Ethan Mordden

On Sondheim

An Opinionated Guide

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Produktbeschreibung

Giving each of Stephen Sondheim's musicals its own chapter, Ethan Mordden applies fresh insights and analysis to consider Sondheim's place in modern art, addressing the newcomer and the aficionado alike.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 164mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 500g
• ISBN-13: 9780199394814
• ISBN-10: 0199394814
• Artikelnr.: 42798270

Autorenporträt

Ethan Mordden is a recognized authority on the American musical, and the author of such books as Anything Goes: A History of American Musical Theatre, Make Believe: The Broadway Musical in the 1920s, Beautiful Mornin: The Broadway Musical in the 1940s, and Coming Up Roses: The Broadway Musical in the 1950s. He lives in Manhattan.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Sondheim's Chronology
An Introduction To Sondheim's Life and Art
Sondheim's Mentors and the Concept Musical
Sondheim's Shows
Saturday Night
West Side Story
Gypsy
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Anyone Can Whistle
Do I Hear a Waltz?
Company
Follies
A Little Night Music
Pacific Overtures
Sweeny Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Merrily We Roll Along
Sunday in the Park with George
Into the Woods
Assassins
Passion
The Frogs
Road Show
Sondheim on Film
A Selective Bibliography
A Selective Discography
Index