A very unusual way Maury Yeston and his singular path to Broadway and beyond Joshua Rosenblum

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenblum, Joshua, Author.

Series:

Excelsior Editions Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yeston, Maury--Criticism and interpretation.

Yeston, Maury.

Musicals--United States--History and criticism.

Musicals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

SUNY Press, 2026.

Albany, NY State University of New York Press 2026

Summary:

"The first book-length study of the works of celebrated Broadway composer/lyricist Maury Yeston, creator of the Tony Award-winning musicals Nine, Titanic, and Grand Hotel"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

"I Am Completely Done with Classical Music"

Yale

Cambridge, Lincoln, and Back to Yale

Lehman Engel

The Jewish Influence

"Nobody Fires Mike Nichols"

8½: A Movie about Itself

"A Little Extra Music, I'll Call It Nine"

"Europe is in the Music": The Multifaceted Score to Nine

Placido Domingo and Goya

"You Can't Make It Worse": Grand Hotel

The "Other" Phantom

"You Are Music": The Phantom Score

"They Decided to Go Slumming": December Songs

"The Vultures Had Been Salivating": Titanic the Musical

The Unsinkable Score to Titanic

"I'm a Classical Composer!": An American Cantata and Tom Sawyer

"This Movie is Not a Remake of 8½!": Nine the Movie (and the Broadway Revival)

Off-Broadway: Death Takes a Holiday and Anything Can Happen in the Theater

"Not to Put Too Fine a Point on It"

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on print version record

Other Format:

Print version Rosenblum, Joshua A Very Unusual Way

ISBN:

9798855807639

9798855807622

OCLC:

1602807486

Access Restriction:

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