The A to Z of the Broadway Musical
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9780810870444
Subjects: Musicals; Musical theater
Description: The Broadway musical has greatly influenced American (and world) culture. Such shows as Oklahoma! and Annie Get Your Gun are as "American as apple pie," while the long runs of imports like Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, and Les Misrableshave broken records. Broadway has produced such cultural icons as EthelMerman, Yul Brynner, and Julie Andrews, and composers and lyricistssuch as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Contents; Editor's Foreword; Preface; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Appendix: Winners of the Tony Award for Best Musical, 19492006; Bibliography; About the Authors.