The workshop cover-up: can it hide a musical's weaknesses rather than expose them?(Brief Article)
American Theatre, September, 2002 by Wood, Mark Dundas
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New York: How do you coax a brand-new work--particularly a large, expensive musical--from its beginnings on the page to a successful incarnation on the stage? You schedule a series of workshops, of course. But director Susan Schulman (The Secret Garden, Violet) recently told a group of theatre practitioners gathered in Manhattan that she has her doubts about the effectiveness of directorially polished presentations of works-in-progress.
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At a three-day symposium called "Building the American Musical," convened in June by the Stage Directors & Choreographers ...
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