Author: Jeri Freedman Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC ISBN: 1502634996 Category : Young Adult Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 98
Book Description
Annie is a landmark play that has made many contributions to musical theater, including the song "Tomorrow." The original play was staged more than two thousand times on Broadway, and it has been presented continuously around the world by touring companies and local theater groups. It has been made into big-screen and television movies and has gone through several revivals. Its greatest achievement was to restore the musical to prominence, opening the way for the staging of the greatest blockbusters ever performed. This book describes the path the play took from concept to the stage, its Broadway run, its influence, and the people who made the show a success.
Author: Jeri Freedman Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC ISBN: 1502635143 Category : Young Adult Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 98
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The musical Wicked opened on Broadway in October 2003. Based on the best-selling novel Wicked by Gregory Maguire, the show retells the story of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the point of view of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, a misfit who, through the events of the play, discovers her inner strength and power. The show has run for nearly six thousand performances as of 2017 and is the second highest grossing Broadway musical of all time, having earned over 1 billion dollars to date. This book describes the path the play took from concept to the stage, its Broadway run, and its influence.
Author: Nancy Capaccio Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC ISBN: 1502635089 Category : Young Adult Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 98
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Everybody knows The Lion King, the story of a little cub that grows up to become the king of the Pride Lands. Few, however, know the story of how The Lion King came to be the king of all musicals. It is the highest-grossing show on Broadway, earning over 1.3 billion dollars at the box office. This book takes you on the journey that began with the modest idea of an animated movie about lions and hyenas. You'll see for yourself why this musical has played on every continent except Antarctica to more than ninety million people.
Author: D. Brook Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595304605 Category : Husbands Languages : en Pages : 0
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Dana Reardon was sure her life ended too the day her husband, Michael, was killed. One year later, with the help of friend Brady Williams, she vows to accept Michael's death, gain back her health, and find a job. Brady had been Michael's law partner and best friend. Falling in love with Brady was not what Dana expected. Learning that he was in love with her was even more of a shock. They felt they were betraying Michael's memory when they made plans for their future together. When Dana's twin sister, Della, comes into the picture Dana and Brady have to put their feelings on hold. Brady is convinced that Della is trouble and almost loses Dana to prove it. Dana is sure she has lost Brady, because of not believing in him, even though she is carrying his child. She has loving memories of her deceased husband, but now she's in love with Brady. She has learned that you can love two men at the same time because Love Never Dies.
Author: Annie Baker Publisher: ISBN: 9781848427334 Category : Gettysburg (Pa.) Languages : en Pages : 112
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The week after Thanksgiving. A bed and breakfast in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. A cheerful innkeeper. A young couple struggling to stay together. Thousands of inanimate objects, watching. John, an uncanny play by Annie Baker, was first seen Off-Broadway in 2015. The play had its UK premiere at the National Theatre, London, in 2018, in a production directed by James Macdonald. Annie Baker's other plays include Pulitzer Prize-winning The Flick, The Antipodes, Circle Mirror Transformation, The Aliens, and an adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. She has won many other awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and a MacArthur Grant.
Author: Reina Hardy Publisher: Broadway Play Publishing ISBN: 9780881459135 Category : Languages : en Pages : 68
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"A masterpiece of deft, taut, economical writing. Hardy introduces, defines and develops characters with laser-like precision, creating sympathetic, likable folks the audience can't help caring about and a fast-moving and engaging story with a good dose of humor." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Showrunners take note. Hardy...takes the best elements of contemporary cultural references, social media, and pop science and turns them into something more than the sum of those parts-an out-of-this-world, all-ages celebration of nerdiness, empowerment, and love." DC Theatre Scene "An adventure that takes you to the very edge of existence and back.... An intimate story about the potential that lies in all of us... you'll find yourself stargazing." Broadwayworld.com, DC "The cool thing about Hardy's script is how it falls in the in-between. The journey of Annie Jump would mean as much to a teen as it would a grown-up, and we need more theater like that. ANNIE JUMP AND THE LIBRARY OF HEAVEN aims to bridge the gap in theater-going age groups and link up fresh, youthful audiences to that mysterious, perhaps-undiscovered universe of the stage." Broadwayworld.com, MKE "...positively jaw-dropping... It's not often that science fiction makes it to a local stage. Thanks to Hardy and Renaissance, the genre is ushered to the Broadway Theatre Center with wonder, respect and a great deal of genuine emotion." The Small Stage "Playwright Reina Hardy writes with economy and authority. She is an excellent storyteller who has the audience rooting for Annie and her father throughout the production... A show like this doesn't come along all that often. " Totaltheater.com
Author: Dana Bergman Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0698165306 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 65
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After eleven years at an orphanage, Annie longs for a family to call her own. So when the wealthy Oliver Warbucks invites Annie to spend the Christmas holiday at his New York mansion, it’s a dream come true. Could it be that Mr. Warbucks is the family she’s waited for all along? Fifty million people of all ages have been delighted by stage and screen productions of Annie, and now some of the youngest fans can enjoy the story of everyone’s favorite little orphan as she experiences Christmas like never before!
Author: Lindsay Eagar Publisher: Candlewick Press ISBN: 1536204676 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 401
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In a vicious, delicious contemporary novel inspired by Shakespeare's Richard III, the lauded author of The Family Fortuna lifts the curtain on a high school thespian who'll stop at nothing to land the lead. Rory is an antihero for the ages. Like Shakespeare's Richard III, she confides in her audience, telling us exactly the lengths she'll go to to secure the leading role in Bosworth Academy's senior musical, confessing without shame that she is charming and conniving and brutally ambitious, that we will watch and root for her even as she manipulates and endangers those around her. And we do. Perhaps it's because we don't want to believe that she's as relentless as she claims. Rory is an underdog, after all, a scholarship kid teased for her weight. Surely there will be redemption? Surely our dread and patience will be rewarded? Intricately plotted with an ingenious narrative that blends multiple viewpoints with script excerpts and an original musical score, Lindsay Eagar's whip-smart, precision-crafted, and gleefully compulsive page-turner taps into the dark side of high school theater production. A diabolically good read, it forces our complicity as we wince and cheer for an arresting drama queen who just can't help going full-tilt nasty in the pursuit of her dreams.
Author: Jeri Freedman
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