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Women writing musicals : the legacy that the history books left out / by Tepper, Jennifer Ashley,author.; Applause Theatre & Cinema Books (Firm),publisher.;

The 18th and 19th centuries : beginnings -- 1900s : revues, large teams, and multi-hyphenates -- 1910s : operettas and specialty material -- 1920s : vaudeville origins, one-show wonders, and pop hits -- 1930s : musicals of the Great Depression -- 1940s : hit tunesmiths with Broadway flops, writers with major careers in other fields, and the longest running team in Broadway history -- 1950s : comedians, radio personalities, and women at the piano -- 1960s : family musicals, musical families, and conceiver credits -- 1970s : protest musicals, female teams, and writers of color -- 1980s : jukebox musicals and a return to revues -- 1990s : Disney, blues music, and autobiographical work -- 2000s : tongue-in-cheek comedy, jukebox phenomenons, and new media -- 2010s : celebrities, playwrights, and crossover artists."From the composers who pounded the pavement selling their music in Tin Pan Alley at the turn of the twentieth century; to the lyricists who broke new ground writing shows during the Great Depression; to the book writers who penned protest musicals fighting for social justice during the 1970s; to those who are revitalizing the landscape of American theatre today, 'Women Writing Musicals: The Legacy That the History Books Left Out' is the first-ever book to tell the story of over 300 inspiring women who wrote Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals. Author Jennifer Ashley Tepper offers here the definitive book on this topic, covering prolific and celebrated Broadway writers like Betty Comden and Jeanine Tesori, women who have written musicals but gained fame elsewhere like Dolly Parton and Sara Bareilles, and dramatists you've never heard of--but definitely should have. Among the gems shared here are the stories of Clara Driscoll, who saved the Alamo and also wrote a Broadway musical; Micki Grant, whose mega-hit musical about the Black experience made her the first woman to write book, music, and lyrics for a Broadway show; María Grever, who made her Broadway debut at age 56 and who was the first Mexican female composer to achieve international success; and the first all-female writing team for a Broadway musical, in 1922: Annelu Burns, Anna Wynne O'Ryan, Madelyn Sheppard, and Helen S. Woodruff. This treasure trove of tales about women who wrote musicals will make you look at theatre in a whole new way."--

Subjects: Anecdotes.; Interviews.; Women composers; Composers; Women lyricists; Lyricists; Women librettists; Librettists; Musicals;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3

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The librettist of Venice : the remarkable life of Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart's poet, Casanova's friend, and Italian opera's impresario in America / by Bolt, Rodney.(CARDINAL)367765;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-411) and index.Venice: An Abbé Errant -- Vienna: That True Phoenix -- London: Pigmies on Parnassus -- America: Mozart's Grocer."Born into an Italian Jewish family in 1749, Lorenzo Da Ponte would go on to become a Catholic, priest, a poet, a passionate lover of many women, a scandalous Enlightenment thinker banned from teaching in Venice, the librettist for three of Mozart's most sublime and controversial operas, a collaborator with Salieri, a friend of Casanova, and a favorite of Emperor Joseph II. He lived through the era of the Revolutionary War, the French Revolution, and the conquests and defeat of Napoleon though he himself was no revolutionary, delighting in the company of the upper classes right up to the point where their intrigues turned against him. After reaching the heights of artistic success and the depths of financial ruin in some of Europe's greatest cities, he emigrated in 1805 to America, where he survived stints as a grocer and bookstore proprietor to help establish New York City's first opera house and to become, at age seventy six, the first professor of Italian at Columbia University. Brilliantly written and meticulously researched, The Librettist of Venice is a vivid account of Da Ponte's passionate, picaresque life. Rodney Bolt takes readers from Old World courts and the back streets of Venice, Vienna, and London to a New World full of promise, on the trail of a man who seemed to rise phoenixlike from each new defeat. Two hundred and fifty years after Mozart's birth, the life and legacy of his librettist Da Ponte remain as astonishing as ever"--Jacket.

Subjects: Biographies.; Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838.; Casanova, Giacomo, 1725-1798; Librettists; Impresarios; Librettistes;

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Oscar Hammerstein II and the invention of the musical / by Winer, Laurie,author.(CARDINAL)862364;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-345) and index.Introduction: an unfashionable take on an unfashionable man -- A good boy -- Free for all -- The invention of the musical -- Dark decade -- Thus the world broke open -- The namesake -- Don't be afraid of the dark -- They toil not -- You've got to be taught -- Women's work -- Cinderella and other myths -- No good deed -- A kind of profundity."A new look at artist Oscar Hammerstein II as a pivotal and underestimated force in the creation of modern American culture. You know his work--Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel, The King and I. But you don't really know Oscar Hammerstein II, the man who, more than anyone else, invented the American musical. Among the most commercially successful artists of his time, he was a fighter for social justice who constantly prodded his audiences to be better than they were. Diving deep into Hammerstein's life, examining his papers and his lyrics, critic Laurie Winer shows how he orchestrated a collective reimagining of America, urging it forward with a subtly progressive vision of the relationship between country and city, rich and poor, America and the rest of the world. His rejection of bitterness, his openness to strangers, and his optimistic humor shaped not only the musical but the American dream itself. His vision can continue to be a touchstone to this day."--Dust jacket.

