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The Shuberts and their Passing Shows : the untold tale of Ziegfeld's rivals /
The Shubert name has been synonymous with Broadway for almost as long as Broadway entertainment itself. In The Shuberts and Their Passing Shows: The Untold Tale of Ziegfeld's Rivals, author Jonas Westover investigates beyond the Shuberts' business empire into their early revues and the cen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Broadway legacies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Series; The Shuberts and Their Passing Shows; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Musical Examples; A List of Passing Show Personages; Foreword by Geoffrey Block; Acknowledgments; About the Companion Website; Introduction; 1. A Twelve-Hour Show Squeezed into Three: The Creative Forces Behind The Passing Shows; 2. A Matchless Mélange of Mirth and Melody: The Stars of The Passing Shows; 3. The Hebrew Messenger Boy and the Thespian: The Howard Brothers; 4. A Downpour of Talent, A Niagara of Beauty: Chorus Girls and Chorus Boys
- 5. The Mastodon of Musical Extravaganza: Song, Dance, and Scenic Effects6. A Sure Cure for the Blues: Creating The Passing Show of 1914; 7. A Carnival of Travesty: Textual and Musical References in The Passing Shows; 8. America's Foremost Musical Institution: The Shuberts, Ziegfeld, and Their Battle for Supremacy; 9. As New, Bright, and Welcome as the Morning Sun: The Birth of a Legend and the Demise of a Genre; Postscript; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.