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37 produkter
American Theatre
A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1969-2000
Inbunden, 2001
2001 kr
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Volume Four of the distinguished American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama series offers a thorough, candid, and fascinating look at the theater in New York during the last decades of the twentieth century.
The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Av Gerald Bordman, Thomas S. Hischak
Inbunden, 2004
1469 kr
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First published in 1984, Gerald Bordman's Oxford Companion to American Theatre is the standard one-volume source on our national theatre. Critics have hailed its "wealth of authoritative information" (Back Stage), its "fascinating picture of the volatile American stage" (The Guardian), and its …
The Oxford Companion to the American Musical
Theatre, Film, and Television
Av Thomas S. Hischak, Thomas S. Hischak
Inbunden, 2008
522 kr
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From films ranging from An American in Paris and Flying Down to Rio to such Broadway landmarks as Oklahoma and West Side Story and television hits such as Cinderella and High School Musical, the American musical has thrilled audiences around the world. Now, in The Oxford Companion to the American …
American Theatre
A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1969-2000
E-bok, 2001
1303 kr
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Volume Four of the distinguished American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama series offers a thorough, candid, and fascinating look at the theater in New York during the last decades of the twentieth century.
Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Av Thomas S. Hischak, Gerald Bordman
E-bok, 2004
604 kr
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First published in 1984, Gerald Bordman''s Oxford Companion to American Theatre is the standard one-volume source on our national theatre. Critics have hailed its "wealth of authoritative information" ( Back Stage ), its "fascinating picture of the volatile American stage" ( The Guardian ), and its …
Oxford Companion to the American Musical
Theatre, Film, and Television
E-bok, 2008
265 kr
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From the silver screen to the Great White Way, small community theatres to television sets, the musical has long held a special place in America''s heart and history. Now, in The Oxford Companion to the American Musical , readers who flocked to the movies to see An American in Paris or Chicago , …
Oxford Companion to the American Musical
Theatre, Film, and Television
E-bok, 2008
265 kr
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From the silver screen to the Great White Way, small community theatres to television sets, the musical has long held a special place in America''s heart and history. Now, in The Oxford Companion to the American Musical , readers who flocked to the movies to see An American in Paris or Chicago , …
Word Crazy
Broadway Lyricists from Cohan to Sondheim
Inbunden, 1991
1132 kr
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This volume surveys the development of the American musical during the 20th century by focusing on one of the most important yet least recognized members of the creative team: the lyricist. From George M. Cohan and Irving Berlin through Oscar Hammerstein II, Alan Jay Lerner, Ira Gershwin, Stephen …
Stage It with Music
An Encyclopedic Guide to the American Musical Theatre
Inbunden, 1993
952 kr
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A one-stop, up-to-date source for information on the history of the American musical theatre, Stage It with Music packs an astonishing quantity and variety of facts as well as insights and anecdotes into a convenient dictionary format. Coverage extends from the genre's nineteenth century beginnings …
American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia
Inbunden, 1995
952 kr
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The first encyclopedia of theatre songs from Broadway shows ranging from The Black Crook (1866) to the 1994 Tony Award-winning Passion, this handy guide features over 1,800 songs from over 500 musicals. It gives such information as the songs' authors, original performers, and dates and history of …
Theatregoer's Almanac
A Collection of Lists, People, History, and Commentary on the American Theatre
Inbunden, 1997
952 kr
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As a concise study of the American theatre, this work explores the past and present by looking at major aspects of theatregoing in America over the past 250 years. Diverse topics include plays On and Off Broadway, ticket prices, critics, playwrights, awards, musicals, actors, theatre groups and …
American Musical Film Song Encyclopedia
Inbunden, 1999
952 kr
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Following the successful, The American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia (Greenwood, 1995), this new encyclopedia reviews in-depth individual songs written for the American musical film over the past seventy years. Over 1,800 songs from over 500 musical films are identified and described. In …
Film It with Music
An Encyclopedic Guide to the American Movie Musical
Inbunden, 2001
952 kr
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This encyclopedic reference to the American movie musical identifies and describes the musicals and the artists who made them. Film entries range from the legendary The Jazz Singer in 1927 to Fantasia 2000. Artists ranging from Gene Kelly to Elvis Presley, Busby Berkeley, and John Travolta are …
Tin Pan Alley Song Encyclopedia
Inbunden, 2002
952 kr
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Many books have been written about Tin Pan Alley—the colloquial name assigned to popular music before the advent of rock 'n' roll—yet little is available about the individual songs defining this enormously significant style of American music. This encyclopedia of over 1,200 songs written from the …
Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia
Inbunden, 2007
1307 kr
