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Broadway Bares: Backstage Pass
by Jerry Mitchell  Publisher Comments A front-row seat for the hottest show in town-Broadway's finest strip down for a good cause. This is your ticket behind the scenes to see Broadway's sexiest performers displaying some of their greatest assets. Gorgeous stage idols from the biggest shows...
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The Oxford Companion to the American Musical: Theatre, Film, and Television
by Thomas Hischack Publisher Comments From films ranging from An American in Paris and Flying Down to Rio to such Broadway landmarks as Oklahoma and West Side Story and television hits such as Cinderella and High School Musical, the American musical has thrilled audiences around the world...
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Broadway: The American Musical
by Michael Kantor Publisher Comments Along with jazz and abstract expressionism, the Broadway musical is one of the few uniquely American art forms. This companion to the six-part PBS documentary series is a colorful and fascinating exploration of how Americans define the Broadway musical...
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Rent: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical
by Jonathan Larson Synopsis Finally, an authorized libretto to this modern day classic Rent won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as four Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Score for Jonathan Larson. The story of Mark, Roger, Maureen, Tom Collins...
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Harold Prince and the American Musical Theatre: Expanded Edition, with an Updated Foreword by Harold Prince
by Foster Hirsch Publisher Comments Here is a complete look at the outstanding career of Harold Prince, the most honored and influential producer/director in the history of postwar American musical theatre. Prince was a producer of The Pajama Game, Damn Yankees, Fiddler on the Roof and...
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The Broadway Musical a Critical and Musical Survey
by Joseph Peter Swain Publisher Comments This new edition of Swain's classic award-winning text reveals how a musical drama achieves plot movement, character development and conflict through strategic placement of music in twenty impressive productions. Included is the latest research and...
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The Complete Phantom of the Opera
by George Perry Publisher Comments This is the lavishly illustrated, definitive account of The Phantom of the Opera, tracing the Phantom legend from its origins in historical fact through Gaston Leroux's heartrending classic novel and other artistic incarnations to the present day and...
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Rent
by Jonathan Larson Publisher Comments In these pages, Rent offers what most theater books can't: a chance to step behind the curtain and feel the electricity of a stage phenomenon as it unfolds. Rent captures the heart and spirit of a generation, reflecting it onstage through the emotion of...
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On the Line: The Creation of a Chorus Line
by Robert Viagas Publisher Comments A Chorus Line, the biggest Broadway hit of its generation, is returning to Times Square in a major fall 2006 revival. The show is based on a remarkable series of taped discussions made in the mid 1970s with some of the top "gypsies" (veteran Broadway...
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Rise and Fall of the Broadway Musical (05 Edition)
by Mark Grant Publisher Comments A highly original, incisive, and spirited examination of the rise, heyday, and decline of American musical theatre....
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The Musical Worlds of Lerner and Loewe
by Gene Lees Publisher Comments < div> Lyricist Alan Jay Lerner (1918& #8211; 86) and composer Frederick Loewe (1901& #8211; 88) wrote some of the most successful musical shows on Broadway and in motion-picture history: < i> Brigadoon< /i> , < i> My Fair...
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On Broadway: Art and Commerce on the Great White Way
by Steven Adler Publisher Comments < div> < div> At a critical, transitional moment in the history of Broadway& #8212; and, by extension, of American theatre itself& #8212; former Broadway stage manager Steven Adler< i> < /i> enlists insider perspectives...
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The Full Monty
by Terrence Mcnally Publisher Comments "Full of brilliance! It's a blockbuster and a mold-breaker. A one-of-a-kind Broadway musical. I loved it!" - Clive Barnes, The New York Post "A delightful salute to the human spirit!" - David Hinckley, The Daily News "Monty works on every level and is...
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How Does the Show Go On?: An Introduction to the Theater
by Thomas Schumacher Publisher Comments Filled with detailed explanations, captivating illustrations, and entertaining trivia, this clearly written, lively, and uniquely-designed book is a first-of-its-kind introduction to the world of the Theatre, from the box office to backstage, and beyond....
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Into the Woods
by Hudson Talbott Publisher Comments The Tony Award-winning musical, now adapted into a lavishly illustrated book Into the Woods is the imaginative account of what happens when the lives of new and old fairy-tale characters dramatically and humorously come together. Cinderella, Jack (of...
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Unfinished Show Business: Broadway Musicals as Works-In-Process (Theater in the Americas)
by Bruce Kirle Publisher Comments In this fresh approach to musical theatre history, Bruce Kirle challenges the commonly understood trajectory of the genre. Drawing on the notion that the world of the author stays fixed while the world of the audience is ever-changing, Kirle suggests...
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American Musical and Formation of National Identity (05 Edition)
by Raymond Knapp Publisher Comments The American musical has achieved and maintained relevance to more people in America than any other performance-based art. This thoughtful history of the genre, intended for readers of all stripes, offers probing discussions of how American musicals...
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What Would Barbra Do?: How Musicals Changed My Life
by Emma Brockes Publisher Comments Emma Brockes didn't always love musicals. In fact, she hated them. One of her earliest (and most painful) memories is of her mother singing "The Hills Are Alive" while young Emma crossed the street to go to her babysitting gig. According to her mother...
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Megamusical (07 Edition)
by Jessica Sternfeld Publisher Comments A provocative and critical look inside the phenomenon of the megamusical...
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Manhattan Diary
by Richard Lamparski Publisher Comments Peggy Lee is Coming! ....................................................... 1 Visited by Truman Capote................................................. 15 Christine Jorgensen's Last Lover ......................................... 31 Ron Alexander of The...
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