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newspaper article		Fiddler makes a musical match in Herald Sun (14/12/2015) p.39 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (US, Norman Jewison, 1971) Author: Bennett, Sally PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (US, Norman Jewison, 1971) Summary: Report on the upcoming Melbourne theatre performance of Fiddler on the Roof, with actos Anthony Warlow, Mark Mitchell, and Sigrid Thornton More info
title clippings file		FIDDLER ON THE ROOF : (US, Norman Jewison, 1971) Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (US, Norman Jewison, 1971) More info
book		The Oxford handbook of the American musical / Edited by Raymond Knapp, Mitchell Morris, Stacy Wolf Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, 2013. Call No: 751.1(73) OXF Author: Knapp, Raymond; Morris, Mitchell; Wolf, Stacy Edition: paperback Source: US/UK Place: Oxford ; New York Publisher: Oxford University Press PubDate: 2011, 2013 PhysDes: x, 470 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Subject: AUDIENCES; AUTHORSHIP; BLACK CINEMA. US; BOX OFFICE. USA; COMEDIES; DANCE IN FILMS; GENDER AND THE CINEMA; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA. USA; HISTORY OF CINEMA; IDENTITY IN FILMS; IDEOLOGY IN FILMS; MEDIA AND THE CINEMA; MUSIC IN FILMS; MUSIC AND THE CINEMA; MUSICALS. USA; RACIAL ISSUES AND THE CINEMA; THEATRE AND THE CINEMA; ANDREWS, JULIE; ASTAIRE, FRED; BERLIN, IRVING; FOSSE, BOB; HAMMERSTEIN, OSCAR, II; KERN, JEROME; MERMAN, ETHEL; ROBBINS, JEROME; SONDHEIM, STEPHEN; BLACK CROOK, THE (US, Robert G. Vignola, 1916); CABARET (US, Bob Fosse, 1972); CHICAGO (US, Rob Marshall, 2002); CHORUS LINE (US, Richard Attenborough, 1985); FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (US, Norman Jewison, 1971); GUYS AND DOLLS (US, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1955); GYPSY (US, Emile Ardolino, 1994); MY FAIR LADY (US, George Cukor, 1964); OKLAHOMA! (US, Fred Zinneman, 1955); PRODUCERS, THE (US, Mel Brooks, 1967); SHOWBOAT (US, George Sidney, 1951); SOUND OF MUSIC, THE (US, Robert Wise, 1965); WEST SIDE STORY (US, Robert Wise, 1961) Summary: "The Oxford Handbook of The American Musical offers new and cutting-edge essays on the most important and compelling issues and topics in the growing, interdisciplinary field of musical-theater and film-musical studies. Taking the form of a "keywords" book, it introduces readers to the concepts and terms that define the history of the musical as a genre and that offer ways to reflect on the specific creative choices that shape musicals and their performance on stage and screen. The handbook offers a cross-section of essays written by leading experts in the field, organized within broad conceptual groups, which together capture the breadth, direction, and tone of musicals studies today." - GOOGLE BOOKS Notes: Includes bibliographic references and index ISBN: 9780199987368 Contents: Part I: Historiography. Narratives and values / Mitchell Morris -- Texts and authors / Jim Lovensheimer -- Musical styles and song conventions / Paul R. Laird -- Evolution of dance in the golden age of the American "book musical" / Liza Gennaro; Part II: Transformations. Minstrelsy and theatrical miscegenation / Thomas L. Riis -- Tin Pan Alley songs on stage and screen before World War II / Raymond Knapp and Mitchell Morris -- Integration / Geoffrey Block -- After the "golden age" / Jessica Sternfeld and Elizabeth L. Wollman; Part III: Media. Theater / Tamsen Wolff -- The filmed musical / Raymond Knapp and Mitchell Morris -- The television musical / Robynn J. Stilwell -- The animated film musical / Susan Smith -- The evolution of the original cast album / George Reddick; Part IV: Identities. Race, ethnicity, performance / Todd Decker -- Gender and sexuality / Stacy Wolf -- The politics of region and nation in American musicals / Chase A. Bringardner -- Class and culture / David Savran; Part V: Performance. The institutional structure of the American musical theater / David Sanjek -- Orchestration and arrangement : creating the Broadway sound / Dominic Symonds -- Musical theater directors / Barbara Wallace Grossman -- Sets, costumes, lights, and spectacle / Virginia Anderson -- Acting / John M. Clum -- Singing / Mitchell Morris and Raymond Knapp -- Dance and choreography / Zachary A. Dorsey; Part VI: Audiences. Box office / Steven Adler -- Audiences and critics / Michelle Dvoskin -- Stars and fans / Holley Replogle-Wong -- Knowing your audience / Jennifer Chapman -- Performance, authenticity, and the reflexive idealism of the American musical / Raymond Knapp More info
book		Roadshow! : the fall of film musicals in the 1960s / Matthew Kennedy Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, Call No: 751.1(73) KEN Author: Kennedy, Matthew Place: Oxford ; New York Publisher: Oxford University Press PhysDes: x, 307 pages ; 25 cm Subject: MUSICALS. USA; ANDREWS, JULIE; HARRISON, REX; STREISAND, BARBRA; CABARET (US, Bob Fosse, 1972); CAMELOT (US, Joshua Logan, 1967); CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG (UK, Ken Hughes, 1968); DARLING LILI (US, Blake Edwards, 1970); [DOCTOR] DR DOLITTLE (US, Richard Fleischer, 1967); FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (US, Norman Jewison, 1971); FUNNY GIRL (US, William Wyler, 1968); GOODBYE MR CHIPS (UK, Herbert Ross, 1969); HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE, THE (US, Norman Tokar, 1967); HELLO, DOLLY! (US, Gene Kelly, 1969); MAN OF LA MANCHA (US/IT, Arthur Hiller, 1972); MY FAIR LADY (US, George Cukor, 1964); OLIVER (UK, Carol Reed, 1968); PAINT YOUR WAGON (US, Joshua Logan, 1969); SONG OF NORWAY (US, Andrew L. Stone, 1970); SOUND OF MUSIC, THE (US, Robert Wise, 1965); STAR (US, Robert Wise, 1968); SWEET CHARITY (US, Bob Fosse, 1969); THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (US, George Roy Hill, 1967) Summary: A study on the Hollywood musical of the late 1960's and how after the remarkable box office highs of The Sound of Music, musicals were generally financial and critical disappointments for a number of years. ISBN: 9780199925674 Contents: Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The Musical That Ate Hollywood -- ch. 2 "I, Too, Can Sing" -- ch. 3 The Animal Kingdom -- ch. 4 Movie Stars -- ch. 5 Smoke and Gold -- ch. 6 Over-Egg the Pudding -- ch. 7 Do Little -- ch. 8 Casting About -- ch. 9 Buying and Selling -- ch. 10 "Impossible to Control the Cost of This Gown" -- ch. 11 Battle of the Girls -- ch. 12 Delayed Adolescence -- ch. 13 The Paramount Bloodsuckers -- ch. 14 Goodbye, MGM -- ch. 15 Numbers -- ch. 16 "Magnificent Apathy" -- ch. 17 Acts of Faith -- ch. 18 The Impossible Dream More info
book		United Artists : the company that changed the film industry / Tino Balio Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1987. Call No: 19UNI BAL Author: Balio, Tino Place: Madison, Wis. Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press PubDate: 1987 PhysDes: xi, 446 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: UNITED ARTISTS; EAGLE-LION; MIRISCH CORPORATION; JAMES BOND IN FILMS; BROCCOLI, ALBERT R.; CHAPLIN, CHARLES; KRAMER, STANLEY; LANCASTER, BURT; GRIMALDI, ALBERTO; FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (US, Norman Jewison, 1971); ULTIMO TANGO A PARIGI (IT/FR, Bernardo Bertolucci, 1972); MARTY (US, Delbert Mann, 1954); MOON IS BLUE, THE (US, Otto Preminger, 1953) Notes: Includes indexes; Bibliography: p. 403-421 ISBN: 0299114406 : $32.50 LON: 5464312 More info

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