One More Kiss : The Broadway Musical in The 1970s

by Ethan Mordden

• ISBN13: 9781403965394
• ISBN10: 1403965390
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-06-19
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Ethan Mordden's new entry in his history of the Broadway musical looks at an era that brought us not only the gritty reality of "A Chorus Line" and the brilliantly bittersweet works of Stephen Sondheim, but also the nostalgic crowd-pleasers "No, No, Nanette" and "Annie." It was a time when Broadway both looked to its past, but also to its future and allowed reality to enter. Mordden writes of the last time we ever saw true greatness on the stage of the Broadway musical.

Author Biography

Ethan Mordden is the author of Make Believe, Everything's Coming Up Roses, Beautiful Morning, and Open a New Window.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	viii
CONCLUSION	1	(160)
1. THE AGE OF SONDHEIM	8	(26)
2. ALL THOSE GLITTERING YEARS: FOLLIES	34	(14)
3. IF EVERYONE GOT WHAT THEY WANTED: MUSICAL COMEDY I	48	(31)
4. DECCA BROADWAY: AMERICANS IN LONDON	79	(8)
5. WHY CAN'T WE ALL BE NICE?: THE DARK MUSICAL	87	(20)
6. NOBODY DOES IT LIKE ME: PIPPIN AND SEESAW	107	(7)
7. IT'S A BORE: THE DREARY MUSICAL	114	(13)
8. KEEP IT HOT: THE CONCEPT MUSICAL	127	(13)
9. I COULD BE AT HOME WITH MY SEVEN MAIDS: THE REVIVAL	140	(21)
10. WERE YOU SAYING SOMETHING?: OFF-BROADWAY	161	(6)
11. HAVEN'T WE MET?: THE REVUE	167	(10)
12. I REALLY DON'T WANT TO WRITE A MUSICAL ABOUT SOME MAN WHO IS RUNNING FROM THE NAZIS.I WANT TO Do SOMETHING WITH SHOWGIRLS: MUSICAL COMEDY II	177	(30)
13. EVOLUTION PAPA: THREE "DON'T" MUSICALS	207	(10)
14. DON'T POP THE HEAD, CASSIEI: THREE CLASSICS	217	(16)
15. PLEASE SIGN THE BOOK ON YOUR WAY OUT THE DOOR: THE 1979-80 SEASON	233	(21)
INDEX	254