Enchanted evenings the Broadway musical from Show boat to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber / Geoffrey Block.
| Author/creator | Block, Geoffrey Holden, 1948- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, |
| Description | xxxiii, 446 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-424) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009003980 |
| ISBN | 9780195384000 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0195384008 (alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |