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Fosse / Sam Wasson, author of Fifth Avenue, 5am Boston ; New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
Call No: 81FOS WASAuthor: Wasson, Sam Source: USPlace: Boston ; New YorkPublisher: Houghton Mifflin HarcourtPubDate: 2013PhysDes: 723 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmSubject: ACADEMY AWARDS ; BURLESQUE ; CHOREOGRAPHY ; CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. USA ; DANCE IN FILMS ; DIRECTORS ; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA ; MUSICALS. USA ; UNITED ARTISTS ; FOSSE, BOB ; ASTAIRE, FRED ; CHAYEFSKY, PADDY ; DREYFUSS, RICHARD ; HEIM, ALAN ; MINNELLI, LIZA ; SONDHEIM, STEPHEN ; ALL THAT JAZZ (US, Bob Fosse, 1979) ; CABARET (US, Bob Fosse, 1972) ; LENNY (US, Bob Fosse, 1974) ; NOTTI DI CABIRIA, LE (IT, Federico Fellini, 1957) ; ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER (US, Vincente Minnelli, 1970) ; STAR 80 (US, Bob Fosse, 1983) ; SWEET CHARITY (US, Bob Fosse, 1969) Summary: "We see Bob Fosse's legacy everywhere--from Broadway to "Billy Jean" to Beyonce;'s moves in the "Single Ladies" video. Yet in spite of Fosse's deep cultural significance, no biography has ever brought him fully to life, unveiling the man behind the bowler hat and the swaggering sex appeal. Now, acclaimed cultural historian Sam Wasson traces Fosse's numberless reinventions of himself over a career that would spawn The Pajama Game, Cabaret, Pippin, Chicago, All That Jazz, and other iconic works of art and earn him Tonys, Emmys, and an Oscar. Wasson traces not only Fosse's prodigious professional life, but his intense relationships with everyone from Liza Minnelli, Fred Astaire, and Neil Simon to Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Lange, and Dustin Hoffman. Through extensive interviews with collaborators and lovers and unprecedented access to Fosse's archives, Wasson also reveals the deep wounds that propelled his subject's excessive appetites--for spotlights, women, and life itself. In Fosse, Wasson's stylish, effervescent prose proves the ideal vehicle for reanimating Bob Fosse as he truly was--after hours, close up, and in vibrant color" -- FROM TROVENotes: Contains photos and indexISBN: 9780547553290
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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) OXFAuthor: Knapp, Raymond ; Morris, Mitchell ; Wolf, Stacy Edition: paperbackSource: US/UKPlace: Oxford ; New YorkPublisher: Oxford University PressPubDate: 2011, 2013PhysDes: x, 470 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmSubject: 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 BOOKSNotes: Includes bibliographic references and indexISBN: 9780199987368Contents: 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
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