10 Rules for Song Placement - How Song Spotting Works in Musical Theatre
/One of your hardest tasks is going to be figuring out where the songs should be placed in your musical as you’re writing it. Get it right and you’ll win the audience over, gaining praise and big box office. Get it wrong and, it’ll be back to the drawing board at best, or poor reviews and bad ticket sales at worst.
So, how do we determine where to place songs in our stories? Here are 10 rules you can follow when going through the Song Spotting process.
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