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The Book of Broadway /

0760359385

1627887067

9780760359389

9781627887069

0760345627

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9780760345627

The Book of Broadway /

[Book]

Eric Grode.

[United States] :

Voyageur Press,

2015.

1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-316) and index.

Title; Dedication; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; ABIE'S IRISH ROSE; THE ADDING MACHINE; AMADEUS; ANGEL STREET; ANGELS IN AMERICA; ANNIE; ANNIE GET YOUR GUN; ANYTHING GOES; ARCADIA; AS THOUSANDS CHEER; AWAKE AND SING!; BABES IN ARMS; THE BAND WAGON; THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE; THE BLACK CROOK; THE BOOK OF MORMON; BORN YESTERDAY; BRIGADOON; BUS STOP; BYE BYE BIRDIE; CABARET; CAPTAIN JINKS OF THE HORSE MARINES; THE CARETAKER; CAROUSEL; CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF; CATS; CHARLEY'S AUNT; CHICAGO; THE CHILDREN'S HOUR; A CHORUS LINE; CITY OF ANGELS; CLYBOURNE PARK; COMPANY; THE CRUCIBLE; DEATH OF A SALESMAN.

A delicate balancethe diary of anne frank; dinner at eight; a doll's house; doubt; east lynne; euita; falsettos; fences; fiddler on the roof; finian's rainbow; follies; the front page; girl crazy; the glass menagerie; glengarry glen ross; grease; guys and dolls; gypsy; hair; harvey; the heiress; hello, dolly!; h.m.s. pinafore; the homecoming; how to succueed in business without really trying; the iceman cometh; the importance of being earnest; in dahomey; inherit the wind; jersey boys; jesus christ superstar; joe turner's come and gone; juno and the paycock; the king and i; kiss me, kate.

Lady in the darkles misérables; the life and adventures of nicholas nickleby; life with father; the lion king; little johnny jones; a little night music; long day's journey into night; look back in anger; loot; a man for all seasons; man of la mancha; "master harold". . . and the boys; the merry widow; metamorphoses; the miracle worker; a moon for the misbegotten; the most happy fella; mrs. warren's profession; the mulligan guards' ball; the music man; my fair lady; naughty marietta; no, no, nanette; noises off; the odd couple; of thee i sing; oh, boy!; oklahoma!; on the town; our town.

Pal joeythe persecution and assassination of jean-paul marat as performed by the inmates of the asylum of charenton under the direction of the marquis de sade; peter pan (play); peter pan (musical); the phantom of the opera; the philadelphia story; picnic; pippin; the pirates of penzance; the playboy of the western world; porgy and bess; private lives; the producers; promises, promises; pygmalion; ragtime; a raisin in the sun; rent; rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead; 1776; she loves me; show boat; the show-off; shuffle along; six degrees of separation; the skin of our teeth; sleuth.

The sound of musicsouth pacific; spring awakening; a streetcar named desire; the student prince in heidelberg; sweeney todd; the time of your life; tobacco road; torch song trilogy; a trip to chinatown; uncle tom's cabin; very good eddie; waiting for godot; waiting for lefty; watch your step; west side story; who's afraid of virginia woolf?; wicked; yip yip yaphank; you can't take it with you; ziegfeld follies of 1919; acknowledgements; bibliography; index; a; b; c; d; e; f; g; h; i; j; k; l; m; n; o; p; q; r; s; about the author.

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Relive, or discover, the Broadway productions that have enthralled, enchanted, and enraptured audiences for more than 100 years. The Book of Broadway is a celebratory, gorgeous tome dedicated to what is arguably the quintessential American art form: the Broadway show. The book profiles 150 of the best, biggest, most influential, and most fascinating Broadway musicals and plays ever produced, spanning the mid-nineteenth century to the twenty-first century. Shows profiled include everything from the 1860s musical The Black Crook, which captivated and titillated audiences for more than five hours, to the Pulitzer Prize?́?winning 2010 play Clybourne Park. The men and women who shaped Broadway history - such as Stephen Sondheim, Tennessee Williams, Bernadette Peters, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Ethel Merman, Marlon Brando, August Wilson, and Nathan Lane - are celebrated for their groundbreaking work. Photographs throughout illustrate the stunning designs of the shows profiled. Author Eric Grode - an arts writer for The New York Times, and author of Hair: The Story of the Show That Defined a Generation - has compiled this ultimate guide to Broadway shows, filled with insider knowledge. Theater fans will appreciate the fantastic Broadway trivia scattered throughout the book as well as the palpable sense of history in this encyclopedic treatment of one of our most beloved pastimes. A handful of the shows featured in this book include: Annie The Book of Mormon Bye Bye Birdie Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Chicago Death of a Salesman Fiddler on the Roof Grease Guys and Dolls Hello, Dolly! Kiss Me, Kate Les Miserables The Music Man My Fair Lady The Phantom of the Opera Rent Six Degrees of Separation The Sound of Music A Streetcar Named Desire West Side Story.

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