Broadway Babies The People Who Made the American Musical [Paperback]

Vividly recreating the unique pleasure of experiencing a song-and-dance show,Broadway Babiesspotlights the men and women who made a difference in the development of American musical comedy. Mordden's account features such show people as Florenz Ziegfeld, Harold Prince, Bert Lahr, Gwen Verdon, Angela Lansbury, Victor Herbert, Liza Minnelli, and Stephen Sondheim, and such musicals asSally,Oh Kay!,Anything Goes,Show Boat,Oklahoma!,Follies,Chicago, and countless others.
While theatrical historians traditionally have emphasized the role of the authors of musicals, Mordden also examines the personal styles of the directors, choreographers, and producers, in order to demonstrate not only what the musicalbecamebut what itwas. The volume includes an extensive discography--the first of its kind--which offers a virtually self-contained history of recorded show music.

Ethan Morddenhas taught at Yale University and is the author of eighteen books, includingThe American Theatre, A Guide to Orchestral Music,Opera in the Twentieth Century, andA Guide to Opera Recording.