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Author:

Block, Geoffrey Holden 1948-

Title:

Enchanted evenings : the Broadway musical from Show boat to Sondheim / Geoffrey Block.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xx, 432 : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Musicals--New York--New York--History and criticism.

Notes:

Discography: p. 303-310. Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-399) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: setting the stage -- 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 -- 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 -- Happily ever after West Side Story with Sondheim.

ISBN:

9780195167306
0195167309

OCLC:

(OCoLC)53914710

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)