Enchanted Evenings: The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber
- Author: Block, Geoffrey Holden
Book
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Contents
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Acknowledgements
- Overture
- 1 Introduction: Setting the Stage
- Act I: Before Rodgers and Hammerstein
- 2 Show Boat: In the Beginning
- 3 Anything Goes: Songs Ten, Book Three
- 4 Porgy and Bess: Broadway Opera
- 5 On Your Toes and Pal Joey: Dance Gets into the Act and Sweet Water from a Foul Well
- 6 The Cradle Will Rock: A Labor Musical for Art's Sake
- 7 Lady in the Dark and One Touch of Venus: The Broadway Stranger and His American Dreams
- 8 Stage vs. Screen I: Before Rogers and Hammerstein
- Act II: The Broadway Musical After Oklahoma!
- 9 Carousel: The Invasion of the Integrated Musical
- 10 Kiss Me, Kate: The Taming of Cole Porter
- 11 Guys and Dolls and The Most Happy Fella: The Greater Loesser
- 12 My Fair Lady: From Pygmalion to Cinderella
- 13 West Side Story: The Very Model of a Major Musical
- 14 Stage vs. Screen II: After Oklahoma!
- Epilogue: The Age of Sondheim and Lloyd Webber
- 15 Sweeney Todd and Sunday in the Park with George: Happily Ever After West Side Story with Sondheim
- 16 Phantom of the Opera: The Reigning Champion of Broadway
- Synopses
- Discography: Selected Original, Revival, Film, and Studio Casts
- Appendix A. Sources, Published Librettos, and Vocal Scores
- Appendix B. Long Runs 1920s-1980s
- Appendix C. The Forty Longest-Running Book Musicals on Broadway
- Appendix D. Show Boat
- Appendix E. Anything Goes
- Appendix F. Porgy and Bess: Songs, Arias, and Themes
- Appendix G. On Your Toes: Broadway 1936 and Broadway Revival 1983
- Appendix H. Pal Joey: Broadway 1940 and Broadway Revival 1952
- Appendix I. The Cradle Will Rock: Broadway 1937
- Appendix J. Lady in the Dark: Broadway 1941
- Appendix K. One Touch of Venus: Broadway 1943
- Appendix L. Carousel: Broadway 1945
- Appendix M. Kiss Me, Kate: Broadway 1948
- Appendix N. Guys and Dolls: Broadway 1950
- Appendix O. The Most Happy Fella: Broadway 1956
- Appendix P. My Fair Lady: Broadway 1956
- Appendix Q. West Side Story: Broadway 1957
- Appendix R. Follies: Broadway 1971 and London Revival 1987
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index