Shakespeare and the American Musical Book stage-musicals

Shakespeare and the American Musical Book stage-musicalsPublished 1st of January 010. Irene G. Dash explores the influence of Shakespeare on American musical theater through analyses of five important productions from 1938 through 1971 The Boys from Syracuse (The Comedy of Errors) Kiss Me Kate (Taming of the Shrew) West Side Story (Romeo and Juliet) Your Own Thing (Twelfth Night) and Two Gentlemen of Verona. Dash argues that adaptations of Shakespeare were instrumental in the alteration of the musical

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Moreover when the young queen arrives to claim her husband she finds that the two gondoliers have both recently gotten married

[1] It received a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical as well as Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Michael O'Gorman) and Outstanding Costume Design (William Ivy Long)

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This highly acclaimed musical develops the ancient and distinguished game of chess into a metaphor for romantic rivalries and East-West political intrigue

The libretto for the smash hit rock musical about teenage sexuality that took Broadway and the West End by storm

- The New York Times Emotional melodic playful and passionate it's truly unlike anything you've seen

Her performance as the droll and leggy Lorelei Lee in the Broadway version of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" made her a star and launched a career that has spanned over fifty years and has included a number of Broadway plays many television appearances and two movies including "Thoroughly Modern Millie " for which she was nominated for an Academy Award

-- Edward Green Popular Music and Society

From classic standards to show tunes Bing Crosby was successful in every genre of music that he performed

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