Musicals category: 260 books

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How Musicals Work

And How to Write Your Own

by Julian Woolford
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013

Musicals are the most popular form of stage entertainment today, with the West End and Broadway dominated by numerous long-running hits. But for every Wicked or Phantom of the Opera, there are dozens of casualties that didn't fare quite so well. In this book, Julian Woolford explores the musical-theatre...
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Must-See Musicals

50 Show-Stopping Movies We Can't Forget

by Richard Barrios
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017

Spanning nine decades and showcasing the most memorable songs, dazzling dancing, and brightest stars ever to grace the silver screen, Must-See Musicals is the guide to the greatest musicals of all time from the most trusted authority on film: Turner Classic Movies. Movie musicals have been a part...
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Dangerous Rhythm

Why Movie Musicals Matter

by Richard Barrios
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014

Singin' in the Rain, The Sound of Music, Camelot--love them or love to hate them, movie musicals have been a major part of all our lives. They're so glitzy and catchy that it seems impossible that they could have ever gone any other way. But the ease in which they unfold on the screen is deceptive....
Cover of The Complete Book of 1970s Broadway Musicals
by Dan Dietz
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015

The book examines in specific detail every Broadway musical which opened from the 1969 fall season through the 1979 season. The 1970s was an exciting decade in theatre. In addition to shows by Stephen Sondheim (Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, and Sweeney Todd) and the concept musicals, there...
Cover of The Complete Book of 1920s Broadway Musicals
by Dan Dietz
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2019

During the Twenties, the Great White Way roared with nearly 300 book musicals. Luminaries who wrote for Broadway during this decade included Irving Berlin, George M. Cohan, Rudolf Friml, George Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein II, Lorenz Hart, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Sigmund Romberg,...
Cover of The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals
by Dan Dietz
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2016

Musicals of the 1990s felt the impact of key developments that forever changed the landscape of Broadway. While the onslaught of British imports slowed down, the so-called Disneyfication of Broadway began, a trend that continues today. Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King became long-running hits,...
Cover of The Faber Pocket Guide to Musicals
by James Inverne
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010

With hit TV shows picking the leads in productions of Oliver! and The Sound Of Music, and smash musicals like Hairspray and Wicked all the West End rage, musical theatre is as popular as it's ever been. James Inverne provides an indispensable guide to his top one hundred greatest shows of all time...
Cover of The Complete Book of 1930s Broadway Musicals
by Dan Dietz
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2018

Despite the stock market crash of October 1929, thousands of theatregoers still flocked to the Great White Way throughout the country’s darkest years. In keeping with the Depression and the events leading up to World War II, 1930s Broadway was distinguished by numerous political revues and musicals,...
Cover of Musicals in Film: A Guide to the Genre
by Thomas S. Hischak
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016

This comprehensive guide covers movie musicals from their introduction with the 1927 film The Jazz Singer through 2015 releases. In all, it describes 125 movies, opening up the world of this popular form of entertainment to preteens, teens, and adults alike. An introduction explains the advent...
Cover of The Complete Book of 2000s Broadway Musicals
by Dan Dietz
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017

In the first decade of the twenty-first century, Broadway was notable for old-fashioned, feel-good shows (Hairspray, Jersey Boys), a number of family-friendly musicals (Little Women, Mary Poppins), plenty of revivals (Follies, Oklahoma!, Wonderful Town), a couple of off-the-wall hits (Avenue Q, Urinetown),...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016

The Oxford Handbook of the British Musical provides a comprehensive academic survey of British musical theatre offering both a historical account of the musical's development from 1728 and a range of in-depth critical analyses of the unique forms and features of British musicals, which explore the...
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The Secret Life of the American Musical

How Broadway Shows Are Built

by Jack Viertel
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016

A New York Times Bestseller For almost a century, Americans have been losing their hearts and losing their minds in an insatiable love affair with the American musical. It often begins in childhood in a darkened theater, grows into something more serious for high school actors, and reaches...
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What Would Barbra Do?

How Musicals Can Change Your Life

by Emma Brockes
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009

Emma Brockes didn't always love musicals. In fact, she hated them. One of her earliest (and most painful) memories is of her mother singing "The Hills Are Alive" while young Emma crossed the street to go to her babysitting gig. According to her mother, the music would keep muggers at bay....
Cover of The Complete Book of 1940s Broadway Musicals
by Dan Dietz
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015

The debut of Oklahoma! in 1943 ushered in the modern era of Broadway musicals and was followed by a number of successes that have become beloved classics. Shows produced on Broadway during this decade include Annie Get Your Gun, Brigadoon, Carousel, Finian’s Rainbow, Pal Joey, On the Town, and South...
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