The Book of Broadway

The 150 Definitive Plays and Musicals

Eric Grode

• Publisher: Voyageur Press
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9780760359389
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Theatre

Be absorbed by the profiles of150 of the biggest, most influential, and most important Broadway musicals and plays ever produced.Shows profiled include everything from the 1860s musical The Black Crook, which captivated and titillated audiences for more than five hours, to the Pulitzer Prize–winning 2010 play Clybourne Park. The men and women who shaped Broadway history--Stephen Sondheim, Tennessee Williams, Bernadette Peters, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II--are celebrated for their groundbreaking work, andphotographs throughout illustrate the stunning designs of the shows profiled.

This compilation by Author Eric Grode--arts writer for The New York Times, and author of Hair: The Story of the Show That Defined a Generation-- is the ultimate guide to Broadway shows. Even if you consider yourself an expert in the theater, you will be amazedby thefantastic Broadway trivia scattered throughout this volume, as well as the palpable sense of history in this encyclopedic treatment of one of our most beloved pastimes.

Just a few of the titles included are:

-Annie
-The Book of Mormon
-Bye Bye Birdie
-Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
-Chicago
-Death of a Salesman
-Fiddler on the Roof
-Grease
-Guys and Dolls
-Hello, Dolly!
-Kiss Me, Kate
-Les Miserables
-The Music Man
-My Fair Lady
-The Phantom of the Opera
-Rent
-Six Degrees of Separation
-The Sound of Music
-A Streetcar Named Desire
-West Side Story

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• ABIE' S IRISH ROSE
• THE ADDING MACHINE
• AMADEUS
• ANGEL STREET
• ANGELS IN AMERICA
• ANNIE
• ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
• ANYTHING GOES
• ARCADIA
• AS THOUSANDS CHEER
• AWAKE AND SING!
• BABES IN ARMS
• THE BAND WAGON
• THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE
• THE BLACK CROOK
• THE BOOK OF MORMON
• BORN YESTERDAY
• BRIGADOON
• BUS STOP
• BYE BYE BIRDIE
• CABARET
• CAPTAIN JINKS OF THE HORSE MARINES
• THE CARETAKER
• CAROUSEL
• CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
• CATS
• CHARLEY'S AUNT
• CHICAGO
• THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
• A CHORUS LINE
• CITY OF ANGELS
• CLYBOURNE PARK
• COMPANY
• THE CRADLE WILL ROCK
• THE CRUCIBLE
• DEATH OF A SALESMAN
• A DELICATE BALANCE
• THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
• DINNER AT EIGHT
• A DOLL'S HOUSE
• DOUBT
• EAST LYNNE
• EVITA
• FALSETTOS
• FENCES
• FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
• FINIAN'S RAINBOW
• FOLLIES
• THE FRONT PAGE
• GIRL CRAZY
• THE GLASS MENAGERIE
• GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
• GREASE
• GUYS AND DOLLS
• GYPSY
• HAIR
• HAMILTON
• HARVEY
• THE HEIRESS
• HELLO, DOLLY!
• H.M.S. PINAFORE
• THE HOME COMING
• HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
• THE ICEMAN COMETH
• THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
• IN DAHOMEY
• INHERIT THE WIND
• JERSEY BOYS
• JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
• JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE
• JOURNEY'S END
• JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK
• THE KING AND I
• KISS ME, KATE
• LADY IN THE DARK
• LES MISÉRABLES
• THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
• LIFE WITH FATHER
• THE LION KING
• LITTLE JOHNNY JONES
• A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
• LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
• LOOK BACK IN ANGER
• LOOT
• MACHINAL
• A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
• MAN OF LA MANCHA
• "MASTER HAROLD". . . AND THE BOYS
• THE MERRY WIDOW
• METAMORPHOSES
• THE MIRACLE WORKER
• A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN
• THE MOST HAPPY FELLA
• MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION
• THE MULLIGAN GUARDS' BALL
• THE MUSIC MAN
• MY FAIR LADY
• NAUGHTY MARIETTA
• NO, NO, NANETTE
• NOISES OFF
• THE ODD COUPLE
• OF THEE I SING
• OH, BOY!
• OKLAHOMA!
• ON THE TOWN
• OUR TOWN
• PAL JOEY
• THE PERSECUTION AND ASSASSINATION OF JEAN-PAUL MARAT AS PERFORMED BY THE INMATES OF THE ASYLUM OF CHARENTON UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE
• PETER PAN (PLAY)
• PETER PAN (MUSICAL)
• THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
• THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
• PICNIC
• PIPPIN
• THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
• THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
• PORGY AND BESS
• PRIVATE LIVES
• THE PRODUCERS
• PROMISES, PROMISES
• PYGMALION
• RAGTIME
• A RAISIN IN THE SUN
• RENT
• ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
• 1776
• SHE LOVES ME
• SHOW BOAT
• THE SHOW-OFF
• SHUFFLE ALONG
• SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION
• THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH
• SLEUTH
• THE SOUND OF MUSIC
• SOUTH PACIFIC
• SPRING AWAKENING
• A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
• THE STUDENT PRINCE IN HEIDELBERG
• SWEENEY TODD
• THE THREEPENNY OPERA
• THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE
• TOBACCO ROAD
• TOPDOG/ UNDERDOG
• TORCH SONG TRILOGY
• A TRIP TO CHINATOWN
• UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
• VERY GOOD EDDIE
• WAITING FOR GODOT
• WAITING FOR LEFTY
• WATCH YOUR STEP
• WEST SIDE STORY
• WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
• WICKED
• YIP YIP YAPHANK
• YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
• ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1919
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX
• ABOUT THE AUTHOR