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Book SynopsisTheatre lovers know that Irving Berlin wrote the score for "Annie Get Your Gun", and that Frank Loesser penned the musical numbers for "Guys and Dolls". But who wrote the librettos for these Broadway classics? This text presents a different perspective for looking at the American musical theatre.
Trade ReviewA major achievement is the recognition the book gives to writers heretofore ignored, e.g. Otto Harbach, Peter Stone, George Furth, Michael Stewart, and to the lengthy careers of Joseph, Herbert, and Dorothy Fields....Large academic research collections and performing arts collections... * CHOICE *
A fascinating and knowledgeable account of the way American musicals were and are developed — collaboratively to be sure, but seen from the viewpoint of librettists. -- Neil Novelli * Syracuse Post-Standard/Stars *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Writing Little Books: An Introduction Chapter 2 CHAPTER ONE The American Idea: George M. Cohan Chapter 3 CHAPTER TWO Oh, Boy! Oh, Lady! Guy Bolton and P.G. Woodhouse Chapter 4 CHAPTER THREE High Jinks and Pipe Dreams: Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II Chapter 5 CHAPTER FOUR Strike Up the Band: George F. Kaufman and Fellow Wits Chapter 6 CHAPTER FIVE Blossom Time: Dorothy Donnelly and Other Early Librettists Chapter 7 CHAPTER SIX Hooray for Anything Red, Hot, and Blue! Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse Chapter 8 CHAPTER SEVEN Charley, Flora, Fiorello, and the Yankees: George Abbott and Company Chapter 9 CHAPTER EIGHT The New Yorkers: The Fields Family Chapter 10 CHAPTER NINE Flahooley's Rainbow: E.Y. Harburg and Fellow Conspirators Chapter 11 CHAPTER TEN Applause on the Town: Betty Comden and Adolph Green Chapter 12 CHAPTER ELEVEN On a Clear Day: Alan Jay Lerner Chapter 13 CHAPTER TWELVE Flying High, Taking a Chance: B.G. De Sylva and Others in the 1930s and 1940s Chapter 14 CHAPTER THIRTEEN Hallelujah, Gypsy! Arthur Laurents Chapter 15 CHAPTER FOURTEEN Guys and Dolls and Stockings: Abe Burrows and Others in the 1950s Chapter 16 CHAPTER FIFTEEN To the Forum, in the Park, into the Woods: Stephen Sondheim's Collaborators Chapter 17 CHAPTER SIXTEEN Carnival on the Roof: Michael Stewart, Joseph Stein, and Peter Stone Chapter 18 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Getting an Act Together: Gretchen Cryer and Others in the 1960s and 1970s Chapter 19 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Kiss of Ragtime: Terrence McNally Chapter 20 CHAPTER NINETEEN The Producers: The 1980s, 1990s, and Beyond Chapter 21 Bibliography Chapter 22 Index Chapter 23 About the Author
