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Dan Dietz - Complete Book Of 1940s Broadway Musicals - 9781442245273 - V9781442245273
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Complete Book Of 1940s Broadway Musicals

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Description for Complete Book Of 1940s Broadway Musicals Hardback. This book examines in specific detail every musical show that opened on Broadway during the 1940s. Included in each entry are details regarding cast and credits, plot, critical reviews, London productions, recordings, published scripts, and film versions. Num Pages: 610 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; AVGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 226 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1644.
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 Pacific. Among the major performers of the decade were Alfred Drake, Gene Kelly, Mary Martin, and Ethel Merman, while other talents who contributed to shows include Irving Berlin, Gower Champion, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Agnes de Mille, Lorenz Hart, Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, Cole Porter, Jerome Robbins, Richard Rodgers, ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
610
Condition
New
Number of Pages
610
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781442245273
SKU
V9781442245273
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Ref
99-15

About Dan Dietz
Dan Dietz is a former professor of composition, world literature, and modern drama at Western Carolina University. He is the author of Off Broadway Musicals, 1910-2007 (2010), The Complete Book of 1960s Broadway Musicals (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014), and The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014).

Reviews for Complete Book Of 1940s Broadway Musicals
Dietz continues his excellent series on Broadway musicals with a step back into the Golden Age of musicals. He covers every Broadway show from the 1940s (273 shows altogether), from John Henry (January 1940) through Jule Styne's smash Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (December 1949). As in earlier volumes treating the 1960s and 1950s and complementing the content of Thomas Hischak's Broadway ... Read more

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