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REBECCA Musical — Broadway Costumes 28 Aug 2012 | 09:44 pm
Follow Jane Greenwood as she develops the costume designs for the new Broadway musical REBECCA.
How To Dramatize Historical Stories (Infographic) 23 Oct 2011 | 05:54 am
In this infographic Michael Kunze explains his method of selecting a historical story for a potential musical theatre project. He also demonstrates a few essential techniques to dramatize such a story...
How To Write A Musical Drama — 9 Essential Drama Elements 23 Oct 2011 | 05:10 am
Musical drama elements — in a nut shell: Overview of 9 essential strategies that made Michael Kunze’s drama musicals so successful in Europe and Japan. How To Write A Musical Drama — 9 Essential Dram...
Musical Master Class 9 — Essential Words About Story Structure 22 May 2011 | 05:45 am
For an optimal story structure, Michael Kunze prefers to work with only one protagonist who has to overcome rising opposition. To make the protagonist appear bigger, a very powerful and threatening an...
Musical Master Class 8 — Serve The Story 26 Apr 2011 | 09:21 am
“All elements of a drama musical must serve the story.” Dr. Kunze considers this statement as absolutely crucial to the success of his shows. Some people might wonder…why should the composer serve th...
Amazing Computer Music Machine 20 Apr 2011 | 04:31 pm
Instantly compose and play your own tunes with this amazing computer music machine. Click on the squares and play away. You probably won’t be able to stop. Thank you to the kind folks at sembeo.com ...
Musical Master Class 7 — How To Dramatize A Musical Song 7 Apr 2011 | 02:17 pm
Michael Kunze remembers Robert McKee’s words: “A scene without a change is not a scene.” The same can be said about a musical song: A song without a change is not a dramatic song. “If you want to dra...
Musical Master Class 6 — Basic Drama Musical Structure 29 Mar 2011 | 06:00 am
The basic structure of musicals by Michael Kunze is based on the 3-act form of a movie: Exposition Confrontation Solution The intermission happens about two-thirds through the musical. Dr. Kunze c...
Musical Master Class 5 — Developing The Drama Musical ELISABETH 27 Mar 2011 | 04:28 pm
There was no way that Michael Kunze would turn his drama musical libretto for ELISABETH into a Broadway musical. He needed a composer who understood the particular emotions of a European story with si...
Musical Master Class 4 — Finding ELISABETH 27 Mar 2011 | 01:44 pm
Before he made the final decision to write his first drama musical about the life of the Austrian Empress Elisabeth, Michael Kunze wanted to conceptualize a story about the events around the turn of t...
