Broadway Babies: The People Who Made the American Musical
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Book Overview
Vividly recreating the unique pleasure of experiencing a song-and-dance show, Broadway Babies spotlights the men and women who made a difference in the development of American musical comedy. Mordden's account features such show people as Florenz Ziegfeld, Harold Prince, Bert Lahr, Gwen Verdon, Angela Lansbury, Victor Herbert, Liza Minnelli, and Stephen Sondheim, and such musicals as Sally, Oh Kay , Anything Goes, Show Boat, Oklahoma , Follies, Chicago,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0195054253
ISBN13:9780195054255
Release Date:June 1988
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.52 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.5" x 8.5"
Customer Reviews
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Indispensible!
Published by AlInChgo , 3 years ago
The dean of American stagecraft, Ethan "Bud" Mordden, turns his considerable expertise to this 1983 volume that covers most of the 20th Century's musicals. Not only is this book quite well researched and written, it deals with most of the major shows of the period, from SUNNY to OKLAHOMA! to SWEENEY TODD. Mordden's insights are powerful, his writing style delectable. Give it a try!
Essential!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
If I could only have one book on the American musical this would be it. Mordden goes into much more detail in his decade by decade books on the genre, but his major themes, brash perceptions, and constant wit are laid out with style and precision in this volume, which takes the musical to the time of Sweeney Todd.
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