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The Shuberts and their Passing Shows : the untold tale of Ziegfeld's rivals
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- Creator
- by Jonas Westover
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
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- xxviii, 281 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0190219238, 9780190219277, 0190219270, 0190219246, 9780190219260, 9780190219246, 0190219254, 9780190219239, 0190219262, 9780190219253
- OCLC
- ocn940957879
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-265) and index.
- Introduction -- A twelve-hour show squeezed into three: the creative forces behind The Passing Shows -- A matchless melange of mirth and melody: the stars of The Passing Shows -- The Hebrew messenger boy and the Thespian: The Howard Brothers -- A downpour of talent, a Niagara of beauty: chorus girls and chorus boys -- The mastodon and musical extravaganza: song, dance, and scenic effects -- A sure cure for the Blues: creating The Passing Show of 1914 -- A carnival of travesty: textual and musical references in The Passing Shows -- America's foremost musical institution: The Shuberts, Ziegfeld, and the battle for supremacy -- A new, bright, and welcome as the morning sun: The birth of a legend and the demise of a genre