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All That Jazz - The Life and Times of the Musical Chicago (Hardcover)
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All That Jazz - The Life and Times of the Musical Chicago (Hardcover)
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In 1975, the Broadway musical Chicago brought together a host of
memes and myths - the gleefully subversive character of American
musical comedy, the reckless glamor of the big-city newspaper, the
mad decade of the 1920s, the work of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon (two
of the greatest talents in the musical's history), and the Wild
West gangsterville that was the city of Chicago itself. The tale of
a young woman who murders her departing lover and then tricks the
jury into letting her off, Chicago seemed too blunt and cynical at
first. Everyone agreed it was show biz at its brilliant best, yet
the public still preferred A Chorus Line, with its cast of
innocents and sentimental feeling. Nevertheless, the 1996 Chicago
revival is now the longest-running American musical in history, and
the movie version won the Best Picture Oscar. As author Ethan
Mordden looks back at Chicago's various moving parts - including
the original 1926 play that started it all, a sexy silent film
directed by Cecil B. DeMille, a talkie remake with Ginger Rogers,
the musical itself, and at last the movie of the musical we see how
the American theatre serves as a kind of alternative news medium, a
town crier warning the public about the racy, devious interior
contradictions of American society. Opinionated, witty, and rich in
backstage anecdotes, All That Jazz brings the American Musical to
life in all its artistry and excitement.
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