Anything goes : a history of American musical theatre
Title:
Anything goes : a history of American musical theatre
Author:
Mordden, Ethan, 1947-
ISBN:
9780199892846
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
Contents:
The first age. Source material ; The age of burlesque ; At the turn of the century -- The second age. The witch of the wood and the bamboo tree ; Victor Herbert ; The new music ; The variety show -- The third age. The structure of twenties musical comedy ; The structure of twenties operetta ; Dancing in the dark ; Blue monday blues ; The Rodgers and Hammerstein handbook ; Something to dance about ; After West side story ; The Sondheim handbook -- The fourth age. Devolutions ; That is the state of the art.
Abstract:
After six volumes on the musical's history, decade by decade from the 1920s through the 1970s, Ethan Mordden takes an entirely fresh look at the musical, from 'The Beggar's Opera' to 'Wicked'. In his trademark style that is at once scholarly witty, and conversational, Mordden emphasizes not only the writing of musicals but the performing of them, taking the reader virtually into the theatre to experience what a great show is like, whether Victor Herbert's 'The Red Mill' or Stephen Sondheim's 'Follies'.
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