Musical theater has captivated American audiences from its early
roots in burlesque stage productions and minstrel shows to the
million-dollar industry it has become on Broadway today. What is it
about this truly indigenous American art form that has made it so
enduringly popular? How has it survived, even thrived, alongside
the technology of film and the glitz and glamour of Hollywood? Will
it continue to evolve and leave its mark on the twenty-first
century? Bringing together exclusive and previously unpublished
interviews with nineteen leading composers, lyricists, librettists,
directors, choreographers, and producers from the mid-1900s to the
present, this book details the careers of the individuals who
shaped this popular performance art during its most prolific
period. The interviewees discuss their roles in productions ranging
from "On the Town (1944) and "Finian's Rainbow(1947) to "The
Producers (2001) and "Bounce (2003). Readers are taken onto the
stage, into the rehearsals, and behind the scenes. The nuts and
bolts, the alchemy, and the occasional agonies of the collaborative
process are all explored. In their discussions, the artists detail
their engagements with other creative forces, including such major
talents as Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse, Liza
Minnelli, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, Jule Styne, Richard
Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, Alan Jay Lerner, Zero Mostel, and
Gwen Verdon. They speak candidly about their own work and that of
their peers, their successes and failures, the creative process,
and how a show progresses from its conception through rehearsals
and tryouts to opening night. Taken together, these interviews give
fresh insight into whatOscar Hammerstein called "a nightly
miracle"--the creation of the American musical.
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