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  • The Big Parade

    Meredith Willson's Musicals from The Music Man to 1491

    Series series Broadway Legacies
    In the 1950s, Meredith Willson's The Music Man became the third longest running musical after My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music: a considerable achievement in a decade that saw the premieres of other popular works by Rodgers and Hammerstein and Lerner and Loewe, not to mention Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls and Bernstein and Sondheim's West Side Story. The Music Man remains a popular choice for ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Loverly

    The Life and Times of My Fair Lady

    Series series Broadway Legacies
    Few musicals have had the impact of Lerner and Loewe's timeless classic My Fair Lady. Sitting in the middle of an era dominated by such seminal figures as Rodgers and Hammerstein, Frank Loesser, and Leonard Bernstein, My Fair Lady not only enjoyed critical success similar to that of its rivals but also had by far the longest run of a Broadway musical up to that time. From 1956 to 1962, its ... Read more

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  • The Oxford Handbook of Musical Theatre Screen Adaptations

    Edited by Dominic McHugh ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Hollywood's conversion to sound in the 1920s created an early peak in the film musical, following the immense success of The Jazz Singer. The opportunity to synchronize moving pictures with a soundtrack suited the musical in particular, since the heightened experience of song and dance drew attention to the novelty of the technological development. Until the near-collapse of the genre in the 1960s ... Read more

    $187.99 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of the Disney Musical

    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of the Disney Musical brings together scholars from a range of disciplines to interrogate an enduringly popular and influential cultural phenomenon. Broadening the purview of extant scholarship while also reflecting its methodological multiplicity, this collection takes an expansive approach to the Disney musical. From animated musical shorts to Disney video games, the Handbook ... Read more

    $211.99 CAD

  • Adapting The Wizard of Oz

    Musical Versions from Baum to MGM and Beyond

    One of the most beloved film musicals of all time, The Wizard of Oz represents an enduring family favorite and cultural classic. Yet there is much more to the story than meets the eye, and the MGM movie is just one of many ways in which it has been represented. In this lively and wide-ranging book, editors Danielle Birkett and Dominic McHugh bring together insights from eleven experts into the ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Alan Jay Lerner

    A Lyricist's Letters

    Edited by Dominic McHugh ...
    The man behind "I Could Have Danced all Night" and "Almost Like Being in Love", lyricist Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986) is widely regarded as one of the most important figures of the American musical stage. In penning the lyrics to some of the most well-known and beloved Broadway shows, including Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady, and Camelot, Lerner worked and corresponded with some of the ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of the Hollywood Musical

    Series series OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES
    Since the release of Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! in 2001, the film musical has returned to popularity as one of the most important cinematic genres, with box office hits that appeal to audiences of all ages. Yet the history of the musical on film goes back over seven decades earlier, stretching from early examples like The Jazz Singer (1927), the first ever film with synchronized sound, through ... Read more

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  • The Complete Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner

    Edited by Amy Asch, Dominic McHugh ...
    Alan Jay Lerner wrote the lyrics for some of the most beloved musicals in Broadway and Hollywood history. Most notably, with composer Frederick Loewe he created enduring hits such as My Fair Lady, Gigi, Camelot, and Brigadoon. In The Complete Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner, editors and annotators Dominic McHugh and Amy Asch bring all of Lerner's lyrics together for the first time, including numerous ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

  • The Politics of the Musical Theatre Screen Adaptation

    An Oxford Handbook of Musical Theatre Screen Adaptations

    Series series OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES
    Hollywood's conversion to sound in the 1920s created an early peak in the film musical following the immense success of The Jazz Singer. The opportunity to synchronize moving pictures with a soundtrack suited the musical in particular, since the heightened experience of song and dance drew attention to the novelty of the technological development. Until the near-collapse of the genre in the 1960s, ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Stars, Studios, and the Musical Theatre Screen Adaptation

    An Oxford Handbook of Musical Theatre Screen Adaptations, Volume 3

    Series series OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES
    Hollywood's conversion to sound in the 1920s created an early peak in the film musical, following the immense success of The Jazz Singer. The opportunity to synchronize moving pictures with a soundtrack suited the musical in particular, since the heightened experience of song and dance drew attention to the novelty of the technological development. Until the near-collapse of the genre in the 1960s ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Race, Sexuality, and Gender and the Musical Screen Adaptation

    An Oxford Handbook of Musical Theatre Screen Adaptations, Volume 2

    Series series OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES
    Hollywood's conversion to sound in the 1920s created an early peak in the film musical, following the immense success of The Jazz Singer. The opportunity to synchronize moving pictures with a soundtrack suited the musical in particular, since the heightened experience of song and dance drew attention to the novelty of the technological development. Until the near-collapse of the genre in the 1960s ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • The Letters of Frank Loesser

    by Frank Loesser ...
    The first collected correspondence of one of America’s greatest songwriters—revealing a fascinating life and lasting influenceFrank Loesser was one of the most versatile and influential figures of the Golden Age of Broadway, most famous for Guys and Dolls. A Pulitzer Prize– and Academy Award–winning composer and lyricist, he was also a successful producer and businessman who maintained a wide and ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD