| Edition |
7th ed. / rev. and updated by Cary Ginell. |
| Description |
xxx, 481 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Contents |
1866. The black crook -- 1874. Evangeline -- 1879. The Mulligan guard ball -- 1891. Robin Hood ; A trip to Chinatown -- 1898. The fortune teller -- 1900. Florodora -- 1903. The wizard of Oz ; Babes in Toyland -- 1904. Little Johnny Jones -- 1905. Mlle. Modiste -- 1906. Forty-five minutes from Broadway ; The red mill -- 1907. Follies of 1907 ; The merry widow -- 1909. The chocolate soldier -- 1910. Madame Sherry ; Naughty Marietta -- 1911. The pink lady -- 1912. The firefly -- 1913. Sweethearts -- 1914. The girl from Utah ; Watch your step -- 1915. Ziegfeld follies ; The blue paradise ; Very good Eddie -- 1917. Oh, boy! ; Maytime ; Leave it to Jane -- 1918. Oh, lady! lady!! ; Sinbad ; Ziegfeld follies -- 1919. Ziegfeld follies ; Greenwich Village follies ; Irene -- 1920. Sally -- 1921. Shuffle along ; Ziegfeld follies ; Music box revue ; Blossom time -- 1922. Ziegfeld follies ; George White's scandals -- 1923. Poppy -- 1924. Andre Chariot's revue of 1924 ; Rose-Marie ; Lady, be good! ; The student prince in Heidelberg -- 1925. The Garrick gaieties ; No, no, Nanette ; Dearest enemy ; The vagabond king ; Sunny ; The cocoanuts ; Tip-toes -- 1926. George White's scandals ; Countess Maritza ; Oh, Kay! ; The desert song ; Peggy-Ann -- 1927. Rio Rita ; Hit the deck! ; Good news! ; A Connecticut Yankee ; Funny face ; Show boat -- 1928. Rosalie ; The three musketeers ; Blackbirds of 1928 ; The new moon ; Hold everything! ; Whoopee -- 1929. Follow thru ; The little show ; Sweet Adeline ; Bitter sweet ; Fifty million Frenchmen -- 1930. Strike up the band ; Flying high ; Fine and dandy ; Girl crazy ; Three's a crowd ; The New Yorkers -- 1931. The band wagon ; Earl Carroll vanities ; George White's scandals ; The cat and the fiddle ; Of thee I sing -- 1932. Face the music ; Flying colors ; Music in the air ; Take a chance ; Gay divorce -- 1933. As thousands cheer ; Roberta -- 1934. Ziegfeld follies ; New faces ; Life begins at 8:40 ; The great waltz ; Anything goes -- 1935. At home abroad ; Porgy and Bess ; Jubilee ; Jumbo -- 1936. Ziegfeld follies ; On your toes ; Red, hot and blue! ; The show is on -- 1937. Babes in arms ; I'd rather be right ; Pins and needles ; Hooray for what! -- 1938. The cradle will rock ; I married an angel ; Hellzapoppin ; Knickerbocker holiday ; Leave it to me! ; The boys from Syracuse -- 1939. Too many girls ; DuBarry was a lady -- 1940. Louisiana Purchase ; Cabin in the sky ; Panama Hattie ; Pal Joey -- 1941. Lady in the dark ; Best foot forward ; Let's face it! -- 1942. By Jupiter ; This is the Army -- 1943. Oklahoma! ; The merry widow ; One touch of Venus ; Carmen Jones -- 1944. Mexican hayride ; Follow the girls ; Song of Norway ; Bloomer girl ; On the town -- 1945. Up in Central Park ; Carousel ; The red mill -- 1946. Show boat ; St. Louis woman ; Call me Mister ; Annie get your gun -- 1947. Street scene ; Finian's rainbow ; Sweethearts ; Brigadoon ; High button shoes ; Allegro -- 1948. Make mine Manhattan ; Inside U.S.A. ; Love life ; Where's Charley? ; As the girls go ; Lend an ear ; Kiss me, Kate -- 1949. South Pacific ; Miss Liberty ; Lost in the stars ; Gentlemen prefer blondes -- 1950. Call me Madam ; Guys and dolls -- 1951. The king and I ; A tree grows in Brooklyn ; Paint your wagon -- 1952. Pal Joey ; New faces of 1952 ; Wish you were here -- 1953. Wonderful town ; Porgy and Bess ; Can-can ; Me and Juliet ; Kismet -- 1954. The threepenny opera ; The golden apple ; The pajama game ; The boy friend ; Peter Pan ; Fanny ; House of flowers -- 1955. Plan and fancy ; Silk stockings ; Damn Yankees -- 1956. My fair lady ; The most happy fella ; Li'l Abner ; Bells are ringing ; Candide -- 1957. New girl in town ; West side story ; Jamaica ; The music man -- 1958. Flower drum song -- 1959. Redhead ; Destry rides again ; Once upon a mattress ; Gypsy ; Take me along ; The sound of music ; Little Mary sunshine ; Fiorello! -- 1960. Greenwillow ; Bye bye Birdie ; The fantasticks ; Irma la Douce ; The unsinkable Molly Brown ; Camelot ; Do re mi -- 1961. Carnival ; Milk and honey ; How to succeed in business without really trying -- 1962. No strings ; A funny thing happened on the way to the forum ; Stop the world- I want to get off! ; Little me -- 1963. Oliver! ; She loves me ; 110 in the shade -- 1964. Hello, Dolly! ; What makes Sammy run? ; Funny girl ; High spirits ; Fiddler on the roof ; Golden boy -- 1965. Do I hear a waltz? ; Half a sixpence ; The roar of the Greasepaint- the smell of the crowd ; On a clear day you can see forever ; Man of La Mancha -- 1966. Sweet Charity ; Mame ; The apple tree ; Cabaret ; I do! I do! -- 1967. You're a good man, Charlie Brown -- 1968. Your own thing ; The happy time ; George M! ; Hair ; Zorba ; Promises, promises ; Dames at sea -- 1969. 