The how Broadway shows are built Viertel, Jack (Theatrical producer) creator text nyu 2016 First edition. monographic eng

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xvii, 312 pages ; 24 cm "Americans love musicals. Americans invented musicals. Americans perfected musicals. But what, exactly, is a musical? In [this book], Jack Viertel takes them apart, puts them back together, sings their praises, marvels at their unflagging inventiveness, and occasionally despairs over their more embarrassing shortcomings. In the process, he invites us to fall in love all over again by showing us how musicals happen, what makes them work, how they captivate audiences, and how one landmark show leads to the next"--Dust jacket flap. Overture -- Curtain up, light the lights : opening numbers -- The wizard and I : the "I want" song -- If I loved you : conditional love songs -- Put on your Sunday clothes : the noise -- Bushwhacking 1 : second couples -- Bushwhacking 2 : villains -- Bushwhacking 3 : the multiplot, and how it thickens -- Adelaide's lament : stars -- Tevye's dream : tent poles -- La vie bohâaeme : curtain: act 1 -- Intermission -- Clambake : curtain up: act 2 -- Suddenly Seymour : the candy dish -- All er nothin' : beginning to pack -- The small house of Joseph Smith, the American Moses : the main event -- I thought you did it for me, momma : the next-to-last-scene -- You can't stop the beat : the end -- Curtain call : how Woodie Guthrie -- of all people -- changed Broadway musicals forever -- Listening to Broadway. Jack Viertel. Includes index. n-us--- Musicals United States History and criticism Musicals United States Analysis, appreciation Musicales Historia y crítica Estados Unidos Teatro estadounidense Historia y crítica Comedia musical Música estadounidense ML 1711 V665s 2016 782.140973 9780374256920 9780374711252 DLC 150612 20230410124110.0 123151 eng