{"id":5147,"date":"2017-03-30T10:56:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T10:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?page_id=5147"},"modified":"2025-04-03T01:52:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T01:52:41","slug":"lbt-playwrights-lyricists-composers-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?page_id=5147","title":{"rendered":"LBT Playwrights, Lyricists, Composers BLOG \u2022 Alpha Listing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Leicester Bay Theatricals<\/strong> often receives questions from playwrights on what we are looking for in the construction, writing, development, and producing of plays and musicals across all performance platforms.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What does a play need to be accepted by a publishing company?<\/li>\n<li>What can I do to get my play produced?<\/li>\n<li>Should my play be a musical?<\/li>\n<li>Should my musical be a play?<\/li>\n<li>Should I write for a particular audience?<\/li>\n<li>Should I write for a particular theatrical market?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I will try to distill onto this page advice we have given and received from playwrights and friends. If anyone has advice or experience that they would like to share, please <a href=\"mailto:\/\/cmichaelperry53@gmail.com\"><strong>e-mail<\/strong><\/a> us with your comment. I have been reluctant to open this up as a true blog, as I have been a little leery of that form, due to so much spam and vitriol. After all, I do not want a Facebook battle happening on my site. But, the blog should be working.<\/p>\n<p>Posts will be intermittent.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Posts are listed here <em><strong>alphabetically<\/strong><\/em> until we can actually open the BLOG again<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=20402\"><strong>Getting Rejected<\/strong><\/a> (March 29, 2024)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=19524\">Improving Playwrighting Skills<\/a><\/strong>(September 26, 2023)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=19410\">Writing In The Dark<\/a><\/strong>(27 August 2023)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=7739\">3 Questions for Every Writer<\/a><\/strong> (28 July 2018)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=8077\"><strong>10 Things from the Playwright&#8217;s Center About Script Submission<\/strong><\/a> (2 January 2019)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=7848\">Capturing Characters Onstage<\/a> <\/strong>(28 August 2018)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=5526\">Character Arc: What and Why?<\/a><\/strong> (25 May 2017)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=5606\">Conflict<\/a> <\/strong>(20 July 2017)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=5152\"><strong>How Many Characters Should I Write For?<\/strong><\/a> (3 March 2017)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=10471\"><strong>The Moment Before<\/strong><\/a> (35 May 2020)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=8028\"><strong>Musical Theatre: The Craft of Composing The Lyrics<\/strong><\/a> (28 December 2018)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=7996\">Musical Theatre: The Craft of Composing The Music<\/a><\/strong> (6 December 2018)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=7970\">The Perfect Play?<\/a><\/strong> (27 November 2018)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=5711\">Playwright&#8217;s Potential to Excellence<\/a><\/strong> (10 August 2017)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=9243\">The Process of Theatre Writing<\/a><\/strong> (20 April 2017)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=7874\"><strong>Proofreaders Marks<\/strong><\/a> (30 August 2018)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=6610\"><strong>Realistic Dialog <\/strong><\/a>(8 March 2018)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=7772\">Submitting a Script to Anyone<\/a><\/strong> (9 August 2018)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=5218\">Submitting to a Publisher<\/a><\/strong> (13 April 2017)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=5342\">Submitting to a Theatre<\/a><\/strong> (5 May 2017)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=7722\"><strong>Theatre As A Compass<\/strong><\/a> (21 July 2018)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=5681\">Why Do You Write For The Theatre?<\/a><\/strong> (27 July 2017)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=21983\"><strong>Writing A Strong Cover Letter<\/strong><\/a> (2 April 2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advice offered to playwrights, composers, lyricists and writers of the musical 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