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Discovering Ancient Greece

Product Description: It would be difficult to decide if the ancient Greeks are best known for their literature or mythology, for their philosophy or their government. On all fronts, ancient Greece paved the way for civilizations to come, making momentous contributions to humanity unmatched by other societies...read more

By Kathryn Morgan

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Hardcover:

9780394535135, titled "The Random House Crossword Puzzle Dictionary" | Random House Inc, April 1, 1989, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: An up-to-date reference work contains more than 600,000 answer words and includes groupings by number of letters, in-depth coverage of key people and places, and more than one hundred special categories

9780394532141, titled "The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter" | Alfred a Knopf Inc, October 1, 1983, cover price $30.00 | also contains The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter | About this edition: This work contains the complete body of lyrics by Cole Porter, comprising 800 songs, more than half of which were previously unpublished.

9780394509099, titled "The War Without a Name: France in Algeria, 1954-1962" | Alfred a Knopf Inc, September 1, 1980, cover price $12.95 | also contains The War Without a Name: France in Algeria, 1954-1962 | About this edition: A young American scholar takes a long view of the Algerian conflict that undermined France politically and morally for eight years and set the stage for the advent of Charles de Gaulle and the Fifth Republic

Paperback:

9781622758340 | Ppk edition (Rosen Pub Group, January 1, 2015), cover price $84.30

9781622758357 | Rosen Pub Group, January 1, 2015, cover price $14.05 | About this edition: It would be difficult to decide if the ancient Greeks are best known for their literature or mythology, for their philosophy or their government.

Library:

9781622758364 | Rosen Pub Group, January 1, 2015, cover price $25.85 | About this edition: It would be difficult to decide if the ancient Greeks are best known for their literature or mythology, for their philosophy or their government.

Into the Woods

Includes the complete libretto for the Broadway musical based on fairy tales

By James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim (composer)

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Hardcover:

9780930452926 | Theatre Communications Group, July 1, 1989, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Includes the complete libretto for the Broadway musical based on fairy tales

Paperback:

9781559364997 | New mti edition (Theatre Communications Group, December 23, 2014), cover price $15.95 | also contains Into the Woods

9780930452933 | Theatre Communications Group, March 1, 1989, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Includes the complete libretto for the Broadway musical based on fairy tales

Sunday in the Park With George

Book by James Lapine Introduction by Andre Bishop Winner of the 1995 Pulitzer Prize! "Sunday is itself a modernist creation, perhaps the first truly modernist work of musical theatre that Broadway has produced ... a watershed event that demands nothing less than a retrospective, even revisionist, look at the development of the serious Broadway musical."- Frank Rich, The New York Times Magazine

By Stephen Sondheim (composer)

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Hardcover:

9781557830678 | Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, May 1, 1991, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Book by James Lapine Introduction by Andre Bishop Winner of the 1995 Pulitzer Prize!

Paperback:

9781423472711 | Hal Leonard Corp, April 1, 2010, cover price $65.00

9781557830685 | Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, January 1, 1991, cover price $16.99

9781854590572 | New edition (Nick Hern Books, April 5, 1990), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: First staged on Broadway in 1984 and at the National Theatre in London in 1990, this work is a creation even for the author.

On the Line: The Creation of a Chorus Line

Original cast members share the stories they did not tell onstage about how the longest-running Broadway show changed their lives forever

By Baayork Lee and Thommie Walsh

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Hardcover:

9780688084295 | William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1990, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Original cast members share the stories they did not tell onstage about how the longest-running Broadway show changed their lives forever

Paperback:

9780879103361 | Limelight Editions, August 1, 2006, cover price $20.00

Harold Prince And The American Musical Theatre

This comprehensive study of the career of one of Broadway's most influential director/producers discusses the quintessential elements of Prince's theatrical work and assesses his impact on both the American and British musical theater

By Foster Hirsch

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Hardcover:

9780521333146 | Cambridge Univ Pr, April 1, 1989, cover price $44.95 | About this edition: This comprehensive study of the career of one of Broadway's most influential director/producers discusses the quintessential elements of Prince's theatrical work and assesses his impact on both the American and British musical theater

Paperback:

9781557836175 | Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, April 30, 2005, cover price $17.95

