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The a to Z of the Broadway Musical

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 2009

Summary

The Broadway musical has greatly influenced American (and world) culture. Such shows as Oklahoma! and Annie Get Your Gun are as 'American as apple pie,' while the long runs of imports like Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, and Les MisZrables have broken records. Broadway has produced such cultural icons as Ethel Merman, Yul Brynner, and Julie Andrews, and composers and lyricists such as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and many others have had their melodies sung on its stages. Visionaries like George Abbott, Agnes de Mille, Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse, Tommy Tune, and Susan Stroman have brought productions to life through their innovative direction and choreography. Since the latter part of the 19th century, the Broadway musical has remained one of the most popular genres in entertainment and its history is related in detail in The A to Z of the Broadway Musical. Through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and 900 dictionary entries on Broadway shows, playwrights, directors, producers, designers, and actors, this handy desk reference offers quick information on the many aspects of the Broadway musical.



Bibliographic data

Edition
1/2009
Copyright Year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-6881-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-7044-4
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
412
Product Type
Monograph

Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Editor’s Foreword No access
    3. Preface No access
    4. Chronology No access
    5. Introduction No access
  1. The Dictionary No access Pages 1 - 386
  2. Appendix: Winners of the Tony Award for Best Musical, 1949–2006 No access Pages 387 - 388
  3. Bibliography No access Pages 389 - 410
  4. About the Authors No access Pages 411 - 412

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