Author: Boston Theatre (Washington Street, Boston, Mass.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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This Evening, Lydia Thompson, and Her Own Grand English Burlesque Company
Author: Boston Theatre (Washington Street, Boston, Mass.)Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Monday, October 29, Every Evening, Wednesday and Saturday Matinees
Author: Lee Avenue Academy of Music (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
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Lydia Thompson
Author: Kurt GanzlPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135358036
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This inaugural volume in the Forgotten Stars of the Musical Theatre series sets Lydia Thompson, queen of burlesque, under the spotlight. The series will attempt to resurrect theatre performers and writers who were famous in their era, yet who have since inexplicably faded from popular memory. Outlandish tales of Lydia's touring burlesque company, the British Blondes, and such lurid episodes as her horsewhipping of a Chicago editor, a romance with a Russian Grand Duke and a lesbian attacker have left her with a reputation as a bawdy burlesquer, but Kurt Gänzl argues she was nothing of the kind. Through this biography, the reader will learn the whole and hitherto untold story of this fascinating, multi-dimensional musical-theatre star.
American Musical Theatre
Author: Gerald Martin BordmanPublisher:
ISBN: 0199729700
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1033
Book Description
Hailed as "absolutely the best reference book on its subject" by Newsweek, American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle covers more than 250 years of musical theatre in the United States, from a 1735 South Carolina production of Flora, or Hob in the Well to The Addams Family in 2010. Authors Gerald Bordman and Richard Norton write an engaging narrative blending history, critical analysis, and lively description to illustrate the transformation of American musical theatre through such incarnations as the ballad opera, revue, Golden Age musical, rock musical, Disney musical, and, with 2010's American Idiot, even the punk musical. The Chronicle is arranged chronologically and is fully indexed according to names of shows, songs, and people involved, for easy searching and browsing. Chapters range from the "Prologue," which traces the origins of American musical theater to 1866, through several "intermissions" (for instance, "Broadway's Response to the Swing Era, 1937-1942") and up to "Act Seven," the theatre of the twenty-first century. This last chapter covers the dramatic changes in musical theatre since the last edition published-whereas Fosse, a choreography-heavy revue, won the 1999 Tony for Best Musical, the 2008 award went to In the Heights, which combines hip-hop, rap, meringue and salsa unlike any musical before it. Other groundbreaking and/or box-office-breaking shows covered for the first time include Avenue Q, The Producers, Billy Elliot, Jersey Boys, Monty Python's Spamalot, Wicked, Hairspray, Urinetown the Musical, and Spring Awakening. Discussion of these shows incorporates plot synopses, names of principal players, descriptions of scenery and costumes, and critical reactions. In addition, short biographies interspersed throughout the text colorfully depict the creative minds that shaped the most influential musicals. Collectively, these elements create the most comprehensive, authoritative history of musical theatre in this country and make this an essential resource for students, scholars, performers, dramaturges, and musical enthusiasts.
Folio
Author: The Illustrated sporting & dramatic news
Author: Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Subject index
Author: Theatre Arts
Author: Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Place index
Author: Theatre Arts Magazine
Author: Sheldon CheneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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