The Happiest Corpse I've Ever Seen - Twenty-five Years of the Broadway Musical (Hardcover)

For Ethan Mordden, the closing night of the hit musical, "42nd St." sounded the death knell of the art form of the Broadway musical. After that, big orchestras, real voices, recognizable books and intelligent lyrics went out the window in favor of cats, helicopters, yodeling Frenchmen, and the roof of the Paris Opera. Mordden takes us through the aftermath of the days of the great Broadway musical. From the long-running "Cats" to "Miss Saigon," "Phantom," and "Les Miserables," to gems like "The Producers," he is unsparing in his look at the remains of the day. Not content to scold the shows' creators, Mordden takes on the critics, too, splaying their bodies across the Great White Way like Sweeney Todd giving a close shave. Once more, it's "curtain going up," but Mordden is not applauding.

General

Imprint:	St Martin's Press
Country of origin:	Australia
Release date:	October 2004
First published:	October 2004
Authors:	Ethan Mordden
Dimensions:	241 x 165 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-23954-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Musical theatre Promotions
LSN:	0-312-23954-8
Barcode:	9780312239541

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