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American Musicals: The Complete Books and Lyrics of Eight Broadway Classics 1950 -1969 (LOA #254): Guys and Dolls / The Pajama Game / My Fair Lady / ... America Classic Broadway Musicals Collection)

American Musicals: The Complete Books and Lyrics of Eight Broadway Classics 1950 -1969 (LOA #254): Guys and Dolls / The Pajama Game / My Fair Lady / ... America Classic Broadway Musicals Collection)

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American Musicals: The Complete Books and Lyrics of Eight Broadway Classics 1950 -1969 (LOA #254): Guys and Dolls / The Pajama Game / My Fair Lady / ... America Classic Broadway Musicals Collection)

by Maslon, Laurence

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Library of America, 2014-09-25. hardcover. Used:Good.

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The Broadway musical is one of America’s great indigenous popular forms, a glorious hybrid that emerged “out of our speech, our tempo, our moral attitudes, our way of moving” (as Leonard Bernstein put it). Now in a landmark two-volume collection, The Library of America presents sixteen enduring masterpieces charting the Broadway musical’s narrative tradition from the groundbreaking Show Boat (1927) through the genre’s Golden Age to its response to the turbulent 1960s with the Tony Award–winning shows Cabaret and 1776. Based on new research, this historic collection presents the complete libretto of each musical in its Broadway opening night version, making these beloved stories available as never before. Irving Berlin and Moss Hart’s As Thousands Cheer is published here for the first time. Show Boat and Pal Joey are presented in newly restored versions. Seven other shows, including South Pacific , Guys and Dolls , and My Fair Lady , return to print for the first time in decades.   Each of these classic musicals has evolved over time, receiving many important revivals and new productions.  This Library of America boxed set offers readers unprecedented insight into this living history with a selection of hard-to-find or previously unpublished supplementary items, including lyrics of songs dropped out-of-town or added in later revivals. Lavishly illustrated­­ with 64 pages of photographs and other images drawn from the original productions, the set also contains biographical sketches of the book writers and lyricists; cast lists and other information about the shows’ Broadway openings; and detailed accounts of the path each show took on the road to Broadway. As a special feature, the box includes 16 full-color postcards reproducing the original show posters. AMERICAN MUSICALS contains:   Show Boat Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II · Music by Jerome Kern   As Thousands Cheer Lyrics and music by Irving Berlin · Sketches by Moss Hart   Pal Joey Book by John O’Hara · Music by Richard Rodgers ·  Lyrics by Lorenz Hart   Oklahoma! Music by Richard Rodgers · Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II   On the Town Book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green · Music by Leonard Bernstein   Finian’s Rainbow Music by Burton Lane  ·  Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg · Book by Fred Saidy and E. Y. Harburg   Kiss Me, Kate Music and lyrics by Cole Porter · Book by Sam[uel] and Bella Spewack   South Pacific Music by Richard Rodgers ·  Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II   Guys and Dolls Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser · Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows   The Pajama Game Book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell · Music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross   My Fair Lady Adaptation and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner · Music by Frederick Loewe   Gypsy Book by Arthur Laurents · Music by Jule Styne Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim     A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Book by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove · Lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim   Fiddler on the Roof Book by Joseph Stein · Music by Jerry Bock · Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick   Cabaret Book by Joe Masteroff · Music by John Kander · Lyrics by Fred Ebb   1776 Music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards ·  Book by Peter Stone

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American Musicals: The Complete Books and Lyrics of Eight Broadway Classics 1950 -1969 (LOA #254): Guys and Dolls / The Pajama Game / My Fair Lady / ... America Classic Broadway Musicals Collection)
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Maslon, Laurence
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Hardcover
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ISBN 10
1598532596
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9781598532593
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Library of America
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New York, New York, U.s.a.
Date Published
2014-09-25

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