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All that jazz : the life and times of the musical Chicago

Call Number

  • 792.642 C5328M (CEN)

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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!"

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