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All Tickets has created two premium study guides, one focusing on careers in the theatre and the other connected to Ghost The Musical. Both offer interactive capabilities and include exclusive interviews with principals connected to the Broadway premiere, including Tony winning director Matthew Warchus, Oscar wining screenwriter Bruce Joel Ruben, and Grammy winning songwriters Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard. Also, each guide offers a wide range of teaching tools, activities, and lesson plans.

• Careers in the Theatre

  Ghost The Musical Interactive Study Guide:  Careers in the Theatre We developed our Careers in the Theatreguide, which uses those involved in the creation and development of Ghost The Musicalas primary source material, to introduce students to the wide range of career opportunities in the theatre. Most students think primarily about acting when they consider a career on the stage but there are more than 60 different jobs in the theatre. Our publication focusing on Careers in the Theatre includes the definition of 60-plus jobs, an explanation of the theatre hierarchy, links to professional resources and video clips of career advice and insights from ...

• Ghost: The Musical

  Download GHOST – Study Guide Interactive Our groundbreaking study guide focusing on Ghost The Musical has been created in a manner that gives amazing insights into various aspects of the show, including its themes, numerous issues treated within the story and the creative process that went into developing the musical. There are features that no other Broadway study guide has ever before had. New, Innovative Features: The study guide is interactive with over 400 links provided to outside sources, original video interviews and other information. The 170-plus video clips of the original New York cast, the creative team, producers and others, give unique insights ...

Other Guides

We have also provided links to many other study guides associated with Broadway musicals and plays. If you’re planning a trip to see one of these shows or are studying it in the classroom, take a moment to review the appropriate guide. All of these study guides are free.

• Godspell

  Godspell began as a student master’s thesis project at Carnegie Mellon University in 1970.  The original production was a collection of improvised scenes based on the Gospel according to St. Matthew  and music based on traditional hymns created and directed by John-Michael Tebelak.   Download Godspell Study Guide       Preview

• Jersey Boys

  How did four blue-collar kids become one of the greatest successes in pop music history? Find out at the musical phenomenon, Jersey Boys. This Tony Award® winning musical takes you up the charts, across the country and behind the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. You’ll discover the secret of a 40-year friendship: four blue-collar kids working their way from the streets of Newark, NJ to the heights of stardom. Download Jersey Boys Study Guide     Preview

• Mamma Mia

  Sophie seems to have everything going for her. She’s about to get married to the man she loves. She lives on a beautiful Greek island with a mother who cares about her. Her life should be perfect, but something is missing. Although she’s been raised by her loving mother, she’s never met her father.   In MAMMA MIA!, Sophie longs to find out the truth about who she is; with three letters in the mailbox, she hopes to create what she’s never had: a traditional family. With the help of her mother and friends, she discovers that families come in ...

• Mary Poppins

  Anything can happen if we recognize the magic of everyday life.   Author P.L. Travers understood this special kind of magic when she published her first book, Mary Poppins, in 1934.  The tale of the mysterious nanny who teaches a troubled family to apperciate the important things in life went on to become one of the most recognized and beloved stories of all time. Download Mary Poppins Study Guide Preview

• Memphis

  Act One Huey, a young white man, visits the underground Beale Street Club to listen to rhythm and blues (Down,Down Underground). When confronted by the owner,Delray Farrell, about his attendance at a black club,he explains his passion and connection to the music being created there (The Music of My Soul). A couple of weeks later, Huey’s infatuation… Download Memphis Study Guide     Preview

• Peter and the Star Catcher

  This is the fascinating story of how Peter Pan became the boy who would never grow up.  The creative team includes Rick Elice, who co-wrote the Tony Award-winning Jersey Boys and The Addams Family and actor-director-author Roger Rees, who is known for his Tony Award-winning performance in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Rounding out the team is Drama Desk and OBIE Award-winning director Alex Timbers who is the founder and artistic director of les Freres Corbusier and director of last year’s highly-acclaimed Broadway production of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Download Peter and the Star Catcher Study Guide Preview

• Porgy and Bess

  On a quiet evening in Charleston’s Catifish Row, Clara sings a lullaby (“Summertime”) to her baby. In the courtyard, Clara’s husband Jake tries his hand at calming the baby (“A Woman is a Sometime Thing”) while the men gather for a game of dice (“Crap Game”).  Amongst the players and bystanders are Porgy, a crippled beggar; Sporting Life, a shady drug dealer; Crown, an infamous drunk and bully; and Bess, Crown’s woman who is shunned as a “hussy…”  Download Porgy & Bess Study Guide   Preview

• Rent

  Based loosely on Puccini’s La Bohème, Rent tells the story of a group of friends struggling with love, drugs and AIDS. Among the group are the narrator – nerdy filmmaker Mark; his former lover, Maureen; Maureen’s public interest lawyer lesbian lover Joanne; Mark’s roommate HIV+ former drug addict, Roger; Roger’s lover the HIV+ drug addicted exotic dancer, Mimi; their former roommate HIV+ computer genius. Download Rent Study Guide     Preview

• Spider Man – Turn Off the Dark

  An ancient myth, told around a fire? A folk-tale passed down from generation to generation? No…and yes! When writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko created the comic book superhero Spider-Man in 1962, they tapped into ideas that had run through stories and mythology since the dawn of time: human beings granted the powers of animals, the place of the Hero in society, and, most important, the nature of Power and Responsibility. They created a character and a story that have stood strong for more than thirty years in comic books, comic strips, novels, animated cartoons and feature films. Download Spiderman: Turn ...

• The Lion King

  Everything is connected.  Every action we take affects every other living creature.   Mufasa, The Lion King, calls this bond the Circle of Life.  In THE LION KING, Mafusa, the ruler of all creatures on the African Savanna, tells his son, Simba, that the environment must be valued and that we must treat each other with respect. Teacher Resource Guide Preview

• The Phantom of the Opera

  The Paris Opera House WHERE THE PHANTOM WAS BORN. In 1858, the Emperor Napoleon III of France gave an order that a new building dedicated to the art of Opera would be built in Paris. The new Opera House would be the envy of the world. It would be a building not only for performances of opera, but a center for upper-class society, a place where the rich and well-to-do could congregate and preen.  Charles Garnier, a relatively unknown young man, was chosen among 700 architects competing to create the new theatre. Taking on the project with youthful audacity, Garnier proposed to create ...

• Traces

  What do you think of when you hear the word “circus?” For most people it’s a blur of high-wire stunts, dancing animals and peanuts. Tents and elaborate costumes are nearly mandatory. And who could forget the clowns? But what would circus performers do if they had it their way? What kind of circus troupe would they create if they were allowed to do more than just their specialty act and push themselves to the furthest limits of their abilities? Enter 7 Fingers. Download Traces Study Guide Preview

• War Horse

  Welcome to the teacher resource guide for the U.S. premiere of War Horse the spectacular production from London’s National Theatre in collaboration with South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company. Based on Michael Morpurgo’s 1982 novel, War Horse tells the story of a deep bond between an English farm boy and his remarkable horse and their separation at the outbreak of World War I. Download War Horse Study Guide Preview 

• Wicked

  Long before Dorothy dropped in, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One – born with emerald-green skin – is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these unlikely friends end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for the most spellbinding new musical in years. Download Wicked Study Guide Preview