We'll Have Manhattan : the Early Work of Rodgers & Hart.
Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart are one of the defining duos of musical theater, contributing dozens of classic songs to the Great American Songbook and working together on over 40 shows before Hart's death. With hit after hit on both Broadway and the West End, they produced many of the celebra...
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Oxford University Press, USA,
2015.
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| Series: | Broadway legacies.
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Table of Contents:
- COVER; WE'LL HAVE MANHATTAN: THE EARLY WORK OF RODGERS AND HART; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: "WE'LL HAVE MANHATTAN"; winkle town (1922); The Boys from Manhattan; An American form; Highbrow and Lowbrow; Irving Berlin and George Gershwin; A More Personal Influence; Rodgers and Hart; Chapter 1: THE SUMMER CAMPS AND VARSITY SHOWS; "Any old place with you" ; Camp fire days (1908-1921); The akron club shows (1920-1921); The varsity shows (1920-1921); Poor little ritz girl (1920); The institute of musical art (1920-1923)
- The jazz king (1924)Chapter 2: THE BREAKTHROUGH IN REVUE: THE GARRICK GAIETIES (1925, 1926) AND FIFTH AVENUE FOLLIES (1926); The Fifth Avenue Follies (1926); The Garrick Gaieties (1926); Chapter 3: THE RODGERS AND HART REVOLUTION: DEAREST ENEMY (1925); Sweet rebel; Dearest enemy; Dearest enemy on television (1955); A revolutionary show?; Chapter 4: PLEASING THE PRODUCERS: HERBERT FIELDS, LEW FIELDS, AND THE GIRL FRIEND (1926); Herbert fields; Lew fields; The girl friend (1926); Chapter 5: A LONDON ODYSSEY: LIDO LADY (1926), ONE DAM THING AFTER ANOTHER (1927), EVER GREEN (1930)
- Lido lady (1926)One dam thing after another (1927); Ever green (1930); Chapter 6: BIG FISH: PEGGY-ANN (1926), ZIEGFELD, AND A FLOP CALLED BETSY (1926); Peggy-ann (1926); Betsy (1926); Chapter 7: A COMMERCIAL SUCCESS: A CONNECTICUT YANKEE (1927); A connecticut yankee (1927); Chapter 8: CASTRATION AND INTEGRATION: CHEE-CHEE (1928); A failure; The music of chee-chee; The libretto and score of chee-chee; The production; Chapter 9: COPING WITH THE CRASH; Spring is here (1929); Heads up! (1929); Simple simon (1930); And so to hollywood; America's Sweetheart (1931); EPILOGUE: THE END OF AN ERA
- NOTESIntroduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Musical scores by richard rodgers; Librettos and scripts; Programs; Books and articles; Discography; Filmography; CREDITS; INDEX