Florida International University FIU Digital Commons FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations University Graduate School 7-24-2003 The research and the creation of a stage manager's book for "The sound of music" musical tour show Nathan Gad Cohen Florida International University DOI: 10.25148/etd.FI14060869 Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd Part of the Music Commons, and the Theatre and Performance Studies Commons Recommended Citation Cohen, Nathan Gad, "The research and the creation of a stage manager's book for "The sound of music" musical tour show" (2003). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2398. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2398 This work is brought to you for free and open access by the University Graduate School at FIU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of FIU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact dcc@fiu.edu.
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