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“thomas hischak”

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  • The Abbott Touch

    Pal Joey, Damn Yankees, and the Theatre of George Abbott

    by Thomas Hischak ...
    This in-depth and original study examines 100 productions and analyses why George Abbott's name became synonymous with the 'golden age' of Broadway. What did Abbott contribute? How did he work? How did he innovate the industry? How did he survive so long? All of these inquiries, and more, lead to the most fundamental question of all: what exactly was the famous “Abbott touch”?For sixty years, ... Read more

    $26.49 USD

  • Bringing Song and Dance to the Screen

    Directors of Golden Age Hollywood Musicals

    by Thomas Hischak ...
    An introduction to movie musicals in the golden age of Hollywood and the directors that brought them to the big screen.The role directors have played in American cinema cannot be overstated, particularly how they shaped and developed the medium during Hollywood's golden age. Little appreciation has been paid though to the individual directors' accomplishments with regards to the musical film, a ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • Broadway Decoded

    Musical Theatre’s Forgotten References

    by Thomas Hischak ...
    A lively guide to fifty popular musicals from the comedy classics of the 1930s and 1940sto 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 ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Song of the Season

    Outstanding Broadway Songs since 1891

    by Thomas Hischak ...
    What links the popular songs "You'll Never Walk Alone", "Send in the Clowns", "Memory" and "I Am What I Am"? They all originated in Broadway musicals.Song of the Season is for those who believe that the score is at the heart of a musical and is the essential building block on which the rest of a show is built. Through a systematic historical survey from 1891 to 2023 it argues that the best ... Read more

    $29.19 USD

  • Theatre as Human Action

    An Introduction to Theatre Arts

    by Mark A. Robinson, Thomas Hischak ...
    Theatre as Human Action is the ideal textbook to introduce students to the various aspects of theatre, especially for those who may have little or no theatergoing experience. Seven diverse plays are described to the reader from the start, and then returned to throughout the book so that students can better understand the concepts being discussed. Both the theoretical and practical aspects of ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • The Thornton Wilder Encyclopedia

    by Thomas Hischak ...
    Thornton Wilder is one of America’s greatest writers, and the only author to win Pulitzer Prizes in both fiction and drama. Equally well known for his plays and novels, his unique and diverse body of work also includes essays, journals, lectures, and film and television scripts.In The Thornton Wilder Encyclopedia, Thomas S. Hischak exhaustively covers Wilder’s life and extensive career. Entries ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Mikado to Matilda

    British Musicals on the New York Stage

    by Thomas Hischak ...
    In The Mikado to Matilda: British Musicals on the New York Stage, Thomas Hischak provides an overview of British musicals that made their way to Broadway, covering their entire history up to the present day.This is the first book to look at the British musical theatre with reference to those London musicals that were also produced in New York City. The book covers 110 British musicals, ranging ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • 1927

    A Day-by-Day Chronicle of the Jazz Age's Greatest Year

    by Thomas Hischak ...
    The first solo transatlantic flight. The release of the first talking picture. The invention of the jukebox. These are just a handful of milestones that occurred in one momentous year. In a decade of historic firsts, 1927 stands out as the peak year of the Roaring Twenties, a span of time in which dozens of significant events took place—in America and around the world. The economy was booming, the ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • The Encyclopedia of Film Composers

    by Thomas Hischak ...
    For more than a century, original music has been composed for the cinema. From the early days when live music accompanied silent films to the present in which a composer can draw upon a full orchestra or a lone synthesizer to embody a composition, music has been an integral element of most films. By the late 1930s, movie studios had established music departments, and some of the greatest names in ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • 100 Greatest American Plays

    by Thomas Hischak ...
    Theatre in America has had a rich history—from the first performance of the Lewis Hallam Troupe in September 1752 to the lively shows of modern Broadway. Over the past few centuries, significant works by American playwrights have been produced, including Abie’s Irish Rose, Long Day’s Journey into Night, A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, A Raisin in the Sun, Fences, and Angels in ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Musicals in Film

    A Guide to the Genre

    by Thomas Hischak ...
    This wide-ranging guide introduces (or reintroduces) readers to movie musicals past and present, enabling them to experience the development of this uniquely American art form—and discover films they'll love.This comprehensive guide covers movie musicals from their introduction with the 1927 film The Jazz Singer through 2015 releases. In all, it describes 125 movies, opening up the world of this ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • 100 Greatest American and British Animated Films

    by Thomas Hischak ...
    Animation has been a staple of the filmmaking process since the early days of cinema. Animated shorts had been produced for decades, but not until 1937 did a major studio venture into animated features when Walt Disney produced Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Of the hundreds of animated feature films made since, many have proven their importance over the years while also entertaining generations ... Read more

    $46.99 USD