Front Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 - The History of Musical Theater -- Chorus Game -- Musical Theater Terms -- Direction Game -- Historical Musicals -- Character Metaphors -- 2 - Musical Themes -- Fairy-Tale Musicals -- Character Hat -- Chanting Songs -- Poetry Musicals -- Poems to Songs -- Write a Poem -- Group Poems -- Kitty Wants a Corner -- Animal Characters -- Comic-Strip Musicals -- Musicals Inspired by Shakespeare -- Shakespeare Today -- Book Musicals -- Create a Book Musical -- Puppet Musicals -- Make a Cheshire Cat Puppet -- Job Musicals -- Coffeepot -- 3 - Musical Reviews -- Three-Part Characters -- Talking Stick -- Story Cards -- Spelling Scenes -- 4 - A Performer Prepares -- Auditions -- Tempo Game -- Dance Clinic -- Cold Reading -- Wonderland Warm-Ups -- Vocal Warm-Ups -- Yo Ho Ho -- A Song for A -- Name Ball -- Memorizing Your Lines -- Memory Ball -- An Actor Remembers -- Blocking a Musical -- Stage Picture Freeze Dance -- Musical Characters -- Tale Mime -- Joker's Wild -- Programs, Programs, Get Your Programs Here -- Write a Bio -- Curtain Call Game -- 5 - I Got Rhythm -- Musical Styles -- Use or Become Instruments -- Catch Phrase -- Someone's Day -- Song Jams -- Mrs. Sadie -- Act-a-Song -- Lip Sync -- Concentration -- Avocado -- Telephone Song -- Shay Shay Coolay -- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves -- Make a Musical Shaker -- 6 - Gotta Dance -- Dance Shapes -- Story Dance -- Rhythm Names -- Shake to Maloo -- Happy Feet -- Jokey Hokey Pokey -- Contact Dance -- Group Mirrors -- Object Dance -- Interpretive Dance -- Dream Sequence -- Make Dancing Wings -- 7 - An Actor's Life for Me -- Have You Ever -- Categories -- When I Talk, You Answer -- Amoeba -- Trust Me -- Cops and Spies -- How High Can You Go? -- Bowl Game -- Who Stole the Cookies? -- Channel Surfing -- Munchkins.

Make a Phantom Mask -- 8 - Show Time! -- Paul Bunyan -- Davy Crockett -- Sluefoot Sue -- Scene from Alice in Wonderland -- The Three Little Pigs -- Goldilocks and the Three Bears -- The Three Billy Goats Gruff -- Suggested Musicals for Young Actors -- Summaries of Plays Mentioned in the Book -- Bibliography -- About the Author.