Bernstein Meets Broadway Collaborative Art in a Time of War |
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| Author:
| Oja, Carol J. |
| Series title: | Broadway Legacies Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-986209-2 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2014 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $36.99 |
Book Description:
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With an innovative historical framework, Carol J. Oja explores the emergence during World War II of Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green. At center stage are the mixed-race cast of "On the Town," which was their first Broadway show, the web of gay relationships surrounding the ballet Fancy Free, and a nightclub act called The Revuers.
With an innovative historical framework, Carol J. Oja explores the emergence during World War II of Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green. At center stage are the mixed-race cast of "On the Town," which was their first Broadway show, the web of gay relationships surrounding the ballet Fancy Free, and a nightclub act called The Revuers.