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Author : Garry Sherman,Peter Udell
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Christmas plays
ISBN : 0573681759
Author : Dan Dietz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781442251663
The 1970s was an exciting decade for musical theatre. Besides shows from legends Stephen Sondheim (Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, and Sweeney Todd) and Andrew Lloyd Webber (Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita), old-fashioned musicals (Annie) and major revivals (No, No, Nanette) became hits. In addition to underappreciated shows like Over Here! and cult musicals such as The Grass Harp and Mack and Mabel, Broadway audiences were entertained by black musicals on the order of The Wiz and Raisin. In The Complete Book of 1970s Broadway Musicals, Dan Dietz examines in detail every musical that opened on Broadway during the 1970s. In addition to including every hit and flop that debuted during the decade, this book highlights revivals and personal-appearance revues with such performers as Tony Bennett, Lena Horne, Bette Midler, and Gilda Radner. Each entry includes the following information: Opening and closing dates Plot summaries Cast members Number of performances Names of all important personnel including writers, composers, directors, choreographers, producers, and musical directors Musical numbers and the names of performers who introduced the songs Production data, including information about tryouts Source material Critical commentary Tony awards and nominations Details about London and other foreign productions Besides separate entries for each production, the book offers numerous appendixes, including a discography, filmography, and published scripts, as well as lists of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, black-themed shows, and Jewish-themed productions. A treasure trove of information, The Complete Book of 1970s Broadway Musicals provides readers with a comprehensive view of each show. This significant resource will be of use to scholars, historians, and casual fans of one of the greatest decades in musical theatre history.
Author : Sandra M. Mayo,Elvin Holt
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781477307809
From plantation performances to minstrel shows of the late nineteenth century, the roots of black theatre in Texas reflect the history of a state where black Texans have continually created powerful cultural emblems that defy the clichés of horses, cattle, and bravado. Drawing on troves of archival materials from numerous statewide sources, Stages of Struggle and Celebration captures the important legacies of the dramatic arts in a historical field that has paid most of its attention to black musicians. Setting the stage, the authors retrace the path of the cakewalk and African-inspired dance as forerunners to formalized productions at theaters in the major metropolitan areas. From Houston’s Ensemble and Encore Theaters to the Jubilee in Fort Worth, gospel stage plays of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, as well as San Antonio’s Hornsby Entertainment Theater Company and Renaissance Guild, concluding with ProArts Collective in Austin, Stages of Struggle and Celebration features founding narratives, descriptions of key players and memorable productions, and enlightening discussions of community reception and the business challenges faced by each theatre. The role of drama departments in historically black colleges in training the companies’ founding members is also explored, as is the role the support of national figures such as Tyler Perry plays in ensuring viability. A canon of Texas playwrights completes the tour. The result is a diverse tribute to the artistic legacies that continue to inspire new generations of producers and audiences.
Author : John Stewart
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 6404 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476603292
On March 31, 1943, the musical Oklahoma! premiered and the modern era of the Broadway musical was born. Since that time, the theatres of Broadway have staged hundreds of musicals--some more noteworthy than others, but all in their own way a part of American theatre history. With more than 750 entries, this comprehensive reference work provides information on every musical produced on Broadway since Oklahoma's 1943 debut. Each entry begins with a brief synopsis of the show, followed by a three-part history: first, the pre-Broadway story of the show, including out-of-town try-outs and Broadway previews; next, the Broadway run itself, with dates, theatres, and cast and crew, including replacements, chorus and understudies, songs, gossip, and notes on reviews and awards; and finally, post-Broadway information with a detailed list of later notable productions, along with important reviews and awards.
Author : Bernard L. Peterson Jr.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1993-10-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313064548
This comprehensive reference book provides succinct information on almost thirteen hundred musical stage works written and produced from the 1870s to the 1990s involving contributions by black librettists, lyricists, composers, musicians, producers, or performers or containing thematic materials relevant to the black experience. Organized alphabetically, they include tent and outdoor shows, vaudeville, operas and operettas, comedies, farces, spectacles, revues, cabaret and nightclub shows, children's musicals, skits, one-act musicals, one-person shows, and even a musical without songs. In addition to the hundreds of shows independently created, produced, and performed by black writers and theatrical artists, it presents hundreds more representing a collaboration of black and white talents. An appendix organizes the shows chronologically and highlights those that were most significant in the history of the black American musical stage. An extensive bibliography and indexes of names, songs, and subjects complete the work.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0573680604
Author : Michael Rupert,Jerry Colker
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Music
ISBN : 0573681945
Author : David Evans,Jennifer Allen,David Babcock
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Music
ISBN : 0573681473
"A score of sketches and songs parody modern manners and morals at a machine gun pace. It covers everything from the problems of using the telephone in the age of divestiture, to explaining the origin of babies to some obnoxiously precocious children, to arranging a dinner party for a date by which one of the proposed quests will be-- unfortunately-- dead. Songs include a bizarre torch song in the style (if not the spirit) of Piaf, a Steve 'n' Eydie style Vegas number and a new wave rendition of "A Bicycle Built for Two.""--Publisher.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Theater
ISBN : UOM:39015005340271
Theatre critics' reviews brings you the complete reviews from these New York publications and stations whenever covered by the critic: New York daily news, Wall Street journal, Time, New York post, Women's wear daily, WABC-TV, CBS-TV, New York times, Christian Science monitor, Newsweek.
Author : Cy Coleman,Michael Stewart
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Comedy
ISBN : 0573681104
Author : Scott Wentworth,Craig Bohmler,Marion Adler
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0573693854
Is this a hard-boiled detective tale disguised as a lounge act - or the other way around?
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0573681260
Author : William Finn,James Lapine
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0573694249
"A seamless pairing of March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland, acclaimed off Broadway musicals written nearly a decade apart. It is the jaunty tale of Marvin who leaves his wife and young son to live with another man. His ex wife marries his psychiatrist, and Marvin ends up alone. Two years later, Marvin is reunited with his lover on the eve of his son's bar mitzvah, just as AIDS is beginning its insidious spread"--Publisher
Author : Alan Menken,Howard Ashman
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Musical revues, comedies, etc
ISBN : 0573681252
Author : Donald Driver
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0573681163