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Broadway Babies: The People Who Made the American Musical

Broadway Babies: The People Who Made the American Musical

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Availability:In StockContributor:Ethan MorddenPublish date:1988-06-23Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195054255ISBN-10:195054253UPC:9780195054255Book Category:Performing Arts, MusicBook Subcategory:Theater, History & Criticism, Genres & StylesBook Topic:History & Criticism, MusicalsSize:8.50 x 6.46 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SC4WXYV7B5
Vividly recreating the unique pleasure of experiencing a song-and-dance show, Broadway Babies spotlights the men and women who made a difference in the development of American musical comedy. Mordden's account features such show people as Florenz Ziegfeld, Harold Prince, Bert Lahr, Gwen Verdon, Angela Lansbury, Victor Herbert, Liza Minnelli, and Stephen Sondheim, and such musicals as Sally, Oh Kay!, Anything Goes, Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Follies, Chicago, and countless others.
While theatrical historians traditionally have emphasized the role of the authors of musicals, Mordden also examines the personal styles of the directors, choreographers, and producers, in order to demonstrate not only what the musical became but what it was. The volume includes an extensive discography--the first of its kind--which offers a virtually self-contained history of recorded show music.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780195054255ISBN-10:195054253UPC:9780195054255Book Category:Performing Arts, MusicBook Subcategory:Theater, History & Criticism, Genres & StylesBook Topic:History & Criticism, MusicalsSize:8.50 x 6.46 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SC4WXYV7B5
Ethan Mordden has taught at Yale University and is the author of eighteen books, including The American Theatre, A Guide to Orchestral Music, Opera in the Twentieth Century, and A Guide to Opera Recording.
Publisher: Oxford University Press

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