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Review title: Essential for an actor in Musical-Theatre
Product review: Just as Goldman's "The Season" is the actor's best book on the biz of B'way and Clurman's "On Directing" one of the greatest acting texts, Spencer's book is the essential book for an actor involved in the process of creating a new musical.Knowing what the writers are looking for helps you shape your work to serve the piece(which will then in turn serve the actor). Smart writers will recognize your creative respect for their work and will listen when your work reveals flaws in their work. Anything that helps an actor to understand where she is in the process is information that frees and empowers them as oppossed to the usual stance of being in the dark and taking orders. In NY musical development is all about readings-and this is the actor's best quide to their place in that process. And it's true-when the writers make a scowl in your direction they're thinking not about what you did wrong but what they did wrong.
