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9781137561459 | Palgrave Macmillan, October 12, 2015, cover price $95.00
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9780889629257 | 2 edition (Mosaic Pr, January 5, 2013), cover price $15.95
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9780190227937 | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, June 1, 2015), cover price $19.95
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9780199892839 | Oxford Univ Pr, September 5, 2013, cover price $29.95
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9781468309744 | Overlook Pr, October 30, 2014, cover price $19.95
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9781480385474 | 8 rev upd edition (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, August 1, 2014), cover price $24.99
9781557837844 | 7 upd rev edition (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, October 1, 2011), cover price $24.99
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9780786466023 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, October 15, 2012, cover price $55.00
From the diverse proto-theatres of the mid-1800s, though the revues of the â20s, the âtrue musicalsâ of the â40s, the politicisation of the â60s and the âmega-musicalsâ of the â80s, every era in American musical theatre reflected a unique set of socio-cultural factors. Nathan Hurwitz uses these factors to explain the output of each decade in turn, showing how the most popular productions spoke directly to the audiences of the time. He explores the function of musical theatre as commerce, tying each big success to the social and economic realities in which it flourished. This study spans from the earliest spectacles and minstrel shows to contemporary musicals such as Avenue Q and Spiderman. It traces the trends of this most commercial of art forms from the perspective of its audiences, explaining how staying in touch with writers and producers strove to stay in touch with these changing moods. Each chapter deals with a specific decade, introducing the main players, the key productions and the major developmentsin musical theatre during that period.
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9780415715072 | Routledge, June 23, 2014, cover price $130.00
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9780415715089 | Routledge, June 13, 2014, cover price $52.95 | About this edition: From the diverse proto-theatres of the mid-1800s, though the revues of the â20s, the âtrue musicalsâ of the â40s, the politicisation of the â60s and the âmega-musicalsâ of the â80s, every era in American musical theatre reflected a unique set of socio-cultural factors.
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9780195398267 | Oxford Univ Pr, April 6, 2012, cover price $38.95
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9780199381012 | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, May 1, 2014), cover price $26.95
Few musicals have had the impact of Lerner and Loewe's timeless classic My Fair Lady. Sitting in the middle of an era dominated by such seminal figures as Rodgers and Hammerstein, Frank Loesser, and Leonard Bernstein, My Fair Lady not only enjoyed critical success similar to that of its rivals but also had by far the longest run of a Broadway musical up to that time. From 1956 to 1962, its original production played without a break for 2,717 performances, and the show went on to be adapted into one of the most successful movie musicals of all time in 1964, when it won eight Academy Awards. Internationally, the show also broke records in London, and the original production toured to Russia at the height of the Cold War in an attempt to build goodwill. It remains a staple of the musical theater canon today, an oft-staged show in national, regional, and high school theaters across the country. Using previously-unpublished documents, author Dominic McHugh presents a completely new, behind-the-scenes look at the five-year creation of the show, revealing the tensions and complex relationships that went into its making. McHugh charts the show from the aftermath of the premiere of Shaw's Pygmalion and the playwright's persistent refusal to allow it to be made into a musical, through to the quarrel that led lyricist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe to part ways halfway through writing the show, up to opening night and through to the present. This book is the first to shed light on the many behind-the-scenes creative discussions that took place from casting decisions all the way through the final months of frantic preparation leading to the premiere in March 1956. McHugh also traces sketches for the show, looking particularly at the lines cut during the rehearsal and tryout periods, to demonstrate how Lerner evolved the relationship between Higgins and Eliza in such a way as to maintain the delicate balance of ambiguity that characterizes their association in the published script. He looks too at the movie version, and how the cast album and subsequent revivals have influenced the way in which the show has been received. Overall, this book explores why My Fair Lady continues to resonate with audiences worldwide more than fifty years after its premiere.
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9780199827305 | Oxford Univ Pr, July 9, 2012, cover price $33.95 | About this edition: Few musicals have had the impact of Lerner and Loewe's timeless classic My Fair Lady.
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9780199381005 | Oxford Univ Pr, May 1, 2014, cover price $26.95
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9780199394814 | Oxford Univ Pr, December 17, 2015, cover price $27.95
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9780521294645, titled "Life Before Birth: The Story of the First Nine Months" | Cambridge Univ Pr, April 1, 1979, cover price $6.95 | also contains Life Before Birth: The Story of the First Nine Months | About this edition: Describes how the sperm cell fertilizes the egg cell, the development of the fetus inside the mother, and the labor, delivery, and afterbirth stages of childbirth
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9780195385946 | Oxford Univ Pr, November 4, 2011, cover price $170.00
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9780199987368 | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, March 1, 2013), cover price $41.95
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9780374256920 | Sarah Crichton Books, March 1, 2016, cover price $28.00
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9780374536893 | Sarah Crichton Books, March 14, 2017, cover price $16.00
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9781494517847 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, March 1, 2016), cover price $39.99
9781494567842 | Mp3 una edition (Tantor Media Inc, March 1, 2016), cover price $29.99
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9781451684568, titled "Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History" | Simon & Schuster, November 5, 2013, cover price $25.00
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9781451684575, titled "Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History" | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, November 18, 2014), cover price $17.00
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9781138914414 | Routledge, August 25, 2016, cover price $135.00
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9781138914421 | Routledge, August 25, 2016, cover price $47.95
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9781849430180 | Oberon Books Ltd, May 3, 2011, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: In this entertaining new title, Ruth Leon tells all about the composers, the lyricists, the directors, and the pioneers of the stage musical on both sides of the Atlantic while trying to reveal the truth behind the eternal questionâwhat are musicals and why do we love them?
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9780312591427, titled "Tradition!: The Highly Improbable, Ultimately Triumphant Broadway-to-Hollywood Story of Fiddler on the Roof, the World's Most Beloved Musical" | St Martins Pr, September 2, 2014, cover price $26.99
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9781250075376, titled "Tradition!: The Highly Improbable, Ultimately Triumphant Broadway-to-Hollywood Story of Fiddler on the Roof, the World's Most Beloved Musical" | Reprint edition (Griffin, August 25, 2015), cover price $15.99
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