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Broadway, the Golden Years

Jerome Robbins and the Great Choreographer-Directors, 1940 to the Present

Robert Emmet Long

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English
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
22 October 2006
The hits generated by two generations of choreographer-directors define the Broadway stage: ""Oklahoma!""; ""On the Town""; ""West Side Story""; ""Hello, Dolly!""; ""Fiddler on the Roof""; ""A Chorus Line""; ""Dancin'""; ""Dream Girls""; ""The Producers""; and many more. In researching this book, Robert Emmet Long conducted dozens of interviews with his subjects themselves as well as those who worked with them and also secured the cooperation of artists who do not typically give interviews.
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Imprint:   Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 18mm
Weight:   500g
ISBN:   9780826418838
ISBN 10:   082641883X
Pages:   312
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1--Establishing the Tradition 1 Agnes de Mille 2 Jerome Robbins: Early Fame 3 Jerome Robbins: West Side Story 4 Jerome Robbins: The Later Career Part 2--Extending the Line 5 Bob Fosse 6 Gower Champion 7 Michael Bennett 8 Tommy Tune Epilogue: Broadway Today Notes Select Bibliography Index

Robert Emmet Long is a recognized critic of American and British literature, and a commentator on the performing arts. He is author or editor of some 30 books and he has contributed over 400 articles to many journals and magazines, including The Nation, Commonweal, and Saturday Review.

Reviews for Broadway, the Golden Years: Jerome Robbins and the Great Choreographer-Directors, 1940 to the Present

Long-overdue and richly detailed. - Chicago Sun-Times Broadway, the Golden Years, is really seven books in one. It traces a unique and fascinating facet of Broadway history through mini-biographies of its six foremost practitioners, plus a roundup of who's working today. - Playbill On-Line Taking a fresh approach to that quintessential American form -- musical theater --, Long in his eloquent book examines the phenomenon of the choreographer, a figure usually low in the credits of propagation for a show. --Confrontation, Fall 2002/Winter 'This long overdue, richly detailed book is a major addition to the history of Broadway.' ~ Driffield Leader, Dec 2006 Good one-stop shopping for material on principal choreographers. - Choice * Choice * Earnest and thorough. - New York Times * New York Times * This fine book will be greeted with applause by the many Broadway buffs, show-tune collectors and musical mavens. - Publishers Weekly * Publishers Weekly * Deftly depicting the relationships among many diverse artists, Long warmly conveys his sense of theater history and the craft tradition as a living chain of gifted individuals who were nurtured and challenged by those who preceded them. - Washington Post * Washington Post *


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