Flower drum songs : the story of two musicals / David H. Lewis.

"The return to New York in 2002 of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song was considered the most revolutionary chapter in the history of Broadway revivals. Drawing upon interviews with members of the original and the revival casts, whose first-hand accounts enliven the narrative, David H. Lewis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lewis, David H., 1940-
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2006], ©2006.
Subjects:
Rodgers, Richard, > 1902-1979. > Flower drum song.
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Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:viii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Seeking a hit back
  • Above Grant Avenue
  • Hold the snails, please
  • Slanting all eyebrows
  • Starring the director
  • Clocking the laughs
  • Opening night blossoms
  • On the road to fractious maturity
  • Hollywood suey
  • Obstacle of changing weather : actors and activists
  • Darkening the image
  • Songs for sale
  • Way out of town
  • The L.A. embrace
  • Back to Broadway
  • Lost on a bigger midway
  • Hwang versus Hammerstein.