Acting the Song offers a contemporary, integrated approach to singing in musicals that results in better-trained, smarter performers everyone wants to work with. Directors, teachers of musical theater, and students-including actors, singers, or dancers-will find time-tested advice, exercises, and worksheets for all skill levels. This book guides readers through musical theater elements, classroom workshops, and the world of professional auditions and performances. Chapters cover:

• Singing and acting terminology
• Modern microphone use
• "Legit" singing and belting
• Vocal and physical warm-ups
• Body movement and gesture
• Finding subtext
• Creating a character
• Personalization
• Song structure
• Interpreting music and lyrics
• Risks and spontaneity
• Collaborating with other actors
• Keeping a performance fresh and new 

“I would recommend this book to anyone, from the collegiate beginner to the Broadway professional, because of its process-based application and its product-oriented results.”—Amy Rogers, Associate Professor and Director/Creator, BFA Musical Theater Program, Pace University

“A step-by-step guide that is both comprehensive and accessible.This is an invaluable book for teachers of actors who sing.”—Stephen Trovillion Smith, BFA Acting Program, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point

“Ms. Moore and Ms. Bergman have compiled a guide that gives clarity, simplicity, and intelligence to an approach to the craft that I have performed, directed, and taught for the past thirty-five years.”—Guy Stroman, Director/Actor, New York City