Steve Cuden Releases BEATING BROADWAY: How to Create Stories for Musicals That Get Standing Ovations

Steve Cuden's new book BEATING BROADWAY: How to Create Stories for Musicals That Get Standing Ovations is a comprehensive guide that expertly breaks down musical storytelling into its basic components and explains how stories for hit musicals are created. It is now available on amazon.com. This how-to book by veteran storyteller and successful creator of musicals, Steve Cuden, is for both amateurs and professionals trying to create successful musicals. In addition to practical advice on what makes a good book for a musical, Steve breaks down 40 popular musical plays and films into beats, explaining what works and why.

With the popularity of musicals at an all-time high around the world, there is a yearning for new musicals. In this comprehensive guide, readers learn how the plots and stories behind musicals are developed and honed. With his breezy, lighthearted approach, Cuden give creators at all levels valuable advice for building winning musical stories.

Steve Cuden co-created the Broadway and international hit musical JEKYLL & HYDE with noted composer Frank Wildhorn. He teamed with Wildhorn again to co-conceive the international hit musical RUDOLF, AFFAIRE MAYERLING which has been produced in Europe, Japan andKorea. Cuden, who has successfully written for theatre, TV and film, offers writers the know-how and encouragement to construct brilliant, attention-grabbing musical storylines.

BEATING BROADWAY examines the structure of 35 beloved Broadway musicals and 5 evergreen musical films to show how strong, well-crafted stories strengthen and support successful musicals (from SOUTH PACIFIC and MY FAIR LADY to AVENUE Q and WICKED). Cuden breaks down each musical into key narrative beats and plot points to give readers practical, down-to-earth advice for crafting successful musical theater stories that will touch audiences.

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