On the Twentieth Century

Portrays the antics of stage director Oscar Jaffee and a host of other show business people aboard a train bound from Chicago to New York in the 1930s

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Hardcover:

9780896760332 | Drama Pub, May 1, 1981, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Portrays the antics of stage director Oscar Jaffee and a host of other show business people aboard a train bound from Chicago to New York in the 1930s

Paperback:

9780573681158 | Samuel French Inc Plays, January 24, 2005, cover price $0.02 | About this edition: Simplified Revised Version Musical comedy Book and Lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden Music by Cy Coleman Based on a play by Ben Hecht and Charles McArthur and also a play by Bruce Milholland 17 Principal roles, plus chorus (doubling possible) Whether performed with elaborate scenery or on a simple scale, this brilliantly comic musical appeals to audiences everywhere.

9789990137552 | 5th edition (Varsitybooks.Com, January 24, 2005), cover price $0.02

American Musical Comedy: From Adonis to Dreamgirls

A history of American musical comedy traces its origins, influences, and trends, and focuses on the major productions, composers, and writers (view table of contents)

By Gerald Bordman

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Hardcover:

9780735102958 | Replica Books, July 1, 2001, cover price $31.85 | About this edition: A history of American musical comedy traces its origins, influences, and trends, and focuses on the major productions, composers, and writers

9780195031041 | Oxford Univ Pr, August 1, 1982, cover price $30.00

American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle

Provides season-by-season, show-by-show coverage of the American musical, from 1767 to the present, giving a plot synopsis, an idea of the physical production, and principal statistics for each show. (view table of contents)

By Gerald Bordman

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Hardcover:

9780195130744 | 3 edition (Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, March 1, 2001), cover price $95.00 | About this edition: Provides season-by-season, show-by-show coverage of the American musical, from 1767 to the present, giving a plot synopsis, an idea of the physical production, and principal statistics for each show.

9780195072426 | Oxford Univ Pr, May 28, 1992, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: Gerald Bordman's American Musical Theatre has become a landmark book since its publication in 1978.

Paperback:

9780195040456 | Expanded edition (Oxford Univ Pr, December 4, 1986), cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Provides season-by-season, show-by-show coverage of the American musical, from 1767 to the 1984-85 season, giving a plot synopsis, an idea of the physical production and principal statistics for each show.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street : A Musical Thriller

Product Description: Titles include: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd * No Place Like London * Poor Thing * My Friends * Green Finch and Linnet Bird * Ah, Miss * Johanna * Kiss Me * Pretty Women * A Little Priest * God, That's Good * By the Sea * The Judge's Return * City on Fire! and more. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Stephen Sondheim

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Hardcover:

9781557830654 | Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, May 1, 1991, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Book by Hugh Wheeler Introduction by Christopher Bond "Mr.

Paperback:

9780769284248 | Warner Bros Pubns, March 1, 2000, cover price $100.00 | About this edition: Titles include: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd * No Place Like London * Poor Thing * My Friends * Green Finch and Linnet Bird * Ah, Miss * Johanna * Kiss Me * Pretty Women * A Little Priest * God, That's Good * By the Sea * The Judge's Return * City on Fire!

Merrily We Roll Along

The first book publication of the 1981 musical of the same name--one of the most-discussed, least known works in Stephen Sondheim's canon--"Merrily We Roll Along" pays homage to this work--based on a 1934 show by Kaufman and Hart--which showcases the talents of Sondheim, playwright George Furth, and director Harold Prince.

By George Furth and Stephen Sondheim

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Hardcover:

9780396080541 | Dodd Mead, November 1, 1984, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: The first book publication of the 1981 musical of the same name--one of the most-discussed, least known works in Stephen Sondheim's canon--"Merrily We Roll Along" pays homage to this work--based on a 1934 show by Kaufman and Hart--which showcases the talents of Sondheim, playwright George Furth, and director Harold Prince.

Paperback:

9781559361514 | Theatre Communications Group, October 1, 1999, cover price $10.95

9780396080602 | Dodd Mead, October 1, 1982, cover price $9.95

Getting to Know Him: A Biography of Oscar Hammerstein II

Oscar Hammerstein II (1895â1960) forged a remarkable, multifaceted career as a librettist, lyricist, playwright, director, and producer. He wrote Carmen Jones, Carousel, Show Boat, and, with longtime collaborator Richard Rodgers, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music. Hugh Fordin enjoyed complete access to the Hammerstein archives and conducted numerous interviews with family and colleagues like Rodgers, Berlin, Robbins, and Sondheim. The result is the definitive biography of a creative giant, who changed forever the texture of American theater.

