About this title: '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 Hammerstein hadn't existed, Broadway would have had to invent them; and Oklahoma! and Carousel came along just in time to announce the New Formula for Writing Musicals: Don't have a formula. Instead, start with strong characters and atmosphere: ...
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Description: New in New jacket. pp. 278. The Broadway musical had been running on empty for too long, as a formula for the assembly of spare parts--star comics, generic love songs, rumba dancers, Ethel Merman. In the 1940s, Rodgers & Hammersteinís ìOklahoma! î & ìCarouselî brought a new approach--start with strong characters & atmosphere. With vitality & occasionally outrageous humor, Mordden ranges through the Broadway classics of the 1940s--ìPal Joey, î Lady in the Dark, î ìOn the Town, î ìAnnie Get Your ... read more
Edition: First Edition/First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York City
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780195128512ISBN:0195128516
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. Tiny tear DJ in protective mylar cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: OUP USA
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780195128512ISBN:0195128516
Description: New. BRAND NEW and ready for dispatch. Delivery normally within 4/7 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1999-10-07
ISBN-13:9780195128512ISBN:0195128516
Description: Like New. FIRST PRINTING with full numberline! *EXCELLENT CONDITION*Clean text, clean cover, clean dust cover, tight binding, BEAUTIFUL BOOK! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780195128512ISBN:0195128516
Description: Good. 0195128516 Ex-library book with usual markings. Clean text. SATISF GNTD + SHIPS W/IN 24 HRS. Ships in a padded envelope with free tracking. 13, 046. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University, NY
Date Published: 1999
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Black cloth spine paper over board, HC, first ed, 278 pgs, no illus, no marks or underlining, DJ not clip, interior tight and clean, near finw/near fine. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, NY
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780195128512ISBN:0195128516
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. "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 Hammerstein hadn't existed, Broadway would have had to invent them; and Oklahoma! and Carousel came along just in time to ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780195128512ISBN:0195128516
Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Small corner tear to jacket. read more
Edition: F First Edition
Binding: H Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780195128512ISBN:0195128516
Description: New in J New jacket. Tall 8vo ix, [1], 278 pages. Concentration on post-"Oklahoma! " developments (notable for the chapter devoted to Rodgers and Hammerstein); includes index. Slight rubbing to jacket; else a nearly new copy. read more
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