Foreword / Lynn Ahrens -- Training for the musical theatre -- Acting in Musical Theatre - the book -- How to use this book -- Sect. I. Fundamentals of Acting in Musical Theatre -- Ch. 1. Acting Basics-The Foundation -- Ch. 2. Acting Basics - Step-by-Step -- Ch. 3. Making It Matter -- Sect. II. Score and Libretto Analysis and Structure -- Ch. 4. Musical Analysis - Listening for Clues -- Ch. 5. Working with Words - The Language of the Lyric and Libretto -- Ch. 6. Elements of storytelling -- Ch. 7. Character Analysis -- Sect. III. The Journey of the Song -- Ch. 8. The Journey Begins -- Ch. 9. Working with Relationships -- Ch. 10. Intensifies -- Sect. IV. Making It a Performance -- Ch. 11. Discovering Your Phrasing -- Ch. 12. Staging Your Song -- Ch. 13. Rehearsal into Performance -- Sect. V. Style in Musical Theatre -- Ch. 14. What is style? -- Ch. 15. Style Tags -- Ch. 16. Style Overviews -- Sect. VI. The Profession -- Ch. 17. Do You Have the Stuff? -- Ch. 18. Auditioning -- Ch. 19. A Winning Attitude.