Anything goes : a history of American musical theatre / Ethan Mordden.
Publication details: New York: Oxford University Press, [2013]Description: 1 online resource (xii, 346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)ISBN:- 0199892849
- 9780199892846
- ML1711 .M732 2013eb
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Book, Standard Loan (4 weeks) | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Library - Royal Liverpool Main Shelves | Available |
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Article Abstract: After six volumes on the musical's history, decade by decade from the 1920s through the 1970s, Ethan Mordden takes an entirely fresh look at the musical, from 'The Beggar's Opera' to 'Wicked'. In his trademark style that is at once scholarly witty, and conversational, Mordden emphasizes not only the writing of musicals but the performing of them, taking the reader virtually into the theatre to experience what a great show is like, whether Victor Herbert's 'The Red Mill' or Stephen Sondheim's 'Follies'.