1776 -- 1970. Purlie ; Applause ; Company ; The Rothschilds -- 1971. No, no, Nanette ; Follies ; Godspell ; Jesus Christ superstar ; Two gentlemen of Verona -- 1972. Grease ; Sugar ; Don't bother me, I can't cope ; Pippin -- 1973. A little night music ; Irene ; Raisin -- 1974. Candide ; The magic show -- 1975. The wiz ; Shenandoah ; A chorus line ; Chicago -- 1976. Pacific overtures -- 1977. I love my wife ; Annie ; The king and I -- 1978. On the Twentieth Century ; Dancin' ; The best little whorehouse in Texas ; Ain't misbehavin' ; I'm getting my act together and taking it on the road -- 1979. They're playing our song ; Sweeney Todd ; Peter Pan ; Evita ; Sugar babies ; Oklahoma! -- 1980. Barnum ; 42nd street -- 1981. The pirates of Penzance ; Sophisticated ladies ; Woman of the year ; Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat ; Dreamgirls -- 1982. Nine ; Little shop of horrors ; Cats -- 1983. On your toes ; My one and only ; La cage aux folles ; Zorba ; The tap dance kid -- 1984. Sunday in the park with George -- 1985. Big river ; Song and dance ; The mystery of Edwin Drood -- 1986. Sweet Charity ; Me and my girl -- 1987. Les Miserables ; Starlight express ; Anything goes ; Into the woods -- 1988. The phantom of the opera ; Chess -- 1989. Jerome Robbins' Broadway ; Grand hotel ; Gypsy ; City of angels -- 1990. Aspects of love ; Once on this island -- 1991. Miss Saigon ; The secret garden ; The Will Rogers follies -- 1992. Crazy for you ; Five guys named Moe ; Guys and dolls ; Jelly's last jam ; Falsettos ; The most happy fella -- 1993. Tommy ; Kiss of the spider woman- the musical ; She loves me -- 1994. Carousel ; Beauty and the beast ; Passion ; Grease ; Show boat ; Sunset Boulevard -- 1995. How to succeed in business without really trying ; Victor/Victoria -- 1996. The king and I ; A funny thing happened on the way to the forum ; Rent ; Bring in 'da noise, bring in 'da funk ; Chicago -- 1997. Titanic ; Jekyll and Hyde ; The scarlet pimpernel ; The lion king -- 1998. Ragtime ; Cabaret ; Footloose -- 1999. Fosse ; Annie get your gun ; Kiss me, Kate -- 2000. Aida ; Contact ; The music man ; The full Monty -- 2001. Follies ; The producers ; 42nd Street ; Urinetown ; Mamma Mia! -- 2002. Oklahoma! ; Thoroughly modern Millie ; Into the woods ; Hairspray ; Flower drum song ; Movin' out ; Man of La Mancha -- 2003. Nine ; Gypsy ; Avenue Q ; Wicked ; Wonderful town -- 2004. Fiddler on the roof ; Pacific overtures ; La cage aux folles -- 2005. Dirty rotten scoundrels ; Monty Python's Spamalot ; The 25th annual Putnam County spelling bee ; The light in the piazza ; Sweeney Todd ; Jersey boys ; The color purple -- 2006. The pajama game ; The drowsy chaperone ; The fantasticks ; A chorus line ; Mary Poppins ; Company ; Spring awakening ; The wedding singer ; Tarzan ; Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch stole Christmas ; Les Miserables -- 2007. Curtains ; Legally blonde ; 110 in the shade ; Xanadu ; Young Frankenstein ; Grease -- 2008. The little mermaid ; Sunday in the park with George ; In the heights ; South Pacific ; Gypsy ; A tale of two cities ; Billy Elliot : the musical ; Irving Berlin's White Christmas ; Shrek : the musical -- 2009. West side story ; Hair ; Rock of ages ; Next to normal ; Memphis ; Finian's rainbow ; Ragtime ; Fela! ; A little night music -- 2010. The Addams family ; Million dollar quartet ; La cage aux folles ; American idiot ; Promises, promises ; Rain- a tribute to the Beatles on Broadway. |
| Summary |
Arranged chronologically beginning with "The Black Crook" in 1866, provides entries for nearly four hundred of the most important productions of American musical theater, covering music and lyrics; cast lists; run dates; songs; and names of producers, directors, and choreographers. |
| Subject |
Musicals -- United States -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Ginell, Cary.
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| ISBN |
9781557837844 (pbk.) |
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1557837848 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
884088570040 |
| Music No. |
HL00314866 Applause Theatre & Cinema Books |
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