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American musical comedy : from Adonis to Dreamgirls / Gerald Bordman.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML1711 .B66
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bordman, Gerald Martin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Musicals--United States--History and criticism.
- Musicals.
- United States.
- Penn Provenance:
- Lee, Ruth Sara (donor) (Lee Collection copy)
- Lee, Charles, 1911- (inscription) (Lee Collection copy)
- Bordman, Gerald Martin (autograph) (Lee Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- vi, 244 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1982.
- Summary:
- A companion volume to American Operetta, this book traces the historical development of that quintessential American art form, the musical comedy. Full of fascinating details and telling insights, it also includes the long-lost text of the 1884 hit Adonis, the first musical comedy to run over 500 performances on Broadway: p. 201-230.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries Lee Collection copy has inscription: "To Charles Lee. May this bring back some happy memories. Sincerely, Gerry Bordman"
- Penn Libraries Lee Collection copy has dust jacket.
- Contains:
- Adonis.
- ISBN:
- 0195031040
- OCLC:
- 8114315
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