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Category : Theater programs
Languages : en
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The Happiest Girl in the World : [a New Musical Comedy
Author: The Happiest Girl in the World
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Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Martin Beck Theatre, Lee Guber presents Cyril Richard in a new musical comedy "The Happiest Girl in the World," also starring Janice Rule, Dran Seitz, Bruce Yarnell, Ted Thurston, John Napier, Michael Kermoyan, Lu Leonard, Rita Metzger, Don Crabtree, Joy Claussen, Richard Winter, book by Fred Saidy & Henry Myers, lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, music by Jacques Offenbach, story by E.Y. Harburg (with a bow to Aristophanes and Bulfinch), choreography by Dania Krupska, settings and lighting by William & Jean Eckart, costumes designed by Robert Fletcher, musical direction and vocal arrangements by Robert DeCormier, orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett, and Hershy Kay, dance arrangements by Gerald Alters, musical research by Jay Gorney, directed by Cyril Ritchard.
Lee Guber Presents Cyril Ritchard in a New Musical Comedy, The Happiest Girl in the World ...
Author: Lee GuberThe Complete Book of 1960s Broadway Musicals
Author: Dan DietzPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 144223072X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 623
Book Description
While the 1960s may have been a decade of significant upheaval in America, it was also one of the richest periods in musical theatre history. Shows produced on Broadway during this time include such classics as Bye, Bye Birdie; Cabaret; Camelot; Hello Dolly!; Fiddler on the Roof; How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying; Oliver!; and Man of La Mancha. Performers such as Dick Van Dyke, Anthony Newley, Jerry Orbach, and Barbara Streisand made their marks, and other talents—such as Bob Fosse, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, Jerome Robbins, and Stephen Sondheim—also contributed to shows. In The Complete Book of 1960s Broadway Musicals, Dan Dietz examines every musical and revue that opened on Broadway during the 1960s. In addition to providing details on every hit and flop, Dietz includes revivals and one-man and one-woman shows that centered on stars like Jack Benny, Maurice Chevalier, Marlene Dietrich, Danny Kaye, Yves Montand, and Lena Horne. Each entry consists of: 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 In addition to entries for each production, the book offers numerous appendixes: a discography, film and television versions, published scripts, Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, and lists of productions by the New York City Center Light Opera Company, the New York City Opera Company, and the Music Theatre of Lincoln Center. A treasure trove of information,this significant resource will be of use to scholars, historians, and casual fans of one of the greatest decades in musical theatre history.
New York Theatre Critics' Reviews
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Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
"Theatre reviews is a complete guide and record of the New York stage, reprinted from New York sun, New York times, New York herald tribune, New York post, New York daily news, New York world telegram" 1940- ; reprinted from the New York daily news, Wall Street journal, Time, New York post, Women's wear daily, New York times, Christian science monitor, Newsweek, NBC
Louis and Bebe Barron's Forbidden Planet
Author: James WierzbickiPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810856700
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
James Wierzbicki's book on the score for Forbidden Planet deals with the composers' backgrounds; the composers' studio techniques; the critcal context of 1950's American science-fiction films and a summary of cirical readings of Forbidden Planet; an analysis of the decontextualized music as presented on the 1977 "original soundtrack album"; and a cue-by-cue analysis of the Barrons' music as it is actually used in the film. With numerous transcriptions and graphs to illustrate various aspects of musical structure, this study blazes a much-needed trail in the study of electronic music.
The Playbill
Author: The Sound of Tomorrow
Author: Mark BrendPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1623565294
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
London, 1966: Paul McCartney met a group of three electronic musicians called Unit Delta Plus. McCartney was there because he had become fascinated by electronic music, and wanted to know how it was made. He was one of the first rock musicians to grasp its potential, but even he was notably late to the party. For years, composers and technicians had been making electronic music for film and TV. Hitchcock had commissioned a theremin soundtrack for Spellbound (1945); The Forbidden Planet (1956) featured an entirely electronic score; Delia Derbyshire had created the Dr Who theme in 1963; and by the early 1960s, all you had to do was watch commercial TV for a few hours to hear the weird and wonderful sounds of the new world. The Sound of Tomorrow tells the compelling story of the sonic adventurers who first introduced electronic music to the masses. A network of composers, producers, technicians and inventors, they took emerging technology and with it made sound and music that was bracingly new.
Broadway Plays and Musicals
Author: Thomas S. HischakPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786453095
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 645
Book Description
New York City's Broadway district is by far the most prestigious and lucrative venue for American performers, playwrights, entertainers and technicians. While there are many reference works and critical studies of selected Broadway plays or musicals and even more works about the highlights of the American theater, this is the first single-volume book to cover all of the activities on Broadway between 1919 and 2007. More than 14,000 productions are briefly described, including hundreds of plays, musicals, revivals, and specialty programs. Entries include famous and forgotten works, designed to give a complete picture of Broadway's history and development, its evolution since the early twentieth century, and its rise to unparalleled prominence in the world of American theater. The productions are identified in terms of plot, cast, personnel, critical reaction, and significance in the history of New York theater and culture. In addition to a chronological list of all Broadway productions between 1919 and 2007, the book also includes approximately 600 important productions performed on Broadway before 1919.
The World of Musical Comedy
Author: Stanley GreenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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