Download or read book The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre A Gi written by Kurt Gänzl and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains approximately 2,700 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about musical theater around the world during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, covering performers, composers, writers, shows, producers, directors, choreographers, and designers.
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre written by Kurt Gänzl and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [V.1.] A-K -- [v.2.] L-Z.
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre O Z written by Kurt Gänzl and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains approximately 2,700 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about musical theater around the world during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, covering performers, composers, writers, shows, producers, directors, choreographers, and designers.
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Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre written by Stanley Green and published by Da Capo. This book was released on 1980 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing equally from Viennese operetta, Parisian cabaret, vaudeville, and Tin Pan Alley, the American musical theatre has thrived in an unprecedented variety of forms and styles as our truest hybrid art. From Show Boat and Oklahoma! to West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, and A Chorus Line, the musical has attracted our finest actors, composers, writers, directors, and choreographers. The greats and near-greats are finally brought together in this essential reference guide to over 2,000 personalities, productions, and songs of the musical theatre in both New York and London from the late nineteenth century right up to Sweeney Todd and Evita. Scholars, professionals, critics, and devoted fans alike will find a wealth of fascinating information on the backgrounds, plots, casts, scores, and credits of the leading musicals; biographies of their artists; and complete lists of Broadway, off-Broadway, and London productions, long runs, and awards. With a complete bibliography and discography.
Download or read book The World of Musicals 2 volumes written by Mark A. Robinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-04-17 with total page 1705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging, two-volume encyclopedia of musicals old and new will captivate young fans—and prove invaluable to those contemplating staging a musical production. Written with high school students in mind, The World of Musicals: An Encyclopedia of Stage, Screen, and Song encompasses not only Broadway and film musicals, but also made-for-television musicals, a genre that has been largely ignored. The two volumes cover significant musicals in easily accessible entries that offer both useful information and fun facts. Each entry lists the work's writers, composers, directors, choreographers, and cast, and includes a song list, a synopsis, and descriptions of the original production and important revivals or remakes. Biographical entries share the stories of some of the brightest and most celebrated talents in the business. The encyclopedia will undoubtedly ignite and feed student interest in musical theatre. At the same time, it will prove a wonderful resource for teachers or community theatre directors charged with selecting and producing shows. In fact, anyone interested in theatre, film, television, or music will be fascinated by the work's tantalizing bits of historical and theatre trivia.
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre Gi N written by Kurt Gänzl and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains approximately 2,700 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about musical theater around the world during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, covering performers, composers, writers, shows, producers, directors, choreographers, and designers.
Download or read book The Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia written by Thomas S. Hischak and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-06-30 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The team revolutionized the musical play with Oklahoma! in 1943 and then went on to explore territory never put on the musical stage before in such beloved shows as Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I and The Sound of Music. The team also worked in film, as with State Fair, and in the new medium of television, with Cinderella. 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. In addition to their plays and films together, every work that each man did with other collaborators is also discussed. Hundreds of their songs are described, and there are entries on the many actors, directors, and other creative artists who they worked with. A complete list of awards, recordings, and books about the team are included, as well as a chronology of everything either man wrote. But The Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia is not just about facts. It explains their work, explores themes in their musicals, and illustrates why they remain a driving force in the American Theatre. This is the first encyclpoedia to look specifically at the careers and works of Rodgers and Hammerstein, covering all their musicals together for stage, screen and televsion, but also everything they wrote with others. The purpose is to create a comprehensive guide to the American Musical Theatres foremost collaboration. The encyclopedia is (1) comprehensve, describing the works, the people involved in those works, and many of their famous songs; ( 2) up-to-date, including the most recent revivals of their works and new recordings of their scores; and (3) easy to use, being alphabetically arranged with cross-reference listings, chronological lists, lists of awards and recordings, and bibliographic information for further reading.
Download or read book The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia written by Rick Pender and published by . This book was released on 2023-09-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia is the first reference volume devoted to the works of this prolific composer and lyricist. The encyclopedia's entries provide readers with detailed information about Sondheim's work and key figures in his career, including his apprenticeship, his early work with Leonard Bernstein, and his work on television.
Download or read book The World of Musicals 2 volumes written by Mark A. Robinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-04-17 with total page 950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging, two-volume encyclopedia of musicals old and new will captivate young fans—and prove invaluable to those contemplating staging a musical production. Written with high school students in mind, The World of Musicals: An Encyclopedia of Stage, Screen, and Song encompasses not only Broadway and film musicals, but also made-for-television musicals, a genre that has been largely ignored. The two volumes cover significant musicals in easily accessible entries that offer both useful information and fun facts. Each entry lists the work's writers, composers, directors, choreographers, and cast, and includes a song list, a synopsis, and descriptions of the original production and important revivals or remakes. Biographical entries share the stories of some of the brightest and most celebrated talents in the business. The encyclopedia will undoubtedly ignite and feed student interest in musical theatre. At the same time, it will prove a wonderful resource for teachers or community theatre directors charged with selecting and producing shows. In fact, anyone interested in theatre, film, television, or music will be fascinated by the work's tantalizing bits of historical and theatre trivia.
Download or read book The Queer Encyclopedia of Music Dance Musical Theater written by Claude J. Summers and published by Cleis Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique encyclopedia showcases the contribution of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer people to music, dance, and musical theater.
Download or read book The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance written by Dennis Kennedy and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010-08-26 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative reference covering primarily actors, playwrights, directors, styles and movements, companies and organizations.
Download or read book Encyclopedia Of The Musical Theatre written by Stanley Green and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1980-03-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing equally from Viennese operetta, Parisian cabaret, vaudeville, and Tin Pan Alley, the American musical theatre has thrived in an unprecedented variety of forms and styles as our truest hybrid art. From Show Boat and Oklahoma! to West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, and A Chorus Line, the musical has attracted our finest actors, composers, writers, directors, and choreographers. The greats and near-greats are finally brought together in this essential reference guide to over 2,000 personalities, productions, and songs of the musical theatre in both New York and London from the late nineteenth century right up to Sweeney Todd and Evita. Scholars, professionals, critics, and devoted fans alike will find a wealth of fascinating information on the backgrounds, plots, casts, scores, and credits of the leading musicals; biographies of their artists; and complete lists of Broadway, off-Broadway, and London productions, long runs, and awards. With a complete bibliography and discography.
Download or read book The American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia written by Thomas S. Hischak and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1995-05-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The musical theatre song is conceived, written, and produced as part of a whole. While it may eventually stand on its own and join the ranks of popular hits, its immediate purpose is clear: it must 'work' in the show ... 'The American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia' is about how hundreds of famous and not-so-famous songs have functioned in the American musical. In addition to identifying the authors and the source of the song, this reference provides full detail about the song ... It is a book about songs as little pieces of playwriting for the musical theatre ...
Download or read book 150 Years of Popular Musical Theatre written by Andrew Lamb and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the development of musicals, from the earliest European operetta styles of France and Germany to the modern musical of the United States and Britain.
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Download or read book Broadway Musicals Show by Show written by Kay Green and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1996 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the following information about Broadway musical shows produced between 1866 and 1987: Music by -- Lyrics by -- Book by -- Producer -- Director -- Cast stars -- Choreographer -- Songs -- New York run information.
