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1	Coming Up Roses: The Broadway Musical in the 1950s more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist 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 $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Beautiful Mornin': The Broadway Musical in the 1940s more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist '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 $1.99! new only from $18.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	A Guide to Orchestral Music: The Handbook for Non-Musicians more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist 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 $5.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Movie Star: A Look at the Women Who Made Hollywood more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.77! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Ziegfeld: The Man Who Invented Show Business more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist When Florenz Ziegfeld started in theatre, it was flea circus and sideshow rolled into one. When he left, the glamorous world of 'show-biz' had been created. From the muscle man "Sandow", to the songbird "Anna Held", Ziegfeld learned that a big star filled seats and he hired them all for his "Follies" - Marilyn Miller, Will Rogers, Bert Williams, ... see all copies from $15.20! new only from $16.75! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Sing for Your Supper: The Broadway Musical in the 1930s more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist 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 $10.00! new only from $10.89! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Buddies more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist Stories about relationships, both gay and straight. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.25! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Happiest Corpse I've Ever Seen: The Last Twenty-Five Years of the Broadway Musical more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist A gimlet-eyed look at the last gasp of the Broadway musical see all copies from $2.20! new only from $2.89! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Rodgers and Hammerstein more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist This volume celebrates the collaboration of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Filled with original performance photographs, set and costume designs, backstage candids and anecdotes, it covers the complete works, including "Oklahoma!", "Carousel", "South Pacific", "The King and I", and "The Sound of Music". see all copies from $2.55! new only from $49.30! \| first editions
10	Rodgers and Hammerstein: The Men and Their Music more books like this by Ethan Mordden, Martin Gottfried add to wishlist A profusely illustrated volume celebrating the legendary collaboration of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Filled with original performance photographs, set and costume designs, backstage candids, and fresh interviews with Rodgers and Hammerstein associates Agnes de Mille and Stephen Sondheim. Music; lyrics; index. 233 illustrations, 67 in full color. see all copies from $3.13! new only from $71.64! \| first editions
11	Hollywood Studios more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist 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 $5.54! new only from $23.00! \| first editions
12	Opera Anecdotes more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist Would you take Verdi's advice on how to write an opera? What happened to Caruso in the San Francisco earthquake? There are tales both funny and informative in this delightful collection - a 'must' for all opera fans. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	One More Kiss: The Broadway Musical in the 1970s more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist This history of the Broadway musical looks at an era that brought us not only the gritty reality of "A Chorus Line" and the 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 allowed reality to enter. see all copies from $7.37! new only from $32.08! \| first editions
14 view cover	Open a New Window: The Broadway Musical in the 1960s more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist Documented here, the radical culture of the 1960s makes its way to the Broadway stage, inspiring works including CABARET and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.63! \| signed copies \| 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 add to wishlist 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 $5.00! new only from $17.98! \| SVS
16 view cover	The Venice Adriana more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist 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 $2.00! \| first editions
17	Demented, the World of the Opera Diva more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist 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! new only from $88.74! \| first editions
18	The Hollywood Musical more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $195.00! \| first editions
19 view cover	How's Your Romance?: Concluding the Buddies Cycle more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist 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 $3.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	One last waltz more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist 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 $4.39! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	I've a Feeling We're Not in Kansas Anymore more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist A small group of friends discover the new world of Manhattan gay life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.97! \| first editions \| SVS
22	A Guide to Opera Recordings more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist Opera lovers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.90! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Everybody Loves You more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist 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 $12.46! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Waves: An Anthology of Gay Literature more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist Unflinching, tender, and extraordinarily telling visions of gay life mark this triumphantly outspoken anthology which includes stories by Michael Cunningham, Brad Gooch, Jesse Green, Rex Knight, John Harris, Michael Scalisi, Robert Trent, John Weir, Richard Davis, Scott Heim, and others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.80! \| first editions
25	The fireside companion to the theatre more books like this by Ethan Mordden add to wishlist 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 $5.44! \| first editions \| SVS

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