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Harold Prince and the American Musical Theatre.

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Harold Prince en die Amerikaanse Musiekteater.

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Harold Prince and the American Musical Theatre. Expanded Edition. Applause Books. Softcover. 288 pages. Published by Applause Books. HL.314675. ISBN 1557836175. 6x9 inches. Here is a complete look at the outstanding career of Harold Prince, the most honored and influential producer. director in the history of postwar American musical theatre. Prince was a producer of The Pajama Game, Damn Yankees, Fiddler on the Roof and West Side Story. producer and director of Cabaret. and was involved in a series of landmark collaborations with composer. lyricist Stephen Sondheim, including Company, Follies, A Little Night Music and Sweeney Todd. He directed Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita and The Phantom of the Opera. His work has helped significantly to alter the musical, with convention-challenging subject matter, music, staging and design. It's no wonder he's won more Tony Awards than anyone else. 20 and counting. Foster Hirsch has updated the 1989 edition of this book to include Prince's more recent work on Kiss of the Spider Woman, Parade and the award-winning revival of Show Boat. He most notably gives an account of the creation and fortunes of Bounce , the 2003 musical that reunited Prince and Sondheim for the first time in 20 years. Prince gave Hirsch privileged, behind-the-scenes info during Bounce's pre-production process that makes for riveting reading. Prince's career is followed through both the victories and the disappointments. The book is illustrated with numerous rare photos of Prince's work, making it a must for any theatre fan. “Hirsch's book is marvelous, containing some of the best analysis of major musicals I've ever come across. – Ken Mandelbaum, Theater Week.

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Harold Prince en die Amerikaanse Musiekteater. Uitgebreide Edition. Applous Books. Softcover. 288 bladsye. Gepubliseer deur Applous Books. HL.314675. ISBN 1557836175. 6x9 duim. Hier is 'n volledige blik op die uitstaande loopbaan van Harold Prince, die mees bekroonde en invloedryke produsent. direkteur in die geskiedenis van die na-oorlogse Amerikaanse musiekteater. Prince was 'n produsent van Die Pajama Game, Damn Yankees, Fiddler on the Roof en West Side Story. vervaardiger en regisseur van Cabaret. en was betrokke in 'n reeks van landmerk samewerking met die komponis. liriekskrywer Stephen Sondheim, insluitend Company, Follies, 'n bietjie Night Music en Sweeney Todd. Hy gerig Andrew Lloyd Webber se Evita en The Phantom of the Opera. Sy werk het aansienlik gehelp om die musikale te verander, met konvensie-uitdagende onderwerp, musiek, dekor en ontwerp. Dit is geen wonder hy gewen het meer Tony-toekennings as enigiemand anders. 20 en tel. Foster Hirsch het opgedateer die 1989-uitgawe van hierdie boek Prince se meer onlangse werk op Kiss van die Spider Woman, Parade en die bekroonde herlewing van Show Boat te sluit. Hy gee veral 'n rekening van die skepping en wee van Bounce, die 2003-musiekblyspel wat herenig Prince en Sondheim vir die eerste keer in 20 jaar. Prince het Hirsch bevoorreg, agter-die-skerms inligting tydens Bounce se pre-produksie proses wat vir die klink lees. Prince se loopbaan gevolg deur beide die oorwinnings en teleurstellings. Die boek is geïllustreer met talle seldsame foto's van prins se werk, maak dit 'n moet vir enige teater fan. "Hirsch se boek is wonderlik, met 'n paar van die beste ontleding van groot musiekblyspele wat ek nog ooit teëgekom. - Ken Mandelbaum, Theater Week.