A performer prepares

"Attempts to clarify the vast library of theater songs available to the beginner by choosing a 'performer's dozen'--thirteen songs placed in categories with a) a defining essay of each classification; b) a song assignment that exemplifies the category ... c) a valid phrasing of the song; [and] d) a dialogue between ... [the author] and a fictional performer beginning with the music reading and ending with a processional performance of the song"--Pages 1-2.