By Hugh Fordin

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Paperback:

9780306806681 | Da Capo Pr, August 21, 1995, cover price $18.95

9780804462006 | Reprint edition (Ungar Pub Co, June 1, 1986), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Oscar Hammerstein II (1895â1960) forged a remarkable, multifaceted career as a librettist, lyricist, playwright, director, and producer.

We Danced All Night: My Life Behind the Scenes With Alan Jay Lerner

Product Description: This tender, personal story reveals the public and private lives of show-business genius Alan Jay Lerner and his personal assistant, Doris Shapiro--the outsider he took along with him for the ride. Photographs.

By Doris Shapiro

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Hardcover:

9780688089375 | William Morrow & Co, January 1, 1990, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Alan Jay Lerner's personal assistent for fourteen years reveals the public and private lives of the show-business genius, with a behind-the-scenes look at the dark side of Broadway

Paperback:

9780942637984 | Barricade Books Inc, August 1, 1993, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: This tender, personal story reveals the public and private lives of show-business genius Alan Jay Lerner and his personal assistant, Doris Shapiro--the outsider he took along with him for the ride.

The Fantasticks

Presents the text of the long-running Off-Broadway production about the trials and tribulations of young lovers

By Harvey Schmidt

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Hardcover:

9781557830746 | 30 anv sub edition (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, July 1, 1990), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Presents the text of the long-running Off-Broadway production about the trials and tribulations of young lovers

Paperback:

9781557831415, titled "Fantasticks" | Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, September 1, 1992, cover price $16.99

9780380009152 | Reissue edition (Avon Books, May 1, 1968), cover price $2.95 | About this edition: Presents the text of the long-running Off-Broadway production about the trials and tribulations of young lovers

City of Angels

(Applause Libretto Library). The libretto to the Tony winning musical featuring a book by Larry Gelbart, music by Cy Coleman, and lyrics by David Zippel. The book also includes an introduction by Larry Gelbart, illustrations by Al Hirschfeld, production photographs, and original costume designs. (view table of contents)

By Cy Coleman, Larry Gelbart and David Zippel

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Hardcover:

9781557830807 | Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, November 1, 1991, cover price $19.95

Paperback:

9781557830814 | Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, January 1, 1991, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: (Applause Libretto Library).

Black Musical Theatre: From Coontown to Dreamgirls

Product Description: While theatregoers are generally familiar with the names of such pioneers as George M. Cohan, Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern, the names of their black counterparts - Will Marion Cook, George Walker and Bob Cole, among others - are virtually unknown today...read more

By Allen L. Woll

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Hardcover:

9780807114698 | Louisiana State Univ Pr, March 1, 1989, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Looks at Black performers, composers, lyricists, choreographers, and directors, and traces the development of the Black theater from the turn of the century to the present

Paperback:

9780306804540 | Da Capo Pr, September 1, 1991, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: While theatregoers are generally familiar with the names of such pioneers as George M.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum Cloth (Applause Musical Library)

By Burt Shevelove

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Hardcover:

9781557830630 | Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, May 1, 1991, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum Cloth (Applause Musical Library)

Paperback:

9781557830647 | Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, June 1, 1991, cover price $16.99

9780881880212 | Hal Leonard Corp, January 1, 1981, cover price $65.00 | About this edition: Musical Theatre Vocal Solo

Prebinding:

9780613503112, titled "Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" | Turtleback Books, August 1, 1990, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Based - very loosely - on the plays of Plautus, A Funny Thing.

A Little Night Music: A New Musical Comedy

Product Description: Book by Hugh Wheeler Introduction by Jonathan Tunick "Throwing caution to the winds, I assert that A Little Night Music comes as close as possible to being the perfect romantic comedy musical." - Brendan Gill, The New Yorker * "A jewelled music box of a show: lovely to look at, delightful to listen to...read more

By Stephen Sondheim

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Hardcover:

9781557830692 | Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, May 1, 1991, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Book by Hugh Wheeler Introduction by Jonathan Tunick "Throwing caution to the winds, I assert that A Little Night Music comes as close as possible to being the perfect romantic comedy musical.

