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On Sondheim : an opinionated guide
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mordden, Ethan, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Musicals--United States--History and criticism.
- Musicals.
- Sondheim, Stephen--Criticism and interpretation.
- Sondheim, Stephen.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Giving each of Stephen Sondheim's musicals its own chapter, Ethan Mordden applies fresh insights and analysis to consider Sondheim's place in modern art, addressing the newcomer and the aficionado alike.
- Contents:
- Sondheim's chronology
- An introduction to Sondheim's life and art
- Sondheim's mentors and the concept musical
- Sondheim's shows
- Saturday night
- West side story
- Gypsy
- A funny thing happened on the way to the forum
- Anyone can whistle
- Do I hear a waltz?
- Company
- Follies
- A little night music
- Pacific overtures
- Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street
- Merrily we roll along
- Sunday in the park with George
- Into the woods
- Assassins
- Passion
- The frogs
- Road show
- Sondheim on film.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 11, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-939501-2
- 0-19-939499-7
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