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Pal Joey
Author: Julianne Lindberg
language: en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: 2020-04-01
When Rodgers and Hart's Pal Joey opened at the Barrymore on Christmas day, 1940, it flew in the face of musical comedy convention. The characters and situation were depraved. The setting was caustically realistic. Its female lead was frankly sexual and yet not purely comic. A narratively-driven dream ballet closed the first act, begging audiences to take seriously the inner life and desires of a confirmed heel. Pal Joey: The History of a Heel presents a behind-the-scenes look at the genesis, influence, and significance of this classic musical comedy. Although the show appears on many top-ten lists surveying the Golden Age, it is a controversial classic; its legacy is tied both to the fashionable scandal that it provoked, and, retrospectively, to the uncommon attention it paid to characterization and narrative cohesion. Through an archive-driven investigation of the show and its music, author Julianne Lindberg offers insight into the historical moment during which Joey was born, and to the process of genre classification, canon formation, and the ensuing critical debates related to musical and theatrical maturity. More broadly, the book argues that the critique and commentary on class and gender conventions in Pal Joey reveals a uniquely American concern over status, class mobility, and progressive gender roles in the pre-war era.
Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 4
Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
language: en
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Release Date: 2006-01-01
(Vocal Collection). 37 songs, including: Bewitched * Children Will Listen * He Plays the Violin * He Was Too Good to Me * Home * I Could Be Happy with You * I Have Dreamed * I like Him * I Wonder What Became of Me * It's a Most Unusual Day * A Lovely Night * On the Steps of the Palace * One Boy (Girl) * The Song Is You * Speak Low * We Kiss in a Shadow * Why Do I Love You? * Why Was I Born? * and more. There are no song duplications from any of the previous volumes. All songs are written in the original keys, in authentic voice with piano accompaniment. Also includes a Foreword, and an extensive section of show facts and plot notes about the shows.
Enchanted Evenings
Discusses the great Broadway hits, how they were conceived, written and performed.