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The Classic Musicals Of Broadway Can Provide Us With Truly Enchanted Evenings. But While Many Of Us Can Hum The Music And Even Recount The Plot From Memory, We Are Often Much Less Knowledgeable About How These Great Shows Were Put Together. In Enchanted Evenings, Geoffrey Block Offers Theatre Lovers An Illuminating Behind-the- Scenes Tour Of Some Of The Best Loved, Most Admired, And Most Enduring Musicals Of Broadways Golden Era. He Provides A Documentary History Of Fourteen Musicals In All Showing How Each Work Took Shape And Revealing, At The Same Time, Production By Production, How The American Musical Evolved From The 1920s To The Early 1960s, And Beyond. The Book's Particular Focus Is On The Music, Offering A Wealth Of Detail About How Librettist, Lyricist, Composer, And Director Work Together To Shape The Piece. Drawing On Manuscript Material Such As Musical Sketches, Autograph Manuscripts, Pre-production Librettos And Lyric Drafts, Block Blends This Close Attention To The Nuances Of Musical Composition And Stagecraft With Social Commentary And Backstage Anecdotes. Opening Night Reviews And Accounts Of Critical And Popular Response To Subsequent Revivals Show How Particular M

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Author

Block, Geoffrey Holden, 1948-

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780195107913

Category

performing arts

Subjects

Music, History, Arts

Rating

3.5 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14