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Ethan Mordden
In On Sondheim, renowned author Ethan Mordden takes the reader on a tour of Stephen Sondheim's work, arguing for the importance and appeal of the composer-lyricist in American theater and, even more, in American culture. Over the course of eighteen s
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Ethan Mordden has been hailed as'a sharp-eared listener and a discerning critic,'by Opera News, which compares his books to'dinner with a knowledgeable, garrulous companion.'The'preeminent historian of the American musical'(New York Times), he'brings
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Gays on Broadway ISBN: 0190063106
This introductory chapter provides an overview of both the plays and the people that introduced gay culture to the American stage. These plays either treat strong gay content (like The Boys in the Band), minor gay content (like Season In the Sun), or
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Ethan Mordden
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Gays on Broadway ISBN: 0190063106
This chapter highlights the prominent gay performers in the 1930s. It starts with Eva Le Gallienne, who instituted the revolving-repertory model on Broadway and founded the Civic Repertory Theatre. Meanwhile, Cole Porter has been recognized as one of
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Ethan Mordden
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Gays on Broadway ISBN: 0190063106
This chapter looks at how gay culture has been featured in theatre plays. It discusses the quality and themes of Terence McNally’s plays, for example Love! Valor! Compassion! (1994) and Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993). Most of his works are either
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Ethan Mordden
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Gays on Broadway ISBN: 0190063106
This concluding chapter explores the boundless possibilities for gay theatre. It notes how Big Broadway can now star drag queens. The Prom (2018) featured a good and solid lesbian musical. The chapter then raises the debate on whether Vanya and Sonia
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Ethan Mordden
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Gays on Broadway ISBN: 0190063106
This chapter covers gay activities in the 1910s and 1920s. It highlights the rise of drag queens despite the antagonism that gay men and women have faced during their fight for visibility and civil rights. A man pretending to be a woman was the stand
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Ethan Mordden
From the genteel female impersonators of the 1910s to the raucous drag queens of La Cage Aux Folles, from the men of The Normal Heart to the women of Fun Home, and from Eva Le Gallienne and Tallulah Bankhead to Tennessee Williams and Nathan Lane, thi
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Ethan Mordden
'Music and girls are the soul of musical comedy,'one critic wrote, early in the 1940s. But this was the age that wanted more than melody and kickline form its musical shows. The form had been running on empty for too long, as a formula for the assemb
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Ethan Mordden
This book tells the full history of the British musical, from The Beggar's Opera (1728) to the present, by isolating the unique qualities of the form and its influence on the American model. To place a very broad generalization, the American musical
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