The rise and fall of the Broadway musical / Mark N. Grant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grant, Mark N., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musicals--New York (State)--New York--History and criticism.

Musicals.

New York (State)--New York.

Broadway (New York, N.Y.).

Physical Description:

x, 365 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Northeastern University Press, [2004]

Summary:

A highly original, incisive, and spirited examination of the rise, heyday, and decline of American musical theatre.

Contents:

From soaring divas to growling rockers : how changes in singing forged and felled the show tune

How mavericks, highbrows, and enlightened collectivism invented the book and lyrics and tweaked the music

Revolutions in Broadway rhythm : how the rock groove decomposed the musical and dismantled the fourth wall

The loudspeakers are alive with the sound of music : how electronics trumped the artful acoustics of Broadway

Wagging the musical : how director-choreographers co-opted a writer's medium

The age of McMusicals : vaudeville redux.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-337) and index.

ISBN:

1555536239

OCLC:

55679500