"Broadway, the Golden Years", is a wonderfully readable group portrait of the great Broadway choreographer-directors: Jerome Robbins, Agnes de Mille, Gower Champion, Bob Fosse, Michael Bennett, Tonny Tune, Graciela Daniele, and Susan Stroman. The hits generated by two generations of choreographer-directors define the Broadway stage: "Oklahoma!", On the Town"; "West Side Story"; "Hello, Dolly!"; "Fiddler on the Roof"; "A Chorus Line; Dancin'"; "Dream Girls"; "The Producers"; and many more.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780826418838
Number of pages: 312
Weight: 500 g
"'Earnest and thorough.' New York Times 'This fine book will be greeted with applause by the many Broadway buffs, show-tune collectors and musical mavens.' Publishers Weekly 'Long-overdue and richly detailed.' Chicago Sun-Times 'Broadway, the Golden Years, is really seven books in one. It traces a unique and fascinating facet of Broadway history through mini-biographies of its six foremost practitioners, plus a roundup of who's working today.' Playbill On-Line 'Good one-stop shopping for material on principal choreographers.' Choice 'Deftly depicting the relationships among many diverse artists, Long warmly conveys his sense of theater history and the craft tradition as a living chain of gifted individuals who were nurtured and challenged by those who preceded them.' Washington Post 'Taking a fresh approach to that quintessential American form -- musical theater --, Long in his eloquent book examines the phenomenon of the choreographer, a figure usually low in the credits of propagation for a show.' Confrontation, Fall 2002/Winter"
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