This book provides a unique chronicle and analysis of the work of Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire, an extraordinary Broadway songwriting team whose work is revered by musical theater aficionados. Anyone interested in Broadway musicals will enjoy this book, which covers other well-known figures who feature prominently in the Maltby/Shire story, including Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince, Francis Ford Coppola, Craig Lucas, Mike Ockrent, Susan Stroman, Garth Drabinsky, and Jonathan Tunick. The book includes enlightening, entertaining interviews with the subjects as well as illuminating analyses of some of Maltby and Shire's greatest songs.…mehr
This book provides a unique chronicle and analysis of the work of Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire, an extraordinary Broadway songwriting team whose work is revered by musical theater aficionados. Anyone interested in Broadway musicals will enjoy this book, which covers other well-known figures who feature prominently in the Maltby/Shire story, including Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince, Francis Ford Coppola, Craig Lucas, Mike Ockrent, Susan Stroman, Garth Drabinsky, and Jonathan Tunick. The book includes enlightening, entertaining interviews with the subjects as well as illuminating analyses of some of Maltby and Shire's greatest songs.
Joshua Rosenblum teaches Composing for Musical Theater at Yale University and Conducting at New York University. As a composer/lyricist, he wrote the scores to the off-Broadway musicals Fermat's Last Tango, Bush is Bad, and Einstein's Dreams (four Drama Desk Nominations). He has conducted fourteen Broadway and off-Broadway shows and has performed as pianist with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, the City Center Encores! Orchestra, and the American Symphony. A longtime contributor of reviews and features to Opera News, Rosenblum is a summa cum laude graduate of Yale College and holds a master's degree in Piano from the Yale School of Music.
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Preface 1. Origins 2. The Fair-Haired Boys: The Sap of Life 3. Barbra 4. Dealing with Steve 5. I Have a Rich Wife: Love Match 6. How Bad Could I Be? 7. The First Thing They Give You is Writing the Obits 8. Lynne 9. Starting Here, Starting Now 10. "I Don't Remember Christmas" 11. He's the Arbiter, Really 12. Remember That Fats Waller Idea?: Ain't Misbehavin' 13. At the End of the Song, Everyone's Pregnant! 14. Baby 15. "The Story Goes On" 16. French is a Language That Doesn't Scan: Miss Saigon 17. One of the Finest Scores of the Year 18. Closer Than Ever 19. "The Bear, the Tiger, the Hamster and the Mole" 20. It Should Have Been Called "Small" 21. Big 22. "Little Susan Lawrence" 23. Bob Fosse's Wife, his Mistress, and his Daughter: Fosse 24. Next Thing I Knew I Was Writing the Show: Take Flight 25. Working with Other People 26. Produced by a Convicted Felon: Sousatzka 27. America Will Break Your Heart: Dancers at a Waterfall 28. Post-Partum: Baby Revival 29. Oh, That's What Those Songs Were About! 30. The Songwriters' Songwriters Appendix A: Starting Here, Starting Now - Musical Numbers and Sources Appendix B: Closer Than Ever - Musical Numbers and Sources Acknowledgements Bibliography Index
Preface 1. Origins 2. The Fair-Haired Boys: The Sap of Life 3. Barbra 4. Dealing with Steve 5. I Have a Rich Wife: Love Match 6. How Bad Could I Be? 7. The First Thing They Give You is Writing the Obits 8. Lynne 9. Starting Here, Starting Now 10. "I Don't Remember Christmas" 11. He's the Arbiter, Really 12. Remember That Fats Waller Idea?: Ain't Misbehavin' 13. At the End of the Song, Everyone's Pregnant! 14. Baby 15. "The Story Goes On" 16. French is a Language That Doesn't Scan: Miss Saigon 17. One of the Finest Scores of the Year 18. Closer Than Ever 19. "The Bear, the Tiger, the Hamster and the Mole" 20. It Should Have Been Called "Small" 21. Big 22. "Little Susan Lawrence" 23. Bob Fosse's Wife, his Mistress, and his Daughter: Fosse 24. Next Thing I Knew I Was Writing the Show: Take Flight 25. Working with Other People 26. Produced by a Convicted Felon: Sousatzka 27. America Will Break Your Heart: Dancers at a Waterfall 28. Post-Partum: Baby Revival 29. Oh, That's What Those Songs Were About! 30. The Songwriters' Songwriters Appendix A: Starting Here, Starting Now - Musical Numbers and Sources Appendix B: Closer Than Ever - Musical Numbers and Sources Acknowledgements Bibliography Index
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