The 100 Most Important People in Musical Theatre by Propst, Andy

The 100 Most Important People in Musical Theatre (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781538116180)

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The 100 Most Important People in Musical Theatre by Propst, Andy

The 100 Most Important People in Musical Theatre

$59.00
The 100 Most Important People in Musical Theatre by Propst, Andy

The 100 Most Important People in Musical Theatre

$59.00
Format: Hardcover
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From Show Boat and Oklahoma! to Wicked and Hamilton, the musical is constantly evolving thanks to the contributions of some of theatre's most prominent figures.

Never have musicals been more popular than they are today. With live television broadcasts of shows like Rent and Hairspray and films like Mean Girls and Shrek being adapted to the stage, musicals--as well as the creators and artists who bring them to life--are at the forefront of popular culture.

In 100 Most Important People in Musical Theatre, Andy Propst profiles the individuals who have helped shape this beloved art form. Songwriting greats such as Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Stephen Sondheim, and Andrew Lloyd Webber are some of the familiar names in the book. So, too, are performers such as Nathan Lane, Ethel Merman, Audra McDonald, and Patti LuPone, and directors and choreographers such as Bob Fosse, Harold Prince, Jerome Robbins, and Tommy Tune. Readers learn not only about these men and women's exceptional lives and achievements, but can peek backstage at such groundbreaking shows as Show Boat, Oklahoma!, West Side Story, Company, and A Chorus Line, among others. Period reviews and interviews highlight both the shows and the people who contributed to them.

The profiles in 100 Most Important People in Musical Theater provide a terrific history of musical theater, guiding readers from the era of operetta and the ascendancy of the book musical to the emergence of the concept musical and contemporary productions--from The Mikado and The Phantom of the Opera to Fun Home and Hamilton. This book is an invaluable addition to any musical theatre fan's library, and will also appeal to researchers and scholars.

Author: Andy Propst
ISBN-10: 1538116189
ISBN-13: 9781538116180
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 09/09/2019
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.72lbs
Size: 10.10h x 7.00w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/01/2019 pg. 22
Choice 02/01/2020
By Andy Propst
By Andy Propst
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Andy Propst is an arts journalist and author. His career has encompassed work with New York Shakespeare Festival founder Joseph Papp and Tony Award-winning director George C. Wolfe, as well as five years on-air at XM Satellite Radio's XM 28 On Broadway channel. His writing has appeared in The Village Voice, Time Out/NY, Backstage, and The Sondheim Review and online at the site he founded, AmericanTheaterWeb.com, as well as TheaterMania.com and BroadwayDirect.com. He served as a judge for the Obie Awards (three years) and as a member of the nominating committee for the Drama Desk Awards (four years). In addition, he has served as a mentor for both the National Critics Institute and the National Music Theater Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. He also teaches criticism for the Institute for Theatre Journalism and Advocacy portion of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.

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