Enchanted Evenings: The Broadway Musical from Show Boat to Sondheim

by Geoffrey Block

Book Overview

The classic musicals of Broadway can provide us with truly enchanted evenings. But while many of us can hum the music and even recount the plot from memory, we are often much less knowledgeable about how these great shows were put together. What was the inspiration for Rodgers and Harts Pal Joey, or Rodgers and Hammersteins Carousel? Why is Marias impassioned final speech in West Side Story spoken, rather than sung? Now, in Enchanted Evenings, Geoffrey...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195107918
• ISBN13: 9780195107913
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 9.2" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Well done

A detailed analysis of the Broadway Musical. Very helpful to the student or scholar.

Review of Geoffrey Block's 'Enchanted Evenings'

The contents of this book are very thorough, complete, and factual. The subject is very interesting, but if you don't understand music, he is sometimes hard to follow. He was my professor and this was a class text. Without his oral interpretation, I was, at times, left wondering what he meant. The book is filled with great pictures and original score. If your interested in how musicals are created, definately read this book.