The World of Musical Comedy
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AlbakiReads Editorial A reference-rich history of Broadway musical comedy
A reference-rich history of Broadway musical comedy
Stanley Green’s revised and enlarged fourth edition maps the development of musical comedy through the people who shaped it, from Victor Herbert and Jerome Kern to Stephen Sondheim and Marvin Hamlisch. Biographical profiles place composers, lyricists, and other major figures within the changing history of the Broadway stage, while interviews and photographs add documentary context. The update incorporates shows including A Chorus Line, Barnum, They’re Playing Our Song, and Annie. An expanded appendix makes the volume especially useful as a reference work, gathering cast lists, credits, songs, and recordings for Broadway musicals by the composers and librettists covered.
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- Broadway and musical-theater history enthusiasts
- Readers researching major American composers, lyricists, and librettists
- Theater reference collections seeking cast, credit, song, and recording information
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Broadway historyMusical comedyTheater creatorsAmerican popular songTheater reference
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Book Overview Acclaimed through three editions for its uniquely informative and entertaining style, this fourth edition of Stanley Green's World of Mus...
Acclaimed through three editions for its uniquely informative and entertaining style, this fourth edition of Stanley Green's World of Musical Comedy updates and enlarges the theatrical scope to include such recent shows as A Chorus Line, Barnum, They're Playing Our Song, and Annie. In a format that provides biographies of all the leading figures in the musical's development, Stanley Green manages to convey the spirit of the Broadway stage, its musical make-believe, and yet remain objective about the creative swings in its history and the careers of its individual creators. Everyone is here: Victor Herbert, Sigmund Romberg, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hart, the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, Frank Loesser, Lerner and Loewe, Stephen Sondheim, Cy Coleman, Marvin Hamlisch, and many others--not in a quick run-through but in vivid detail accompanied by pertinent interviews and photographs.This latest edition contains an expanded appendix that lists the casts, credits, songs, and recordings of every Broadway musical written by these illustrious and industrious composers and librettists. As always in a Stanley Green book, the research is exhaustive and impeccable, the presentation enjoyable, the judgments fair. From America's foremost theater historian, here is another edition of a classic theater chronicle.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 496 | Language: English | Publisher: DA CAPO PR | ISBN: 0306802074
FormatPaperback
Pages496
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0306802074
EAN9780306802072
PublisherDA CAPO PR
Publication Date1984-03-01
Edition4
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight2.51 Pounds
Length10.56 Inches
Width8.62 Inches
Height1.05 Inches
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