Subjects: Musicals.; Biographies.; Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960.; Librettists; Musicals; Musical films;

Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5

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A little night music : original Broadway cast recording / by Sondheim, Stephen,composer,lyricist.(CARDINAL)143884; Wheeler, Hugh,1912-1987,librettist.(CARDINAL)144967; Bergman, Ingmar,1918-2007.(CARDINAL)723734; Tunick, Jonathan,arranger of music.; Johns, Glynis,singer.; Gingold, Hermione,1897-1987,singer.(CARDINAL)741638; Cariou, Len,singer.; Lambert, Mark(Musician),singer.(CARDINAL)639752; Guittard, Laurence,singer.; Elliott, Patricia,1938-2015,singer.; Mallory, Victoria,singer.; Hastings, Hal,1916-1973,conductor.;

Overture ; and, Night waltz (3:59) -- Now/later/soon (10:38) -- The glamorous life (4:01) -- Remember? (2:31) -- You must meet my wife (4:08) -- Liaisons (5:06) -- In praise of women (3:30) -- Every day a little death (2:28) -- A weekend in the country (6:41) -- Night waltz I : The sun won't set (1:49) -- Night waltz II : The sun sits low (1:43) -- It would have been wonderful (3:56) -- Perpetual anticipation (0:58) -- Send in the clowns (3:28) -- The miller's son (4:28) -- Finale (3:24) -- CD bonus track : the glamorous life (Elaine Tomkinson ; orchestra ; Paul Gemignani, conductor) (4:57).Book by Hugh Wheeler ; orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick.Glynis Johns (Désirée Armfeldt), Hermione Gingold (Madame Armfeldt), Len Cariou (Frederik Egerman), Mark Lambert (Henrik Egerman), Laurence Guittard (Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm), Patricia Elliott (Countess Charlotte Malcolm), Victoria Mallory (Anne Egerman), vocals ; with supporting singers and orchestra ; Harold Hastings, musical direction.Recorded Mar. 18, 1973, at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City.Compact disc.

Subjects: Musicals.; Original cast recordings.;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 4

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A front row seat : an intimate look at Broadway, Hollywood, and the age of glamour / by Olson, Nancy,1928-author.(CARDINAL)859386;

"From her idyllic childhood in the American Midwest to her Oscar-nominated performance in Sunset Boulevard (1950) and the social circles of New York and Los Angeles, actress Nancy Olson Livingston has lived abundantly. In her memoir, A Front Row Seat, Livingston treats readers to an intimate, charming chronicle of her life as an actress, wife, and mother, and her memories of many of the most notable figures and moments of her time. Livingston shares reminiscences of her marriages to lyricist and librettist Alan Jay Lerner, creator of award-winning musicals Paint Your Wagon, Gigi, and My Fair Lady (which was dedicated to her), and to Alan Wendell Livingston, former president of Capitol Records, who created Bozo the Clown and worked with legendary musical artists, including Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, the Band, and Don McLean. One of the last living actors of the Golden Age of Hollywood, Livingston shares memorable encounters with countless celebrities-William Holden, Billy Wilder, Bing Crosby, Marilyn Monroe, and John Wayne, to name a few-and less pleasant experiences with Howard Hughes and John F. Kennedy that act as reminders of women's long struggle for equality and dignity. Entertaining and engrossing, A Front Row Seat deftly interweaves Livingston's life with her observations of the artists, celebrities, and luminaries with whom she came in contact with-a paean to the twentieth century and a treasure for readers enamored with a bygone era"--

Subjects: Autobiographies.; Olson, Nancy, 1928-; Motion picture actors and actresses; Motion picture industry; Popular culture;

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Hamilton [sound recording] : original Broadway cast recording / by Miranda, Lin-Manuel,1980-composer,librettist,lyricist,performer.(CARDINAL)557670; Diggs, Daveed,performer.(CARDINAL)789644; Goldberry, Renée Elise,,1971-performer.; Groff, Jonathan,performer.(CARDINAL)801654; Jackson, Christopher(vocalist),performer.; Jones, Jasmine Cephas,performer.; Muñoz, Javier(Actor),performer.; Odom, Leslie,Jr.,1981-performer.(CARDINAL)354375; Onaodowan, Okieriete,performer.; Ramos, Anthony,performer.; Soo, Phillipa,performer.; Lacamoire, Alex,conductor.(CARDINAL)538770; Kail, Thomas,1978-director.; Inspired by:Chernow, Ron.Alexander Hamilton.(CARDINAL)415876;

Alex Lacamoire, musical direction and orchestrations ; Thomas Kail, director ; Andy Blankenbuehler, choreographer.Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Javier Muñoz, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos, Phillipa Soo and others.Parental advisory; explicit content.

Subjects: Original cast recordings.; Musicals.; Biographical drama.; Rap (Music); Musicals.; Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804; Statesmen; Founding Fathers of the United States;

Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 16

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