Can't Help Singin': The American Musical on Stage and Screen

Traces the history of the American musical, looks at influential productions and films, and discusses important performers and directors

By Gerald Mast

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Hardcover:

9780879512835 | Overlook Pr, September 1, 1987, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Traces the history of the American musical, looks at influential productions and films, and discusses important performers and directors

Paperback:

9780879513627 | Reissue edition (Overlook Pr, January 1, 1991), cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Traces the history of the American musical, looks at influential productions and films, and discusses important performers and directors

A Chorus Line and the Musicals of Michael Bennett

Although focusing on the unique creative process that resulted in the phenomenally popular musical, 'A Chorus Line,' this study also examines the development of other Bennett successes--such as 'Follies,' 'Dreamgirls,' and Company'

By Ken Mandelbaum

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Hardcover:

9780312030612 | 1 edition (St Martins Pr, July 1, 1989), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Although focusing on the unique creative process that resulted in the phenomenally popular musical, 'A Chorus Line,' this study also examines the development of other Bennett successes--such as 'Follies,' 'Dreamgirls,' and 'Company'

Paperback:

9780312042806 | Reprint edition (St Martins Pr, July 1, 1990), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Although focusing on the unique creative process that resulted in the phenomenally popular musical, 'A Chorus Line,' this study also examines the development of other Bennett successes--such as 'Follies,' 'Dreamgirls,' and Company'

Art Isn't Easy: The Achievement of Stephen Sondheim

Product Description: The new musical theatre of Stephen Sondheim shuns the traditional story of love triumphant, probing instead the more disturbing issues of contemporary life.Confident that the musical is Americaâs greatest original contribution to theatre, Joanne Gordon explicates the works of Sondheim to repudiate the common perception of the genre as mere escapist entertainment...read more

By Joanne Lesley Gordon

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Hardcover:

9780809314072 | Southern Illinois Univ Pr, July 1, 1990, cover price $44.00 | About this edition: The new musical theatre of Stephen Sondheim shuns the traditional story of love triumphant, probing instead the more disturbing issues of contemporary life.

Complete Aspects of Love

Offers a glimpse of all the facets of production of the hit musical of romance and intrigue in the south of France, and includes the libretto

By Kurt Ganzl

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Hardcover:

9780670831920 | Viking Pr, April 1, 1990, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Offers a glimpse of all the facets of production of the hit musical of romance and intrigue in the south of France, and includes the libretto

Carol Lawrence: The Backstage Story

The popular actress describes her heartbreaking marriage to actor Robert Goulet, his battle with alcoholism, the emotional and physical abuse she endured, their much-publicized divorce, and her recovery

By Phyllis Hobe and Carol Lawrence

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Hardcover:

9780070367241 | McGraw-Hill, January 1, 1990, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The popular actress describes her heartbreaking marriage to actor Robert Goulet, his battle with alcoholism, the emotional and physical abuse she endured, their much-publicized divorce, and her recovery

Julie Andrews: A Bio-Bibliography

Product Description: Spindle's reference chronicles the professional career of one of the world's most loved performers, Julie Andrews. An all-in-one resource, the volume presents a comprehensive and accurate profile of the people, projects, artistic highs and lows, and general influences that propelled the actress into the public eye beginning in the late 1950s...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Les Spindle

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Hardcover:

9780313262234 | Greenwood Pub Group, September 1, 1989, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Spindle's reference chronicles the professional career of one of the world's most loved performers, Julie Andrews.

What They Did for Love: The Untold Story Behind the Making of a Chorus Line

A cast member of the long-running Broadway play 'A Chorus Line' profiles many of the individuals who have contributed to its success, revealing many surprising goings-on behind the glitter and glamour

By Denny Martin Flinn

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Paperback:

9780553345933 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, June 1, 1989, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: A cast member of the long-running Broadway play 'A Chorus Line' profiles many of the individuals who have contributed to its success, revealing many surprising goings-on behind the glitter and glamour

Catalog of the American Musical: Musicals of Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard Rogers & Lorenz Hart

By Robert Kimball and Tommy Krasker

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Hardcover:

9780961857509 | John m Ludwig, June 1, 1988, cover price $60.00

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