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This book offers a wide-ranging historical investigation of the landmark works and extraordinary career of Stephen Sondheim, a career which has spanned much of the history of American musical theater. Each author uncovers those aspects of biography, collaborative process, and contemporary context th...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2022] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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This book offers a wide-ranging historical investigation of the landmark works and extraordinary career of Stephen Sondheim, a career which has spanned much of the history of American musical theater. Each author uncovers those aspects of biography, collaborative process, and contemporary context that impacted the creation and reception of Sondheim's musicals. In addition, several authors explore in detail how Sondheim's shows have been dramatically revised and adapted over time. Multiple chapters invite the reader to rethink Sondheim's works from a distinctly contemporary critical perspective and to consider how these musicals are being reenvisioned today. Through chapters focused on individual musicals, and others that explore a specific topic as manifested throughout his entire career, plus an afterword by Kristen Anderson-Lopez; by digging deep into the archives and focusing intently on his scores; from interviews with performers, directors, and bookwriters, and close study of live and recorded productions--volume editor W. Anthony Sheppard brings together Sondheim's past with the present, thriving existence of his musicals. |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 444 pages : illustrations (some color), music ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [427]-438) and index. |
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9780197603192 019760319X 9780197603208 0197603203 |
| Index Number: | ML410 |
| CLC: | J832(712) |
| Call Number: | J832(712)/S698 |
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Williams College before, during, and after Sondheim / Fragments of fairyland: Sondheim's abandoned adaptation of Mary Poppins / "Nearly everything I wrote": Sondheim and the Actors Studio / Breakout from the asylum of conformity: Sondheim, Laurents, and the dramaturgy of Anyone can whistle / Staging identities. Sondheim's whiteness / Politics, representation, and collaboration in Pacific overtures (1976) / Sexual identity in Company, 1969-2019 / Students performing gender with Sondheim's musicals in the age of #MeToo / Versions, genres, and collaborations. Sweeney's identity crisis and the dynamic potential of generic hybridity / "A sad and listless affair": the unsung film adaptation of Sondheim's A Little Night Music / Reconceived structures and techniques. Time and time again: temporal structures in Sondheim's musicals / Sunday in the park with Sondheim, Lapine, Seurat, and Babbitt / Sondheim and the 11 o'clock principle / Finishing the line: wit, rhythm, and rhyme in Sondheim / Moving on with Sondheim / |