Complete Book of 2000s Broadway Musicals (eBook)

Dan Dietz (Autor)

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2017
514 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-7801-1 (ISBN)

Infos

In this book, Dan Dietz examines in detail every musical that opened on Broadway during the 2000s, including Avenue Q, Billy Elliott, The Full Monty, In the Heights, Jersey Boys, Mary Poppins, Next to Normal, The Producers, Rock of Ages, Spamalot, Spring Awakening, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Urinetown, and Xanadu.

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In the first decade of the twenty-first century, Broadway was notable for old-fashioned, feel-good shows (Hairspray, Jersey Boys), a number of family-friendly musicals (Little Women, Mary Poppins), plenty of revivals (Follies, Oklahoma!, Wonderful Town), a couple of off-the-wall hits (Avenue Q, Urinetown), several gargantuan flops (Dance of the Vampires, Lestat), and a few serious productions that garnered critical acclaim (The Light in the Piazza, Next to Normal). Unlike earlier decades which were dominated by specific composers, by a new form of musical theatre, or by numerous British imports, the decade is perhaps most notable for the rise of shows which poked fun at the musical comedy form, such as The Producers and Spamalot.In The Complete Book of 2000s Broadway Musicals, Dan Dietz examines in detail every musical that opened on Broadway from 2000 through the end of 2009. This book discusses the era's major successes, notorious failures, and musicals that closed during their pre-Broadway tryouts. In addition to including every hit and flop that debuted during the decade, this book highlights revivals and personal-appearance revues with such performers as Patti LuPone, Chita Rivera, and Martin Short.Each entry contains the following information:Plot summaryCast membersNames of all important personnel, including writers, composers, directors, choreographers, producers, and musical directorsOpening and closing datesNumber of performancesCritical commentaryMusical numbers and the performers who introduced the songsProduction data, including information about tryoutsSource materialTony awards and nominationsDetails about London and other foreign productionsBesides separate entries for each production, the book offers numerous appendixes, including a discography, filmography, and published scripts, as well as lists of black-themed shows and Jewish-themed productions.This comprehensive book contains a wealth of information and provides a comprehensive view of each show. The Complete Book of 2000s Broadway Musicals will be of use to scholars, historians, and casual fans of one of the greatest decades in musical theatre history.

Autor

Dan Dietz is a former professor of composition, world literature, and modern drama at Western Carolina University. He is the author of The Complete Book of 1960s Broadway Musicals (2014), The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals (2014), The Complete Book of 1940s Broadway Musicals (2015), The Complete Book of 1970s Broadway Musicals (2015), The Complete Book of 1980s Broadway Musicals (2016), and The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals (2016), all published by Roman & Littlefield.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.4.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport
• Schlagworte: 13 • 2000s • 2000s Broadway • 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee • 9 to 5 • A Chorus Line • Aida • American Playwrights • American theatre • Andrew Lloyd Webber • Assassins musical • Avenue Q • Billy Elliot • Broadway • Broadway Musicals • Bye Bye Birdie • Company • Dance of the Vampires • Dirty Dancing • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels • Dracula • Drama • Dreamgirls • Fela! • Fiddler on the Roof • Hair • hairspray • Jane Eyre • Jersey Boys • Legally Blonde • Lestat • Little Women • mamma Mia! • Musicals • musicals books • off broadway • Playbill • Playwrights • Pulitzer • Pulitzer Prize • Rock of Ages • Shrek • Sister Act • Sondheim • South Pacific • Spamalot • spring awakening • Squonk • stage • stage actors • Theater • Theatre • Theatre history • The Color Purple • The LIttle Mermaid • The Producers • Thoroughly Modern Millie • [title of show] • Tony Award • Urinetown • Wicked • Young Frankenstein
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-7801-3 / 1442278013
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-7801-1 / 9781442278011