Otts munderloh biography of william shakespeare

  • The papers primarily document the career of theater and television producer Alexander H. Cohen and include some personal papers.
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  • The new musical at the Longacre, the 19th century American vaudevillian Edward Harrigan imagines a brand new breed of entertainment.

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    Conqueror H. Cohen papers

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    Attack of the Monster Musical: A Cultural History of Little Shop of Horrors 9781350179301, 9781350179318, 9781350179349, 9781350179332

    Table of contents :
    Cover
    Halftitle page
    Title page
    Copyright page
    Contents
    Preface and Acknowledgments
    Image Credits
    A Note on Lyrics
    Chapter One Skid Row: From Roger Corman’s Hollywood to Off-Off-Broadway
    Chapter Two Adaptation: How to Make a Nightmare Sing
    Chapter Three Opening the Shop: Designers, Auditions, Rehearsals
    Chapter Four A Monster Hit: The Off-Broadway Production
    Chapter Five It Conquered the World: New York to London and Beyond
    Chapter Six Audrey III: Cinematic Dreams and Disillusionment
    Chapter Seven We’ll Have Tomorrow: The Curious Afterlives of a Man-Eating Musical
    Appendix A Comparative Song List, 1981–82
    Appendix B “Somewhere That’s Green” Song Development
    Appendix C Original Casts, 1982–86
    Notes
    Bibliography
    Index

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    Attack of the Monster Musical

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    Attack of the Monster Musical A Cultural History of Little Shop of Horrors Adam Abraham

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    The Complete Book of 1980s Broadway Musicals 1442260912, 9781442260917

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    The Complete Book of 1980s Broadway Musicals

    The Complete Book of 1980s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz

    ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD Lanham • Boulder • New York • London

    Published by Rowman & Littlefield A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowman.com Unit A, Whitacre Mews, 26-34 Stannary Street, London SE11 4AB Copyright © 2016 by Rowman & Littlefield All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dietz, Dan, 1945– The complete book of 1980s Broadway musicals / Dan Dietz. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4422-6091-7 (hardback : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4422-6092-4 (ebook) 1. Musicals—New York (State)—New York—20th century—History and criticism. I. Title. ML1711.8.N3D533 2016 792.6'45097471—dc23 2015032510

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