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd * The Contest * God, That's Good! * Johanna * Kiss Me * My Friends * No Place like London * Not While I'm Around * Poor Thing * Pretty Women * The Worst Pies in London * and more. 396 pages.

The Wedding Singer by Chad Beguelin (Composed by); Matthew Sklar (Composed by) (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). The catchy soundtrack to the Broadway version of Adam Sandler's hit movie features an all-original set of songs (except for "Somebody Kill Me" and "Grow Old With You" which are from the movie) by Chad Beguelin and Matthew Sklar. Our folio features 15 of the show songs, including: Come Out of the Dumpster * Grow Old with You * It's Your Wedding Day * Let Me Come Home * A Note from Linda * Right in Front of Your Eyes * Somebody Kill Me * Someday * and more. This souvenir folio also includes full-color photos from the stage production.

Wicked by Stephen Schwartz (Composed by); Hal Leonard Corp. Staff (Vocal Selection). Nominated for a whopping 10 Tony Awards and grossing more than $1 million each week, Wicked is this year's Broadway smash! A prequel to the all-American classic The Wizard of Oz , this new musical is a character study of Elphaba and Glinda, school roommates who grow up to become the Wicked Witch and the Good Witch, respectively. We are very proud to offer two songbooks featuring this delightful music: a Vocal Selections book which contains the vocal line with piano accompaniment (00313268), and a Piano/Vocal Selections book, in standard piano/vocal format with the melody in the piano part (00313267). Both songbooks feature a special section of color photos from the production, a note from composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz, and these fantastic tunes: As Long as You're Mine * Dancing Through Life * Defying Gravity * For Good * I Couldn't Be Happier * I'm Not That Girl * No Good Deed * No One Mourns the Wicked * One Short Day * Popular * What Is This Feeling? * The Wizard and I * Wonderful.