Showstoppers!
Subtitle: the surprising backstage stories of Broadway's most remarkable songs
By: Gerald Nachman
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781613731024
Subjects: History and criticism; Musicals
Description: xxiii, 384 pages : 23 cm
Notes: "An A Cappella book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-367) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Tuning up; title: Just for openers. Guys and Dolls: Fugue for tinhorns; title: The Music Man: Rock Island; title: Gypsy: Some people; title: Mame: It's today; title: Cabaret: Willkommen; title: Chicago: All that jazz; title: They stopped the show. Garrick Gaieties: Manhattan ; Mountain greenery; title: A Connecticut Yankee: Thou swell ; To keep my love alive; title: Paris: Let's do it (Let's fall in love); title: Girl Crazy: I got rhythm; title: Anything Goes: You're the top; title: Babes in Arms: Johnny One-Note ; I wish I were in love again; title: The Boys from Syracuse: Sing for your supper; title: Lady in the Dark: Tchaikowsky (and other Russians); title: Oklahoma!: I cain't say no; title: Annie Get Your Gun: You can't get a man with a gun ; Doin' what comes natur'lly ; There's no business like show business ; An old-fashioned wedding; title: Kiss Me, Kate: Brush up your Shakespeare ; Always true to you in my fashion ; I hate men; title: South Pacific: There is nothin' like a dame ; Some enchanted evening; title: Call Me Madam: (You're not sick) You're just in love; title: Guys and Dolls: Adelaide's lament; title: The King and I: Shall we dance?; title: Wonderful Town: Ohio; title: Damn Yankees: Whatever Lola wants ; Heart; title: My Fair Lady: The rain in Spain ; Get me to the church on time; title: West Side Story: America ; Gee, Officer Krupke; title: The Music Man: Ya got trouble ; Seventy-six trombones; title: Gypsy: Everything's coming up roses ; Ya gotta get a gimmick ; Rose's turn; title: Bye Bye Birdie: Put on a happy face; title: Hello, Dolly!: Hello, Dolly!; title: Funny Girl: Don't rain on my parade ; People; title: Fiddler on the Roof: If I were a rich man; title: Sweet Charity: Big spender ; If my friends could see me now; title: Mame: If he walked into my life; title: Company: The ladies who lunch ; You could drive a person crazy; title: Follies: Broadway baby ; I'm still here; title: A Little Night Music: Send in the clowns; title: A Chorus Line: One, what I did for love; title: Chicago: Razzle dazzle ; We both reached for the gun ; Mr. Cellophane; title: Annie: Tomorrow; title: The Producers: Springtime for Hitler; title: Wicked: Popular ; Defying gravity; title: Jersey Boys: Can't take my eyes off you ; Sherry; title: O say can you hear : Broadway anthems. Show Boat: Ol' man river; title: Carousel: You'll never walk alone; title: The Sound of Music: Climb ev'ry mountain; title: Man of La Mancha: The impossible dream (The quest); title: Evita: Don't cry for me Argentina; title: Cats: Memory; title: La Cage aux Folles: I am what I am; title: Les Misérables: I dreamed a dream; title: The Phantom of the Opera: The music of the night.