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1 online resource (xxxiii, 446 pages) : illustrations, music |
| Contents |
Introduction : setting the stage -- Act I : Before Rodgers and Hammerstein. Show boat : in the beginning ; Anything goes : songs ten, book three ; Porgy and Bess : Broadway opera ; On your toes and Pal Joey : dance gets into the act and "sweet water from a foul well" ; The cradle will rock : a labor musical for art's sake ; Lady in the dark and One touch of Venus : the Broadway stranger and his American dreams ; Stage versus screen (1) : before Rodgers and Hammerstein -- Act II : the Broadway musical after Oklahoma!. Carousel: the invasion of the integrated musical ; Kiss me, Kate : the taming of Cole Porter ; Guys and dolls and The most happy fella : the greater Loesser ; My fair lady : from Pygmalion to Cinderella ; West side story : the very model of a major musical ; Stage versus screen (2) : after Oklahoma! -- Epilogue : the age of Sondheim and Lloyd Webber. Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street and Sunday in the park with George : happily ever after West side story with Sondheim ; The Phantom of the opera : the reigning champion of Broadway |
| Summary |
This second edition offers theater lovers an illuminating behind-the-scenes tour of some of America's best musicals. Geoffrey Block provides a documentary history of each of the eighteen musicals he discusses. He reveals how the American musical evolved from the 1920s to today, both on stage and on screen, and how librettist, lyricist, composer, and director work together to shape pieces.--[book cover] |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-424) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Musicals -- New York (State) -- New York -- History and criticism
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- Broadway & Musical Revue.
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Musicals
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Musical
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Musical -- USA -- Geschichte.
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Musicals -- New York (State) -- New York -- History and criticism.
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New York (State) -- New York
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New York (N.Y.)
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New York (N.Y.) -- Broadway.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199741502 |
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0199741506 |
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9780199888825 |
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0199888825 |
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