Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia (eBook)

Rick Pender (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
652 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-1587-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Praise from Jesse Green, New York Times Chief Theater Critic, Arts, in the 2023 Holiday Gift Guide: ';From A (the director George Abbott) to Y (You Could Drive a Person Crazy), The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, by Rick Pender, offers an astonishingly comprehensive look, in more than 130 entries, at the late master's colleagues, songs, shows and methods.The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia is a wonderfully detailed and comprehensive reference devoted to musical theater's most prolific and admired composer and lyricist. Entries cover Sondheim's numerous collaborators, from composers and directors to designers and orchestras; key songs, such as his Academy Award winner ';Sooner or Later' (Dick Tracy); and major works, including Assassins, Company, Follies, Sweeney Todd, and West Side Story. The encyclopedia also profiles the actors who originated roles and sang Sondheim's songs for the first time, including Ethel Merman, Angela Lansbury, Mandy Patinkin, and Bernadette Peters.Featuring a detailed biographical entry for Sondheim, a chronology of his career, a listing of his many awards, and discussions of his opinions on movies, opera, and more, this wide-ranging resource will attract musical theater enthusiasts again and again.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.4.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 94 Illustrations including: - 51 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 3 Tables; - 40 Text Boxes.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Schlagworte: Actor • Actress • A Funny Thing Happned on the Way to the Forum • A Little Night Music • angela lansbury • Arthur Laurents • Assassins • Barbra Streisand • Bernadette Peters • Broadway • Company • elaine stritch • Ethel Merman • Follies • George Furth • Gypsy • Hal Prince • Into the Woods • James Lapine • jerome robbins • Len Cariou • Leonard Bernstein • Lyrics • Marry Me a Little • Milton Babbitt • music • Musicals • Off-Broadway • Oscar Hammerstein II • Pacific Overtures • Patti LuPone • Performance • Performer • Richard Rodger • Side by Side • Sondheim • Stephen Sondheim • Sunday in the Park with George • Sweeney Todd • Theater • Theatre • The Frogs • West Side Story • Writer
• ISBN-10: 1-5381-1587-5 / 1538115875
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-1587-9 / 9781538115879