Bernstein meets Broadway
Subtitle: collaborative art in a time of war
By: Carol J. Oja
Series: Broadway legacies; Broadway legacies
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9780199862092
Subjects: Analysis, appreciation; History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Musicals; History
Description: "Examines the early days of Bernstein's career during World War II, centering around the debut in 1944 of the Broadway musical On the town and the ballet Fancy free"--book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-380), discography and videography (pages 297-301), and index.
Table of contents: title: Ballet and nightclubs. Youthful celebrity and personal freedom : breaking out with Fancy free ; From nightclubs to Broadway : The Revuers, comedy skits, and left-wing politics; title: Broadway and racial politics. Creating a Broadway musical : the conception and debut of On the town ; A Japanese American star during World War II : Sono Osato and "exotic Ivy Smith" ; Desegregating Broadway : On the town and race ; Biographies onstage : On the town's black conductor, dancers, and singers; title: Musical style. Crossover composition : the musical identities of On the town ; On the town after dark : the nightclub scene; title: Epilogue. Beyond Fancy free and On the town; title: Appendix. Selected discography and videography for The Revuers, Fancy free and On the town.