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Still the most influential and popular songwriting team in the history of the American Musical Theatre, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein represent Broadway musicals at their finest. The team revolutionized the musical play with Oklahoma! in 1943 and then went on to explore territory never put …
Tin Pan Alley Song Encyclopedia
Häftad, 2002
371 kr
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Many books have been written about Tin Pan Alley—the colloquial name assigned to popular music before the advent of rock 'n' roll—yet little is available about the individual songs defining this enormously significant style of American music. This encyclopedia of over 1,200 songs written from the …
Disney Voice Actors
A Biographical Dictionary
Häftad, 2011
517 kr
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This biographical dictionary is devoted to the actors who provided voices for all the Disney animated theatrical shorts and features from the 1928 Mickey Mouse cartoon Steamboat Willie to the 2010 feature film Tangled. More than 900 men, women, and child actors from more than 300 films are covered, …
American Plays and Musicals on Screen
650 Stage Productions and Their Film and Television Adaptations
Häftad, 2014
619 kr
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As the popularity of film grew and audiences demanded longer stories, Hollywood began borrowing plots as well as actors and directors from Broadway--some of these play-to-films were triumphs and others were inexplicable duds. This reference work is an annotated guide to American stage productions …
Through the Screen Door
What Happened to the Broadway Musical When it Went to Hollywood
Häftad, 2004
1025 kr
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In this personal and opinionated book Tom Hischak takes a close look at what happens when a Broadway musical goes to Hollywood, and less often when Hollywood comes to Broadway.The musicals discussed range from The Desert Song (1927), the first sound film of a Broadway musical, to Chicago, the 2002 …
Enter the Playmakers
Directors and Choreographers on the New York Stage
Häftad, 2006
1098 kr
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A companion book to author Thomas Hischak's earlier volume Enter the Players: New York Stage Actors in the 20th Century (Scarecrow Press, 2003), Enter the Playmakers: Directors and Choreographers on the New York Stage explores the lives and careers of over three hundred directors and choreographers …
Off-Broadway Musicals since 1919
From Greenwich Village Follies to The Toxic Avenger
Inbunden, 2011
1316 kr
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Although the venue Off Broadway has long been the birthplace of innovative and popular musicals, there have been few studies of these influential works. Long-running champs, such as The Fantasticks and Little Shop of Horrors, are discussed in many books about American musicals, but what of the …
Jerome Kern Encyclopedia
Inbunden, 2013
1389 kr
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Jerome Kern (1885-1945) is considered one of the most versatile and influential of all American theatre and film composers. His pioneer work in developing a truly American musical sound inspired many of the great songwriters of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, and his songs include dozens of beloved …
Musical Misfires
Three Decades of Broadway Musical Heartbreak
Av Thomas S. Hischak, Mark A. Robinson
E-bok, 2020
548 kr
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Musical Misfires: Three Decades of Broadway Musical Heartbreak looks at 151 musicals that did not run long enough to be considered hits. Such shows were once called flops but that is no longer an appropriate description. Some of these were superb pieces of musical theatre that, for one reason or …
Encyclopedia of Film Composers
Inbunden, 2015
1607 kr
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For more than a century, original music has been composed for the cinema. From the early days when live music accompanied silent films to the present in which a composer can draw upon a full orchestra or a lone synthesizer to embody a composition, music has been an integral element of most films. …
100 Greatest American Plays
Inbunden, 2017
901 kr
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Theatre in America has had a rich history—from the first performance of the Lewis Hallam Troupe in September 1752 to the lively shows of modern Broadway. Over the past few centuries, significant works by American playwrights have been produced, including Abie’s Irish Rose, Long Day’s Journey into …
1939
Hollywood's Greatest Year
Inbunden, 2017
682 kr
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What do Babes in Arms, Beau Geste, Gunga Din, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Only Angels Have Wings, and Young Mr. Lincoln all have in common? They are all classic films released in the same year, but none of them received Academy Award nominations for best picture. Why? In that same year, Hollywood …
Broadway Decoded
Musical Theatre’s Forgotten References
Häftad, 2023
299 kr
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A lively guide to fifty popular musicals from the comedy classics of the 1930s and 1940sto the frequently produced darlings of modern theater. Broadway musicals are set in a variety of different places and periods of history, so they are filled with references, expressions, names, objects, and …
100 Greatest American and British Animated Films
Inbunden, 2018
682 kr
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Animation has been a staple of the filmmaking process since the early days of cinema. Animated shorts had been produced for decades, but not until 1937 did a major studio venture into animated features when Walt Disney produced Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Of the hundreds of animated feature …
Woody Allen Encyclopedia
Inbunden, 2018
1806 kr
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For more than five decades, Woody Allen has been one of the most critically acclaimed talents in American cinema. Allen has been nominated for best director seven times by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—winning for his 1977 film Annie Hall—and he has received more Oscar nominations …
