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Broadway Musicals Show by Show

Broadway Musicals Show by Show more books like this

by Stanley Green

This is the long-awaited update of this acclaimed, best-selling title.The most comprehensive and widely used Broadway reference book has been expanded and updated to include more than 300 of the most important and memorable productions of the American musical theatre, including revivals. Chronologically arranged beginning with "The Black Crook" in ...

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Broadway: The American Musical

Broadway: The American Musical more books like this

by Laurence Maslon, Michael Kantor (Contributions by)

The musical has often been described as a uniquely American art form. Published in conjunction with the PBS documentary of the same name, Broadway: The American Musical combines a lively, in- depth history with a treasure trove of photographs, sheet music, posters, scenic renderings, production stills, rehearsal shots and illustrations, many ...

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Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time

Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time more books like this

by Frank Vlastnik, Ken Bloom, Jerry Orbach (Foreword by)

The 101 most influential, popular, and enduring Broadway productions are examined, with features on the creators and performers, plots, cast and song lists, and more. Full color.

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Coming Up Roses: The Broadway Musical in the 1950s

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 ...

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The Playbill Broadway Yearbook

The Playbill Broadway Yearbook more books like this

by Robert Viagas (Editor)

Many people who work on Broadway keep scrapbooks of their experiences, with photos, signed posters, ticket stubs, and of course Playbills. "Playbill Books" has expanded this idea into an annual project that is becoming a Broadway institution: "The Playbill Broadway Yearbook". Taking the form of a school yearbook, the fourth edition is packed with ...

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street more books like this

by Hugh Wheeler, Stephen Sondheim (Composer), Jonathan Dodd (Editor)

Book by Hugh Wheeler Introduction by Christopher Bond "Mr. Sondheim fearlessly explores psychic caverns where civilized people are not dying to go ... A naked Sweeney Todd stands revealed as a musical of naked rage, chewing up everyone in its path as it spits out blood and tears." - Frank Rich, The New York Times * "A work of such scope and such ...

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The Color Purple: A Memory Book of the Broadway Musical

The Color Purple: A Memory Book of the Broadway Musical more books like this

by Jennifer S Altman (Photographer), Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by), Lise Funderburg (Text by)

From the Pulitzer-prize winning novel by Alice Walker, and the moving film by Steven Spielberg, has come a soul-stirring new musical and landmark Broadway event that has critics and audiences on their feet. A musical that evokes a unique emotional response - as it tracks the story of its heroine, Celie, from sexual abuse by her stepfather to ...

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Open a New Window: The Broadway Musical in the 1960s

Open a New Window: The Broadway Musical in the 1960s more books like this

by Ethan Mordden

Documented here, the radical culture of the 1960s makes its way to the Broadway stage, inspiring works including CABARET and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.

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Cabaret

Cabaret more books like this

by Lisa Appignanesi

This captivating book presents a uniquely comprehensive cultural history of cabaret, where the most radical of artists, poets, writers, musicians, and theatre directors have gathered since 1881. Lisa Appignanesi takes us to the original cabaret - the smoke-filled rooms of the Chat Noir in Paris that served as a meeting place for the avant-garde ...

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Beautiful Mornin': The Broadway Musical in the 1940s

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 ...

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Sunday in the park with George more books like this

by James Lapine, Stephen Sandheim

Re-issued alongside rare revival of Sondheim's famous musical about the French Impressionist, Georges Seurat, starring Olivier Award-winning Daniel Evans. First staged on Broadway in 1984 and at the National Theatre in London in 1990, "Sunday in the Park with George" is an extraordinary creation even for Sondheim. Inspired by Seurat's pointillist ...

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Spring Awakening: In the Flesh more books like this

by Cote David, Doug Hamilton (Photographer), Joan Marcus (Photographer)

The official companion to the Broadway musical, "Spring Awakening" offers more than 100 photographs, handwritten drafts of hit songs, original sketches of costumes and sets, and unprecedented backstage access to the hit show.

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Kaufman and Co.: Broadway Comedies more books like this

by Professor George S Kaufman, Laurence Maslon (Editor)

In the most comprehensive collection of Kaufman's plays ever assembled, are nine classics, including his uproarious "backstage" play "The Royal Family" (1927, written with Edna Ferber) and the Marx Brothers-inspired mayhem of "Animal Crackers" (1928, with Morrie Ryskind).

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Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops more books like this

by Ken Mandelbaum

Offers a behind-the-scenes look at the development of almost two hundred musical flops that played Broadway between 1950 and 1990.

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The fantasticks. more books like this

by Harvey Schmidt

A look at the world's longest-running musical. The book should be of interest to fans of the show as well as admirers of musical theatre.

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One More Kiss: The Broadway Musical in the 1970s more books like this

by Ethan Mordden

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.

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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

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Sunday in the Park with George more books like this

by Stephen Sondheim

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Theatre world more books like this

by John Willis

The statistical and pictorial record of the theatrical season The book that won a TONY AWARD for 'Excellence in the Theatre' Now in its 57th year, and celebrating with its own TONY AWARD, Theatre World is the complete record of the Broadway and Off-Broadway season, touring companies, and professional regional companies throughout the United ...

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But Darling, I'm Your Auntie Mame!: The Amazing History of the World's Favorite Aunt more books like this

by Richard Tyler Jordan

When the novel Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis was first published in 1955, it became an instant hit and national bestseller. More than forty years later, it was brought back in print in a trade paperback edition and has, again, proven to be a commercial success. ABC is currently planning to air a two-hour special Auntie Mame movie starring Cher, ...

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Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum more books like this

by Larry Gelbart, Stephen Sondheim (Composer), Burt Shevelove

Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart Introduction by Larry Gelbart "This brazenly retro Broadway musical, inspired by Plautus, is as timeless as comedy itself." -Vincent Canby, The New York Times "The most urbane and literate musical comedy text ever conceived." -John Simon, New York magazine

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Hairspray: The Roots more books like this

by Mark O'Donnell, Marc Shaiman, Thomas Meehan

This companion to the Broadway play features the show's libretto, along with illustrations showing the dance steps, the hairstyles, and the attitude that made the production a success. Also included is an interview with John Waters, the writer/director of the film upon which the play is based.

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Broadway Babies Say Goodnight: Musicals Then and Now more books like this

by Mark Steyn

A British theater critic, the author of this opinionated and provocative history of the Broadway musical tells stories of his ventures backstage, analyzes the development of the musical as a form, and lambasts the state of musicals (and music) in the 1990s. This book was a New York Times Notable Book in 1999.

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The Sound of Music Companion more books like this

by Laurence Maslon, Andrew Lloyd Webber (Foreword by)

The definitive, authorized history of the worlds most beloved musical, "The Sound of Music" is packed with rare full-color illustrations and little-known facts, its evolution from stage to screen, and the composers, writers, and performers who brought the show to immortal life.

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Avenue Q: The Book more books like this

by Zachary Pincus-Roth, Carol Rosegg (Photographer)

As smart, risqu, and downright entertaining as the Broadway show itself, this must-have companion book includes the complete Tony Award-winning songs, interviews with the cast and creatures, puzzles, and other "educational" activities to prepare readers for life after college.

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