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Enchanted evenings

the Broadway musical from Show boat to Sondheim

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An edition of Enchanted evenings (1997)

Enchanted evenings

the Broadway musical from Show boat to Sondheim

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The classic musicals of Broadway can provide us with truly enchanted evenings. But while many of us can hum the music and even recount the plots from memory, we are often much less knowledgeable about how these great shows were put together. What was the inspiration for Rodgers and Hart's Pal Joey, or Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel? Why is Maria's impassioned final speech in West Side Story spoken, rather than sung?

Now, in Enchanted Evenings, Geoffrey Block offers theater lovers an illuminating behind-the-scenes tour of some of the best-loved, most admired, and most enduring musicals of Broadway's Golden Era.

The book's particular focus is on the music, offering a wealth of detail about how librettist, lyricist, composer, and director work together to shape the piece. Drawing on manuscript material such as musical sketches, autograph manuscripts, pre-production librettos, and lyric drafts, Block reveals the winding route the works took to get to their final form.

Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Rodgers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, Kurt Weill, Frank Loesser, Leonard Bernstein, Sondheim, and other luminaries emerge as hardworking craftsmen under enormous pressure to sell tickets without compromising their dramatic vision and integrity.

Packed with information, including a complete discography, plot synopses, and song-by-song scenic outlines for each of the fourteen shows, Enchanted Evenings is an essential reference as well as a riveting history.

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410

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Enchanted evenings: the Broadway musical from Show boat to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber
2009, Oxford University Press
in English - 2nd ed.
Cover of: Enchanted evenings
Enchanted evenings: the Broadway musical from Show boat to Sondheim
1997, Oxford University Press
in English

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Edition Notes

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

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
782.1/4/097471
Library of Congress
ML1711.8.N3 B56 1997, ML1711.8.N3B56 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
xx, 410 p. :
Number of pages
410

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1012816M
Internet Archive
enchantedevening00bloc
ISBN 10
0195107918
LCCN
96053477
OCLC/WorldCat
36112259
Library Thing
360297
Goodreads
1524586

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