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The Museum of Natural History is great for kids; it's worth it for the life-sized model of the blue whale alone!

BroadwayConcierge said: "Ravenclaw's list is perfect.I might also add one of my all-time personal favorites: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee."I second this, great example of telling many interleaved stories, as is Come From Away.For study, Aaron Frankel's Writing The Broadway Musical is inspirational and practical. Cudden's book is good too, but I didn't really understand what he was driving at until I read Frankel.

newintown said: ""It baffles me that the show could go through at least two workshops that I know of, and no one pointed out the problems? Or, even worse, the creators chose not to address the problem? Rick Elice couldn't have come up with a better book?"This is far from unusual; the audiences at most workshops today consist primarily, it seems, of a blend of sycophants and hangers-on with no better insight than the creative team. And those who might know better perhaps withhold judgement in ...