The rise and fall of the Broadway musical /
Grant, Mark N., 1952-
The rise and fall of the Broadway musical / Mark N. Grant. - Boston : Northeastern University Press, c2004. - x, 365 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-337) and index.
From soaring divas to growling rockers : how changes in singing forged and felled the show tune -- How mavericks, highbrows, and enlightened collectivism invented the book and lyrics and tweaked the music -- Revolutions in Broadway rhythm : how the rock groove decomposed the musical and dismantled the fourth wall -- The loudspeakers are alive with the sound of music : how electronics trumped the artful acoustics of Broadway -- Wagging the musical : how director-choreographers co-opted a writer's medium -- The age of McMusicals : vaudeville redux.
1555536239 (cloth : alk. paper)
2004014100
Musicals--History and criticism.--New York (State)--New York
Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
ML1711.8.N3 / G727 2004
782.1/4/097471
The rise and fall of the Broadway musical / Mark N. Grant. - Boston : Northeastern University Press, c2004. - x, 365 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-337) and index.
From soaring divas to growling rockers : how changes in singing forged and felled the show tune -- How mavericks, highbrows, and enlightened collectivism invented the book and lyrics and tweaked the music -- Revolutions in Broadway rhythm : how the rock groove decomposed the musical and dismantled the fourth wall -- The loudspeakers are alive with the sound of music : how electronics trumped the artful acoustics of Broadway -- Wagging the musical : how director-choreographers co-opted a writer's medium -- The age of McMusicals : vaudeville redux.
1555536239 (cloth : alk. paper)
2004014100
Musicals--History and criticism.--New York (State)--New York
Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
ML1711.8.N3 / G727 2004
782.1/4/097471