We'll Have Manhattan: The Early Work of Rodgers & Hart
- Author: Symonds, Dominic
[A] superb study ... The author succeeds in all respects ... The numerous examples of songs and musical phrases provide excellent insights into Hart and Rodgers's methods ... This outstanding... — More…
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Contents
- Introduction: We'll Have Manhattan
- Chapter One: The Summer Camps and Varsity Shows
- Chapter Two: The Breakthrough in Revue: the Garrick Gaieties (1925, 1926) and Fifth Avenue Follies (1926)
- Chapter Three: The Rodgers and Hart revolution: Dearest Enemy (1925)
- Chapter four: Pleasing the Producers: Herbert Fields, Lew Fields and The Girl Friend (1926)
- Chapter Five: A London odyssey: Lido Lady (1926), One Dam Thing After Another (1927), Ever Green (1930)
- Chapter Six: Big Fish: Peggy-Ann (1926), Ziegfeld and a flop called Betsy (1926)
- Chapter Seven: A commercial success: A Connecticut Yankee (1927)
- Chapter Eight: Castration and integration: Chee-Chee (1928)
- Chapter Nine: Coping with the Crash
- Epilogue: The end of an era
- Bibliography