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1) Fosse
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"We see Bob Fosse's legacy everywhere--from Broadway to 'Billy Jean' to Beyonce's moves in the 'Single ladies' video. Yet in spite of Fosse's deep cultural significance, no biography has ever brought him fully to life, unveiling the man behind the bowler hat and the swaggering sex appeal. Now, ... cultural historian Sam Wasson traces Fosse's numberless reinventions of himself over a career that would spawn The Pajama game, Cabaret, Pippin, Chicago,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rodgers and Hart. George and Ira Gershwin. Cole Porter. Lerner and Loewe. For most people who've grown up with and shared America's musical heritage, great songs open the floodgates to memories and feelings. Perhaps nowhere is this more profound than in the world of Broadway musicals, with their iconic melodies and memorable lyrics. Revisit the standards, originally written for the stage, that have both delighted and helped mend the broken hearts...
3) Fearless
Author
Series
Fearless (Mandy Gonzalez) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
While rehearsing what may be the last show in the Ethel Merman Theater, twelve-year-old Monica Garcia and other cast members are locked in and must try to appease a ghost and reverse a curse.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 60 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Experience the magic of a Walela live in concert. Performed and recorded at the Dallas Theater Center, Kalita Humphreys Theater, Dallas, Texas. Benefiting SNPPI's diabetes awareness projects. 12 of the most beautiful and melodic songs created by Walela. An inspirational musical journey of the Spirit. Open your heart to the marvelous and magical harmony of this very special experience. This wonderful Walela live in concert release is a must-have addition...
7) Burlesque
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ali, is a small-town girl with a big voice who escapes hardship to follow her dreams to LA. After stumbling upon The Burlesque Lounge, a majestic but ailing theater that is home to an inspired musical revue, Ali lands a job as a cocktail waitress from Tess, the club's proprietor and headliner. After Ali finally makes her way from the bar to the stage, things take a dramatic turn when her larger than life voice causes a charismatic entrepreneur to...
8) Summer stock
Publisher
distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Romance blooms during the summer in New England when Jane Falbury's sister shows up with a theatrical troupe and convinces her to let them stage a musical in the barn.
Publisher
Time Life Video
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This special 75th Anniversary DVD features all the best-loved performances of the Rockettes, including: The Dance of the Nutcracker, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers; Santa's Toy Headquarters, the Living Nativity and the arrival of Santa.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
285 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author weaves an ingenious, darkly humorous, and brilliantly observant story that follows the exploits and intrigue of a constellation of characters affiliated with an off-off-off-off Broadway children's musical. Mister Monkey--a screwball children's musical about a playfully larcenous pet chimpanzee--is the kind of family favorite that survives far past its prime. Margot, who plays the chimp's lawyer, knows...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
[Edited version]
Physical Desc
2 CDs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Broadway hit musical from Tony Award-winning composrer-lyricist-star Lin-Manuel Miranda. "Hamilton" is the acclaimed new hip-hop musical about the scrappy young immigrant Alexander Hamilton, the $10 Founding Father who forever changed America with his revolutionary ideas and actions. During his life cut too short, he served as George Washington's chief aide, was the first Treasury Secretary of the United States, a loving husband and father, despised...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A musical based on the life of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous: Showboat.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
For over three decades, there's been one singular sensation: A Chorus Line. This groundbreaking hit musical inspired by the emotional lives of dancers during the audition process. Now the story comes full circle and offers a revealing, unprecedented look at the auditions for the Broadway revival of the perennial classic. The music, the moves and the real-life drama, bringing you closer to the footlights than you ever thought possible.
15) On Broadway
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As live performances on Broadway start up again after an unprecedented absence of eighteen months, an all-star cast tells the inside story of the last time Broadway theater came back from the brink. On Broadway shows how this revival helped save New York City, thanks to innovative work, new attention to inclusion, and the sometimes uneasy balance between art and commerce. Legends of the stage and screen, including Hugh Jackman, Helen Mirren, Christine...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1070L
Physical Desc
106 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history of the famous street in New York City, detailing the development of the theater district and the shows and stars that have become Broadway legends.
17) Lillian Russell
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (127 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A biography of American actress and singer Lillian Russell, from her discovery in 1890 by band leader Tony Pastor until her retirement in 1912, when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.
18) Detrás del telón
Author
Publisher
Terciopelo
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
318 pages : portrait ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
Arlene Sanders siente que ha tocado fondo. Sus días de gloria como cantante en los mejores clubes de Brooklyn y Manhattan terminaron cuando decidió poner punto y final a una relación amorosa con su jefe, un magnate de los negocios que no acepta la ruptura y reduce la vida profesional de Arlene a cenizas. Ahora sobrevive tocando la guitarra en las calles y cantando en un pequeño bar dos veces a la semana. Dylan Jansen es el fundador y director...
Publisher
Distributed by Kultur
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (130 min. [i.e. 114 min.]) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of the master of the Broadway musical and ballet choreographer Jerome Robbins. No other creative figure of the latter twentieth century was as contradictory as Jerome Robbins, and few were as controversial. Theater producer, director, and choreographer, he was a master of the Broadway musical, transforming its possibilities with such works as West Side Story, Gypsy, and Peter Pan, and was one of the greatest ballet choreographers...
20) Burlesque
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ali is a small-town girl with a big voice who escapes hardship to follow her dreams to LA. After stumbling upon The Burlesque Lounge, a majestic but ailing theater that is home to an inspired musical revue, Ali lands a job as a cocktail waitress from Tess, the club's proprietor and headliner. After Ali finally makes her way from the bar to the stage, things take a dramatic turn when her larger than life voice causes a charismatic entrepreneur to make...
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