Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks
Title | Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Filichia |
Publisher | Macmillan + ORM |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2013-05-28 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1250018447 |
"Wait..Gypsy didn't win the Tony for Best Musical?" That's a question that gets asked over and over again, every time a new Rose takes to the runway in the Broadway classic "Gypsy". In "Strippers, Showgirls and Sharks", the popular syndicated theatre critic Peter Filichia chronicles the history of the American musical by looking at those shows that did not win the Tony Award for Best Musical. It happens every spring: The American Theatre Wing bestows its annual awards. Only those shows that have reached Broadway are nominated and while all Tony Awards are created equal in height, width and depth, the universally acknowledged biggest prize is the Best Musical Tony. The envelope is opened. The winner is announced and, then, the screeching begins. "Oh no! They gave it to that?" Did the best musical always win the Best Musical prize? Were there other factors that kept a more deserving show from copping the prize? Peter Filichia answers all these questions and more in "Strippers, Showgirls and Sharks" as he looks at many of the 153 previous Best Musical Nominees that didn't win the big prize. What were the biggest omissions? "Gypsy" had the distinct displeasure of not being either the first or second choice of the committee. In 1959 when Ethel Merman and a variety of strippers took the stage, the Tony for Best Musical was a tie between "The Sound of Music" and "Fiorello". In 1971, Stephen Sondheim's "Follies" and its ghostly showgirls lost to a "groovy" re-tuning of "Two Gentlemen of Verona" that hasn't passed the test of time. And, in 1957, "West Side Story", its Jets and Sharks, were bested by the fine people of River City Iowa singing their Americana hearts out in "The Music Man". If you love Broadway, scratch your head on Tony Award night and still can't figure out how a show you loathed won the Tony for Best Musical, you will love riding through the years with Peter Filichia, one of America's most respected and popular theatre critics.
Hamlet
Title | Hamlet PDF eBook |
Author | William Shakespeare |
Publisher | EDCON Publishing Group |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1555763332 |
Easy Reading Shakespeare! Introduce your students to the famous literary accomplishments of William Shakespeare. Easy-reading adaptations will ignite the interest of reluctant and enthusiastic readers. Each of these condensed works is arranged in a ten-chapter format with key words designed and used in context. Multiple-choice questions require students to recall specific details, sequence events, draw inferences, develop new story names, and choose the main idea. Improves fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.
The Tony Award Book
Title | The Tony Award Book PDF eBook |
Author | Lee Alan Morrow |
Publisher | |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN |
"The great glory of the American stage is Broadway, and what is acknowledged as the best of Broadway is the best of American theater. Here is the story of four decades of great American theater: not just tales of stars- though these abound in this volume- but also of playwrights, lyricists, composers, directors, choreographers, producers, and designers. For heartbreak and triumph, their behind-the-scenes adventures often outdo anything presented onstage." -- Book Jacket
The Tony Awards
Title | The Tony Awards PDF eBook |
Author | Eila Mell |
Publisher | Black Dog & Leventhal |
Pages | 940 |
Release | 2024-04-16 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 076248442X |
Commemorating over 75 years of Broadway greatness with never-before told stories, rare photos from the American Theatre Wings' archives, and interviews with major honorees like Lin-Manuel Miranda, Patti LuPone, and Hugh Jackman, The Tony Awards is the official, authorized guide to Broadway's biggest night. The Tony Awards: A Celebration of Excellence in Theatre pays tribute to the magic that happens when the curtain goes up and Broadway's best and brightest step onto center stage. Supported by the American Theatre Wing, the arts organization that founded the Tony Awards in 1947 and continues to produce the Tony Awards live telecast each year, author Eila Mell has interviewed a cavalcade of past and present Tony winners, including actors, producers, writers, costume designers, and many many others. Their voices fill the pages of this book with fascinating, behind-the-scenes stories about what it's like to win the theatre world's highest honor. Featuring a foreword by Audra McDonald and over 400 color and black-and-white photographs, The Tony Awards also spotlights more than 130 captivating interviews with a parade of industry insiders, including: Mel Brooks, Matthew Broderick, Carol Burnett, Kristin Chenoweth, Glenn Close, James Corden, Bryan Cranston, Neil Patrick Harris, Jennifer Holliday, Hugh Jackman, John Kander, Angela Lansbury, Judith Light, Hal Linden, Kenny Leon, Patti LuPone, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Rita Moreno, Bernadette Peters, Chita Rivera, Martin Short, Tom Stoppard, Julie Taymor, Leslie Uggams, and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The Tony Award
Title | The Tony Award PDF eBook |
Author | Isabelle Stevenson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Tony Awards |
ISBN | 9780739418475 |
Surveys the history of the American Theatre Wing and the Antoinette Perry awards as well as listing the nominees and winners in each category of the Tony Awards from 1947 to 2000.
Shenandoah
Title | Shenandoah PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Geld |
Publisher | Samuel French, Inc. |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780573680731 |
"This colorful and dramatic saga is based on the classic film. A strong-willed Virginia farmer is trying to keep his family neutral as the Civil War rages. Union forces and the Confederates see things only in shades of Blue or Grey, so the family is inevitably swept up in the conflict, against all odds. Their story is a heartwarming and heart-rending portrayal of the upheaval that left wounds on the land and its people for generations to come."--Publisher.
The Inheritance
Title | The Inheritance PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Lopez |
Publisher | Faber & Faber Plays |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | Gay men |
ISBN | 9780571362264 |
Inspired by the novel Howards End by E.M. Forster.