Broadway Costumes on a Budget: Big-Time Ideas for Amateur Producers (Paperback)

~ (Author), Sue McAnally (Author), Michelle Gallardo (Illustrator)

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Product Description

High school, college, and community theatre versions of Broadway shows can have all the glitz, glitter and pizzazz of the New York variety. This book lists 100 famous musicals categorized by costume styles. Applying the book's crossover system, costumes from one show can easily be altered for any other show in the same category. "How to do it" suggestions are given for both the basic costume design and for specific show adaptations. Every theatre group planning to stage a Broadway show needs this book.

About the Author

Janet Litherland, the author of six nonfiction books and many plays, is an editorial associate for a travel magazine. She resides near Tallahassee, Florida. Co-author, Sue McAnally of Thomasville, Georgia, has served as the costume designer for the Thomasville Music and Drama Troupe, a performance group of 200 teenages, for nearly 20 years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 146 pages
• Publisher: Meriwether Publishing; 1st edition (March 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566080215
• ISBN-13: 978-1566080217
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #892,246 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not about costumes - summaries of plays instead, July 23, 2000

By A Customer

This book really does a much better job of giving you the plot of the many plays it touches on rather than what the costumes should look like. The actual costume information could be contained in 10 pages. Some of the information regarding what the characters should wear is questionable. No substance.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the paper it's printed on., September 27, 2002

By	"costumediva00" (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews

As a professional costume designer, I was appalled at the misinformation in this book. It cited wrong time periods for plays, along with bad advice for the non-professional theater person. I returned it after a brief perusal, so that I would not be contaminated by it's inaneness.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars basic, August 9, 2007

By	Jeffrey Briggs - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This was a very basic book and the designs inside were almost infantile..so it was not what I was hoping for...but nevertheless..will be another book on costume to add to the collection.