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The most frequently asked question about writing musicals is, Which comes first, the music or the lyrics? As anyone on Broadway will tell you, the answer is, The book. Tony-winning book writer Robert L. Freedman takes you through the process of writing a new musical, including story structure, song placement, dialogue, character development, and more that led to the creation of A Gentleman s Guide to Love and Murder, the 2014 Best Musical Tony winner. With candor and insight, Freedman describes the challenging and rewarding growing pains of what the critics called Hilarious! and Ingenious!, and said Ranks among the most inspired and entertaining new musical comedies I ve seen in years.

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ROBERT L. FREEDMAN won Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle awards Best Book of a Musical for A Gentleman s Guide to Love and Murder. His teleplays include Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (Emmy and Writers Guild Award nominations), Rodgers and Hammerstein s Cinderella (Writers Guild Award nomination), and HBO s A Deadly Secret (Writers Guild Award winner). For more information, visit www.RobertLFreedmanWriter.com.

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