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The 100 most important people in musical theatre / Andy Propst.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML102.M875 P76 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Propst, Andy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Musical theater--Encyclopedias.
- Musical theater.
- Musicals--Encyclopedias.
- Musicals.
- Composers--Biography.
- Composers.
- Lyricists--Biography.
- Lyricists.
- Singers--Biography.
- Singers.
- Musical theater producers and directors--Biography.
- Musical theater producers and directors.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 241 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Other Title:
- One hundred most important people in musical theatre
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]
- Summary:
- From Show Boat and Oklahoma to Wicked and Hamilton, the musical is constantly evolving thanks to the contributions of some of theatre's most prominent figures. Never have musicals been more popular than they are today. With live television broadcasts of shows like Rent and Hairspray and films like Mean Girls and Shrek being adapted to the stage, musicals-as well as the creators and artists who bring them to life-are at the forefront of popular culture. In 100 Most Important People in Musical Theatre, Andy Propst profiles the individuals who have helped shape this beloved art form. Songwriting greats such as Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Stephen Sondheim, and Andrew Lloyd Webber are some of the familiar names in the book. So, too, are performers such as Nathan Lane, Ethel Merman, Audra McDonald, and Patti LuPone, and directors and choreographers such as Bob Fosse, Harold Prince, Jerome Robbins, and Tommy Tune. Readers learn not only about these men and women's exceptional lives and achievements, but can peek backstage at such groundbreaking shows as Show Boat, Oklahoma, West Side Story, Company, and A Chorus Line, among others. Period reviews and interviews highlight both the shows and the people who contributed to them. The profiles in 100 Most Important People in Musical Theater provide a terrific history of musical theater, guiding readers from the era of operetta and the ascendancy of the book musical to the emergence of the concept musical and contemporary productions-from The Mikado and The Phantom of the Opera to Fun Home and Hamilton. This book is an invaluable addition to any musical theatre fan's library, and will also appeal to researchers and scholars.
- Contents:
- George Abbott
- John Murray Anderson
- Boris Aronson
- George Balanchine
- Michael Bennett
- Robert Russell Bennett
- Irving Berlin
- Leonard Bernstein
- Marc Blitzstein
- Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick
- Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse
- Gower Champion
- Carol Channing
- George M. Cohan
- Cy Coleman
- Betty Comden and Adolph Green
- Agnes de Mille
- Alfred Drake
- William and Jean Eckart
- Lehman Engel
- Dorothy Fields
- Harvey Fierstein
- William Finn
- Jules Fisher
- Bob Fosse
- George Gershwin
- Ira Gershwin
- W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan
- Oscar Hammerstein II
- E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
- Edward "Ned" Harrigan and David Braham
- Lorenz Hart
- Moss Hart
- Victor Herbert
- Jerry Herman
- Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt
- John Kander and Fred Ebb
- George S. Kaufman
- Jerome Kern
- Michael Kidd
- Michael John LaChiusa
- Nathan Lane
- Jonathan Larson
- Arthur Laurents
- Gertrude Lawrence
- Carolyn Leigh
- Alan Jay Lerner
- Goddard Lieberson
- Frank Loesser
- Patti LuPone
- Galt Macdermot
- Cameron Mackintosh
- Hugh Martin
- Mary Martin
- Audra Mcdonald
- Alan Menken
- Ethel Merman
- David Merrick
- Jo Mielziner
- Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Zero Mostel
- Trevor Nunn
- Joseph Papp
- Cole Porter
- Harold Prince
- Tim Rice
- Chita Rivera
- Jerome Robbins
- Richard Rodgers
- Sigmund Romberg
- Stephen Schwartz
- Irene Sharaff
- Hassard Short
- Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake
- Oliver Smith
- Stephen Sondheim
- Michael Stewart
- Charles Strouse
- Jule Styne
- Ed Sullivan
- Jeanine Tesori
- Tommy Tune
- Jonathan Tunick
- Joseph Urban
- Gwen Verdon
- Robin Wagner
- Ethel Waters
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Kurt Weill
- Bert Williams
- Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-216) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Propst, Andy, author. 100 most important people in musical theatre
- ISBN:
- 9781538116180
- 1538116189
- OCLC:
- 1084685939
- Publisher Number:
- 40029402987
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