Open a new window : the Broadway musical in the 1960s / Ethan Mordden.

1st Palgrave ed.

New York : Palgrave for St. Martin's Press, 2001.

279 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

BEIN Zab W8311 Zz2001Mo: Number line on title page verso indicates 1st printing: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Dust jacket. From the David Wolf Papers. Accompanied by: book mark from the Strand Book Store (1 leaf).

In the 1960s, the Broadway musical was revolutionized from an entertainment characterized by sentimental standards, such as Camelot and Hello, Dolly!, to one of brilliant and bittersweet masterpieces, such as Cabaret and Fiddler on the Roof. In this book Ethan Mordden continues his history of the Broadway musical with the decade that bridged the gap between the romantic, fanciful entertainments of the fifties, such as Call Me, Madam, to the seventies when sophisticated fare, such as A Little Night Music and Follies, was commonplace. Here in brilliant detail is the decade and the people that forever transformed the Broadway musical.

English

June 01, 2002

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.