All that jazz : the life and times of the musical Chicago / Ethan Mordden.
All that jazz : the life and times of the musical Chicago / Ethan Mordden.
All that jazz : the life and times of the musical Chicago / Ethan Mordden.
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
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G 2018/3372
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Language
English
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Physical content
vii, 260 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The city: unregulated capitalism -- The era: "Be nonchalant ... light a Murad" -- The play: "Like hell you're through!" -- The first movie: Amos is the hero -- The invention of the satiric musical: How can you tell an American? -- The second movie: "I'm going to make a character man of you if you do...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
"In 1975, the Broadway musical Chicago brought together a host of memes and myths-- the gleefully subversive character of American musical comedy, the reckless glamour of the big-city newspaper, the mad decade of the 1920s, the work of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon (two of the greatest talents in the musical's history), and the Wild West gangsterville...
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All that jazz : the life and times of the musical Chicago / Ethan Mordden.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Discography: pages 233-241.
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G 2018/3372
Record Identifier
74VKVAw5DJzd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVAw5DJzd
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ISBN
0190651792 (hardcover)
9780190651794 (hardcover)
DDC
792.642
MMS ID
991024171711402626
