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9780415922876

Broadway Babies Say Goodnight: Musicals Then and Now

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415922876

  • ISBN10:

    0415922879

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2000-04-06
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

"An eccentric, funny, shrewd book . . . absorbing and amusing reading." --The New York Times Book Review The glorious tradition of the Broadway musical from Irving Berlin to Jerome Kern and Rodgers and Hammerstein to Stephen Sondheim. And then . . . Cats and Les Miz. Mark Steyn'sBroadway Babies Say Goodnightis a sharp-eyed view of the whole span of Broadway musical history, seven decades of brilliant achievements the best of which are among the finest works American artists have made. Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel, Gypsy, and more. In an energetic blend of musical history, analysis, and backstage chat, Mark Steyn shows us the genius behind the 'simple' musical, and asks hard questions about the British invasion of Broadway and the future of the form. In this delicious book he gives us geniuses and monsters, hits and atomic bombs, and the wonderful stories that prove show business is a business which -- as the song goes --there's no business like.

Author Biography

Mark Steyn is a columnist for Britain's Daily Telegraph and Canada's National Post. He is theater critic of The New Criterion, North American correspondent of The Spectator, and also contributes to The Wall Street Journal and The American Spectator. A Canadian citizen, he lives in New Hampshire and Quebec.

Table of Contents

Overture: The Fix 3(8)
Act One
11(150)
The Op'nin'
13(9)
The Show
22(7)
The Music
29(16)
The Lyrics
45(17)
The Book
62(12)
The Jews
74(14)
The Cues
88(16)
The Take-home Tune
104(13)
The Property
117(11)
The Genius
128(33)
Intermission: The Real World
149(12)
Act Two
161(158)
The Brits
163(15)
The Line
178(18)
The Fags
196(17)
The Rock
213(15)
The Jokes
228(13)
The Star
241(13)
The Flops
254(8)
The Depilators
262(11)
The Maximalist
273(14)
The Future
287(32)
Exit Music: The Survivor
307(12)
Acknowledgements 319(5)
Bibliography 324(2)
Index 326

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