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Scott Miller

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Scott Miller is the founder and artistic director of New Line Theatre, an alternative musical theatre company he established in 1991 in St. Louis, at the vanguard of a new wave of nonprofit musical theatre being born across the country during the early 1990s, offering an alternative to the commercial musical theatre of New York and Broadway tours. He has been working in musical theatre since 1978 and has been directing musicals since 1981. He has written the book, music, and lyrics for ten musicals and two plays. His play Head Games has enjoyed runs in St. Louis, Los Angeles, London, and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland; and his musical, Johnny Appleweed, was nominated for four Kevin Kline Awards. He has written more than a doze ...more

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Ho, Ho, Ho, I'm Carefree

We've finished blocking Promenade, we ran each act separately and tonight, we ran the whole show for the first time. And it's all starting to make a kind of sense as we assemble all the crazy pieces. And it's really entertaining!

One funny thing I've noticed -- so many of the characters act like children. The two prisoners, 105 and 106, have the innocence and curiosity and openness of children, Read more of this blog post »

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	From Assassins to West Side Story: The Director's Guide to Musical Theatre by Scott Miller (Goodreads Author), Lisa A. Barnett (Editor), Vicki Kasabian (Produced by) 4.10 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deconstructing Harold Hill: An Insider’s Guide to Musical Theatre really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rebels with Applause: Broadway's Groundbreaking Musicals 4.25 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strike Up the Band: A New History of Musical Theatre 3.50 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Let the Sun Shine In: The Genius of HAIR 4.19 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, and Musicals 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	He Never Did Anything Twice: Deconstructing Stephen Sondheim really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Blood 3.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Idiots, Heathers, and Squips: The New Golden Age of the Musical Theatre really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night of the Living Show Tunes: 13 Tales of the Weird 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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