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Musical Theatre : A History

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John KenrickPublication Details
BookContinuum2008Description
Musical Theatre: A History presents a comprehensive history of stage musicals from the earliest accounts of the ancient Greeks and Romans, for whom songs were common elements in staging, to Jacques Offenbach in Paris during the 1840s, to Gilbert and Sullivan in England, to the rise of music halls and vaudeville traditions in America, and eventually to “Broadway’s Golden Age” with George M. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) ML2054 .K46 2008 AVAILABLE
The Cambridge Companion To The Musical

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edited by William A. Everett and Paul R. LairdPublication Details
Book2nd edCambridge University Press2008Links
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Tracing the development of the musical on both Broadway and in London’s West End, this updated Companion continues to provide a broad and thorough overview of one of the liveliest and most popular forms of musical performance. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) ML2054 .C35 2008 AVAILABLE
The Oxford Companion To The American Musical : Theatre, Film, And Television

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Thomas HischakPublication Details
BookOxford University Press2008Description
Now, in The Oxford Companion to the American Musical, readers who flocked to the movies to see An American in Paris or Chicago, lined up for tickets to West Side Story or Rent, or crowded around their TVs to watch Cinderella or High School Musical can finally turn to a single book for details about them all. The Companion also includes cross references, a comprehensive listing of recommended recordings and further reading, a useful chronology of all the musicals described in the book, plus a complete index of Tony Award and Academy Award winners. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS REFERENCE (MAIN) ML102.M88 H593 2008 AVAILABLE
Little Musicals For Little Theatres : A Reference Guide To The Musicals That Don’t Need Chandeliers Or Helicopters To Succeed

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Denny Martin FlinnPublication Details
BookLimelight Editions2006Links
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With this book, the many wonderful musicals that played the small theaters and cabarets of Off Broadway are finally given the spotlight they deserve. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) MT955 .F55 2006 AVAILABLE
Cameron Mackintosh Presents Boublil And Schönberg’s Les Misérables : A Musical

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by Alain Boublil & Claude- Michel Schönberg ; lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer ; based on the novel by Victor Hugo ; music by Claude-Michel Schönberg ; original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean -Marc Natel ; additional material by James FentonPublication Details
BookAlain Boublil Music Ltd1991Description
This terrific songbook features 14 vocal selections from the beloved Broadway musical: At the End of the Day Bring Him Home Castle on a Cloud Do You Hear the People Sing? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS SCORE (UPPER) M1508.S36 M53 1991 AVAILABLE
The Megamusical

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Jessica SternfeldPublication Details
BookIndiana University Press2006Links
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Jessica Sternfeld?s long-awaited study of some of the most popular megamusicals is an important contribution to knowledge of American musical culture. She concentrates on Lloyd Webber?s Cats, the longest-running musical on Broadway, and Schoenberg and Boublil?s Les Mis (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) ML2054 .S74 2006 AVAILABLE
The Rodgers And Hammerstein Encyclopedia

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Thomas S. HischakPublication Details
BookGreenwood Press2007Links
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Still the most influential and popular songwriting team in the history of the American Musical Theatre, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein represent Broadway musicals at their finest. For the first time, the lives, careers, works, songs, and themes of Rodgers and Hammerstein have been gathered together in an encyclopedia that covers the many talents of these men. The encyclopedia is (1) comprehensve, describing the works, the people involved in those works, and many of their famous songs; (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS REFERENCE (MAIN) ML102.M88 H595 2007 AVAILABLE
The Wizard Of Oz 1998 Cast Recording

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[based on the book] by L. Frank Baum ; with music and lyrics of the MGM motion picture score by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg ; background music by Herbert Stothart ; dance and vocal arrangements by Peter Howard ; orchestration by Larry Wilcox ; additional orchestrations by Jeff RizzoPublication Details
AudioTVT Soundtrax1998Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS MEDIA: CD (MAIN) MZ400.A74 W5 AVAILABLE
Broadway Musicals, 1943-2004

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John Stewart ; foreword by Hal PrincePublication Details
BookMcFarland2006Links
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Each entry begins with a brief synopsis of the show, followed by a three-part history: first, the pre-Broadway story of the show, including out-of-town try-outs and Broadway previews; An appendix lists musicals of interest that fall outside this work’s parameters (i.e., only musical shows produced on traditionally defined Broadway). (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS REFERENCE (MAIN) ML102.M88 S74 2006 AVAILABLE
Shakespeare And The American Popular Stage

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Frances TeaguePublication Details
BookCambridge University Press2006Links
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Shakespeare’s effect on America’s intellectual and artistic life has been much discussed, but what role does he play on the American popular stage? Barnum’s attempt to buy Shakespeare’s Birthplace, the Astor Place Riot when twenty-three people died, and the way both Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth regarded Shakespeare. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) PR2880.A1 T43 2006 AVAILABLE
The Musical World Of Boublil & Schönberg : The Creators Of Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre, And The Pirate Queen

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Margaret VermettePublication Details
BookApplause Theatre & Cinema Books2006Links
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Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg are the creators of the multi-award-winning and much-loved musicals Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre and now an exciting new work The Pirate Queen. The Musical World of Boublil and Schonberg is the first book to offer a comprehensive look behind the closed doors of these intensely private musical theatre giants. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) ML385 .V398 2006 AVAILABLE
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