Book
All that jazz : the life and times of the musical Chicago
Publication Information
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Physical Description
vii, 260 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents
- The city: unregulated capitalism
- The era: "Be nonchalant...light a Murad"
- The play: "Like hell you're through!"
- The first movie: Amos is the hero
- The invention of the satiric musical: How can you tell an American?
- The second movie: "I'm going to make a character man of you if you don't behave yourself"
- Fosse & Verdon and Kander & Ebb: "You have to act your dancing"
- The musical: "No show is worth dying for"
- The revival and the third movie: "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit!"