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1	Coming Up Roses: The Broadway Musical in the 1950s more books like this by Ethan Mordden The 1950s saw an explosion in the American musical theatre. The Broadway show, catapulted into the limelight in the 20s and solidified during the 40s thanks to Rodgers and Hammerstein, now entered its most revolutionary phase, brashly redefining itself and forging a new kind of storytelling. In this text the author gives us a guided tour of the ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Beautiful Mornin': The Broadway Musical in the 1940s more books like this by Ethan Mordden 'Music and girls are the soul of musical comedy,' one critic wrote, early in the 1940s. But this was the age that wanted more than melody and kickline form its musical shows. The form had been running on empty for too long, as a formula for the assembly of spare parts-star comics, generic loves songs, rumba dancers, Ethel Merman. If Rodgers and ... see all copies from $2.70! new only from $8.44! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Open a New Window: The Broadway Musical in the 1960s more books like this by Ethan Mordden In the 1960s, the Broadway musical underwent a profound change. At the beginning of the decade, "the street" was home to beautiful, but standard musicals such as "The Gay Life", "She Loves Me", "Hello Dolly!" and others, but in the mid sixties, a show opened that forever changed the way the Broadway musical was created: "Cabaret". In "Open a New ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.11! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Happiest Corpse I've Ever Seen: The Last Twenty-Five Years of the Broadway Musical more books like this by Ethan Mordden A gimlet-eyed look at the last gasp of the Broadway musical see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.24! \| first editions \| SVS
5	One More Kiss: The Broadway Musical in the 1970s more books like this by Ethan Mordden Ethan Mordden's new entry in his history of the Broadway musical looks at an era that brought us not only the gritty reality of A Chorus Line and the brilliantly bittersweet works of Stephen Sondheim, but also the nostalgic crowd pleasers No, No, Nanette and Annie. It was a time when Broadway both looked to its past, but also to its future and ... see all copies from $2.32! new only from $24.30! \| first editions
6	Opera Anecdotes more books like this by Ethan Mordden From backstage squabbles and box-office chicanery to the gallantry and glory of creation, this book unveils a delightful panorama of opera lore, alternately hilarious, poignant, and wise. Ethan Mordden has mined the literature for "the best stories" and retells them in the fresh and witty style that prompted Publishers Weekly to hail him as "one ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.56! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Sing for Your Supper: The Broadway Musical in the 1930s more books like this by Ethan Mordden Ethan Mordden completes his history of the Broadway musical by looking at how The Great White Way kept the lights burning in the depths of the Depression see all copies from $5.58! new only from $10.89! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Hollywood Studios more books like this by Ethan Mordden In the Golden Age of Hollywood, each of the great studios was a world unto itself, generating movies with the distinctive sheen of that studio's style. This is a clever and informative look at the styles of the six major studios--and several independents--of the '30s and '40s. 62 black-and-white photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $74.87! \| first editions
9	Buddies more books like this by Ethan Mordden Stories about relationships, both gay and straight. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Broadway Babies: The People Who Made the American Musical more books like this by Ethan Mordden 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 ... see all copies from $3.46! new only from $36.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11	The Hollywood Studios: House Style in the Golden Age of the Movies more books like this by Ethan Mordden see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.29! \| first editions
12 view cover	Make Believe: The Broadway Musical in the 1920s more books like this by Ethan Mordden The 1920s represented a turning point in the history of the Broadway musical, breaking with the vaudeville traditions of the early twentieth century to anticipate the more complex, sophisticated musicals of today. Composers Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, and their contemporaries revitalized the musical with the sound ... see all copies from $78.94! first editions
13	Demented, the World of the Opera Diva more books like this by Ethan Mordden Demented--opera slang for an insanely great performance--is Ethan Mordden's provocative inside look at opera's great women singers, from Beverly Sills to Birgit Nilsson to Leontyne Price. 24 photographs. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
14 view cover	A Guide to Orchestral Music: The Handbook for Non-Musicians more books like this by Ethan Mordden Relaxed and accessible in style, this is the first symphony handbook written especially for the beginning listener. More comprehensive than any other symphony guide--yet more compact--it describes for the radio buff, record collector, and sometime concertgoer over seven hundred orchestral pieces, including symphonies, concertos, suites, tone poems ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	All That Glittered: The Golden Age of Drama on Broadway, 1919-1959 more books like this by Ethan Mordden From the late 1920s to late 1950s, the Broadway theatre was America's cultural epicenter. Entertainment took the form of literature, music, and theatre. During this golden age of Broadway, actors and actresses became legends and starred in now classic plays. Laurence Olivier, Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontaine were names to remember, etching plays ... see all copies from $2.98! new only from $2.98! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Venice Adriana more books like this by Ethan Mordden American Mark Trigger discovers a previously unknown passion for both men and opera music when he is sent to Venice in 1961 to write the biography of Adriana Grafanas, the greatest opera singer of the century. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
17 view cover	Pooh's Workout Book more books like this by Ethan Mordden Presents a fitness program devised by Pooh and his forest friends that includes many new (and unusual) exercises and competitions. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.90! \| first editions \| SVS
18	American Theatre more books like this by Ethan Mordden see all copies from $3.00! first editions
19 view cover	How's Your Romance?: Concluding the Buddies Cycle more books like this by Ethan Mordden Mordden explores a tricky moral universe in which emotional loyalty is exalted but sexual fidelity is not assumed...There is a sense of real pain amid the zingers; Mordden's characters run their mouths to avoid baring their souls." -- "New York Times Book Review" on "Some Men Are Lookers" After a hiatus of eight years, Ethan Mordden returns to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.35! \| SVS
20 view cover	I've a Feeling We're Not in Kansas Anymore more books like this by Ethan Mordden "We have traded tales, my buddies and I; of affairs, encounters, secrets, fears, self-promotion-of fantasies that we make real in the telling." In this, the first volume in Ethan Mordden's acclaimed trilogy on Manhattan gay life, he introduces a small group of friends-Dennis Savage, Little Kiwi, Carlos, and the narrator, Bud-and chronicles their ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Everybody Loves You more books like this by Ethan Mordden A gay ghost, a talking dog, and a street kid who thinks he's an elf-child join our narrator, Bud, and the other characters from Buddies in this final volume of Mordden's trilogy on gay life in the big city. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.98! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	How Long Has This Been Going on more books like this by Ethan Mordden A novel about gay and lesbian relationships across the country. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $78.38! \| first editions
23 view cover	One last waltz more books like this by Ethan Mordden In this brilliant and lyrical novel of family passions and personal fate, Ethan Mordden weaves a family saga of fiery intensity, as the scornful Witch of Fooley plays chess with the King of Tara to determine the fate of his sons. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
24	The fireside companion to the theatre more books like this by Ethan Mordden Designed to entertain and enlighten both occassional theatregoers and inveterate theatre buffs, this paperback guide covers the entire world of the stage in concise miniessays that are lively, colorful, full of facts, and richly illustrated. 100 photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| first editions
25	Movie Star: A Look at the Women Who Made Hollywood more books like this by Ethan Mordden see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.99! \| signed copies \| first editions

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