This book is a consumer guide, an opera appreciation course, and a history of recording techniques and lore, all rolled into one. With the same wit and verve that he...
NONFICTION Better Foot Forward : The Story of America's Musical Theatre Opera in the Twentieth Century That Jazz !: An Idiosyncratic Social History of the American Twenties A Guide to Orchestral Music The Splendid Art of Opera : A ...
Two by Kander and Ebb, though one, “My Coloring Book,” is nontheatrical in origin. ... STONEY END Three songs by Laura Nyro Two by Randy Newman One by Joni Mitchell One by Harry Nilsson One by Carole King and Gerry Goffin One by Barbara ...
In a voice at once ironic, wistful, witty, and profound, Mordden investigates his suspicion that all of gay life is stories and that, somehow or other, all these stories are about love.
Mordden lays bare the emotional landscape of the city within a city that is Gay Manhattan. Blending the comic, the sexy, and the at once idealistic and realistic, these stories represent Ethan Mordden at his very best.
Blending the comic, the sexy, the tragic, and the at once idealistic and realistic, these stories are Ethan Mordden at his very best.
I've a Feeling We're Not in Kansas Anymore, Buddies, Everybody Loves You
How Long Has This Been Going On? brings together a rich and varied cast of characters to tell the tale of modern gay America in this remarkable epic novel.
Presents an overview of the Broadway musical over the last twenty-five years, giving an analysis of some of the successes and flops and a critical look at the creators of the musicals and the music critics.
Ethan Mordden's new entry in his history of the Broadway musical looks at an era that brought us not only the gritty reality of "A Chorus Line" and the brilliantly bittersweet works of Stephen Sondheim, but also the nostalgic crowd-pleasers ...
What combinations of talents and temperaments gave them their signature styles? These are the questions Ethan Mordden answers, with breezy erudition and irrepressible enthusiasm, in this fascinating and wonderfully readable book.
... Follies, later in reaction against their utter hugeness. Jake Shubert ran the annual Passing Shows at the Winter Garden starting in 1912, George White launched his Scandals in 1919, Earl Carroll instituted the Vanities in 1923. All ...
History of the American musical from the 1920's to the 1970's.
... You Never Know's adaptor and director, Rowland Leigh. Couldn't Porter have written his own “By Candlelight”? Indeed, Porter did. His wasn't used, though it's a fine example of Porter expanding his style to encompass a setting and characters ...
The first book to tell the story of how Broadway affected the Hollywood musical, When Broadway Goes to Hollywood is sure to thrill theatre buffs and movie lovers alike.
The volume includes an extensive discography--the first of its kind--which offers a virtually self-contained history of recorded show music.
The first book to tell the story of how Broadway affected the Hollywood musical, When Broadway Goes to Hollywood is sure to thrill theatre buffs and movie lovers alike.
In Open a New Window, Ethan Mordden continues his history of the Broadway musical with the decade that bridged the gap between the romantic, fanciful entertainments of the fifties, such as Call Me, Madam, to the seventies when sophisticated ...
The intriguing story of the American musical's search for silver screen success.
Tracing the rise of modern music drama from its nineteenth century Wagnerian peak, the author shows how modern opera has evolved along two revolutionary lines of development: first, the increasing...