Thomas Hischak

Broadway Decoded (eBook, ePUB)

Musical Theatre's Forgotten References

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A lively guide to fifty popular musicals from the comedy classics of the 1930s and 1940s to the frequently produced darlings of modern theater. Broadway musicals are set in a variety of different places and periods of history, so they are filled with references, expressions, names, objects, and slang that might not be familiar to modern audiences. Thomas Hischak guides us through these oddities of classic musicals in Broadway Decoded.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781493074334
• Artikelnr.: 68165638

Autorenporträt

Thomas Hischak retired from full time teaching in New York State and now teaches theatre and part time at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida, USA. He is the author of over 30 non-fiction books on theatre, film and popular music. His publications include The Theatregoer's Almanac, (Greenwood, 1997), The American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia (Greenwood, 1995), which received the 1995 Choice Outstanding Academic Book award, Stage It With Music (Greenwood, 1993), and Word Crazy (Praeger, 1991). He is also the author of eighteen published plays.