Words with Music Creating the Broadway Musical Libretto

Name: Words with Music Creating the Broadway Musical Libretto
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ISBN: 9781557835543

ISBN-10: 1557835543

ISBN-13: 9781557835543

Edition: 2004

Authors: Lehman Engel, Howard Kissel, Howard Kissel

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The dean of Broadway musical directors examines the dynamics of how the book, music and lyrics work together to create such hits as My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, Guys and Dolls, Hair, Pal Joey, West Side Story, Company, South Pacific, Threepenny Opera and Porgy and Bess. Howard Kissel, chief theater critic for the New York Daily News, extends the reach of Engel's subjects by bringing them up to date with commentary on such shows as A Chorus Line, Nine, Sunday in the Park with George, Rent, Working and Falsettos. Kissel offers a thoughtful history on how musical theater has evolved in the three decades since Engel wrote Words with Music (1972) and how Engel's classic work remains vital…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Publication date: 1/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 478
Size: 6.45" wide x 9.06" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English




Introduction



Characters



Subject matter



The outer shape



The need of the musical



Comedy and entertainment



The new-old



Response



Opera



Adaptation to libretto



Failures



Producers and stars



Nonplot



The original musical