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American Musicals: The Complete Books & Lyrics of Eight Broadway Classics, 1950-1969
By Laurence Maslon (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Library of America
Publication date September 25, 2014
Pages 733
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781598532593
ISBN-10 1598532596
Dimensions 1.50 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight 1.50 lbs.
Original list price $37.50
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The Broadway musical is one of America’s great indigenous popular forms, a glorious hybrid that emerged “out of our speech, our tempo, our moral attitudes, our way of moving” (as Leonard Bernstein put it). Now in the second volume of a landmark two-volume collection, The Library of America presents eight enduring masterpieces charting the Broadway musical’s narrative tradition from the genre’s Golden Age to its response to the turbulent 1960s with the Tony Award–winning shows Cabaret and 1776. Based on new research, this historic collection presents the complete libretto of each musical in its Broadway opening night version, making these beloved stories available as never before. Several shows, including Guys and Dolls and My Fair Lady, return to print for the first time in decades.
 
Each of these classic musicals has evolved over time, receiving many important revivals and new productions.  This Library of America boxed set offers readers unprecedented insight into this living history with a selection of hard-to-find or previously unpublished supplementary items, including lyrics of songs dropped out-of-town or added in later revivals. Lavishly illustrated­­ with 32 pages of photographs and other images drawn from the original productions, the set also contains biographical sketches of the book writers and lyricists; cast lists and other information about the shows’ Broadway openings; and detailed accounts of the path each show took on the road to Broadway.

AMERICAN MUSICALS 1950–1969 contains:
 Guys and Dolls
Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser · Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
 
The Pajama Game
Book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell · Music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
 
My Fair Lady
Adaptation and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner · Music by Frederick Loewe
 
Gypsy
Book by Arthur Laurents · Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim  
 
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Book by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove · Lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim
 
Fiddler on the Roof
Book by Joseph Stein · Music by Jerry Bock · Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
 
Cabaret
Book by Joe Masteroff · Music by John Kander · Lyrics by Fred Ebb
 
1776
Music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards ·  Book by Peter Stone

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from Library of America (September 25, 2014); titled "American Musicals: The Complete Books & Lyrics of Eight Broadway Classics, 1950-1969"
9781598532593 | details & prices | 733 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.50 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $37.50
About: The Broadway musical is one of America’s great indigenous popular forms, a glorious hybrid that emerged “out of our speech, our tempo, our moral attitudes, our way of moving” (as Leonard Bernstein put it).

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