The Broadway musical has greatly influenced both American and world
culture. Shows such as Oklahoma! and Annie Get Your Gun are as
American as apple pie, while the long runs of imports such as Cats,
The Phantom of the Opera, and Les Miserables have broken records.
Shows filled with rock and pop music such as Mamma Mia! and Wicked
enthrall audiences, and revivals of beloved shows play an important
role in contemporary Broadway culture. Actors Ethel Merman, Yul
Brynner, Julie Andrews, Bernadette Peters, and Audra McDonald;
composers and lyricists Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole
Porter, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein,
Stephen Sondheim, John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Jeanine Tesori; and
directors and choreographers George Abbott, Agnes de Mille, Jerome
Robbins, Bob Fosse, Tommy Tune, and Susan Stroman-to name only a
few-have gained national and international recognition by way of
the Broadway musical stage. This second edition of Historical
Dictionary of the Broadway Musical contains a chronology, an
introduction, an appendix, and an extensive bibliography. The
dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on
Broadway shows, composers, playwrights, directors, producers,
designers, actors, and theatres. This book is an excellent access
point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more
about Broadway musicals.
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