the Broadway musical from Show boat to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber Block, Geoffrey Holden 1948- creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. enk Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2009 2nd ed. monographic eng

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xxxiii, 446 p., W1-W134 : ill., music. Introduction : setting the stage -- Act I : Before Rodgers and Hammerstein. Show boat : in the beginning ; Anything goes : songs ten, book three ; Porgy and Bess : Broadway opera ; On your toes and Pal Joey : dance gets into the act and "sweet water from a foul well" ; The cradle will rock : a labor musical for art's sake ; Lady in the dark and One touch of Venus : the Broadway stranger and his American dreams ; Stage versus screen (1) : before Rodgers and Hammerstein -- Act II : the Broadway musical after Oklahoma!. Carousel: the invasion of the integrated musical ; Kiss me, Kate : the taming of Cole Porter ; Guys and dolls and The most happy fella : the greater Loesser ; My fair lady : from Pygmalion to Cinderella ; West side story : the very model of a major musical ; Stage versus screen (2) : after Oklahoma! -- Epilogue : the age of Sondheim and Lloyd Webber. Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street and Sunday in the park with George : happily ever after West side story with Sondheim ; The Phantom of the opera : the reigning champion of Broadway. Geoffrey Block. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. n-us-ny Musicals New York (State) New York History and criticism ML1711.8.N3 B56 2009eb 782.1/4097471 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10454712 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10454712 CaPaEBR 090129 ebr10454712