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Broadway song & story : playwrights/lyricists/composers discuss their hits / edited by Otis L. Guernsey, Jr. ; introduction by Terrence McNally.

Guernsey, Otis L. (Otis Love), Jr., 1918-2001 (compiler.). McNally, Terrence, (writer of introduction.).

Summary:

How does a show become a major hit? What special magic goes into a production on and off Broadway that sets it above all others in instant popularity and lasting entertainment? What is it like to write for the theater?

Record details

ISBN: 0396087531
ISBN: 9780396087533
Physical Description: xiii, 447 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead & Company, [1985]

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

Pt. 1 Landmark Hits : On the Town ; Death of a Salesman ; Tea and Sympathy ; West Side Story ; Gypsy ; The Fantasticks ; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ; Barefoot in the Park ; Fiddler on the Roof ; Cabaret ; Torch Song Trilogy --pt. 2 Author! Author! : Robert Anderson ; Neil Simon ; Marsha Norman ; Jerry Herman ; Arthur Miller ; Sidney Kingsley ; Stephen Sondheim ; Edward Albee ; Leonard Melfi ; Garson Kanin ; Terrence McNally ; Marc Connelly --pt. 3 Our Profession : Broadway Playwriting: Impossible Dream? ; The Anatomy of the Theater Song ; The Value of Criticism ; Author and Director: Plays ; Author and Director: Musicals ; Humor ; The Libretto ; Composer and Lyricist ; Short Plays, Small Musicals ; The Art of Adaptation.