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Lady, Be Good! - Vocal Selections
(1988) The Gershwins' first Broadway smash. Includes: Fascinating Rhythm * The Man I Love * Little Jazz Bird * So Am I and more. |
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Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris - Vocal Selections
(1981) 22 vocal selections from the popular review, including: Amsterdam * Brussels (Bruxelles) * Carousel (La Valse a Mille Temps) * I Loved (J'aimais) * If We Only Have Love (Quand on N'a Que L'amour) * Old Folks (Les Vieux) * You're Not Alone (Jef) * and more. |
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I Can Get It For You Wholesale - a Musical Play
(1962) I Can Get It for You Wholesale is a musical with music and lyrics by Harold Rome and a book by Jerome Weidman based on his 1937 novel of the same title. It marked the Broadway debut of 19-year-old Barbra Streisand, who was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical. The story is set in the New York City garment district in 1937, during the Great Depression, and the songs utilize traditional Jewish harmonies evocative of the setting and the period of the... |
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House of Flowers - Vocal Selections
(1968) Vocal Selections / A Sleepin' Bee / Somethin' Cold To Drink / House of Flowers / Two Ladies in DE Shade of DE Banana Tree / Don't Like Goodbyes / Jump DE Broom / Smellin' OF Vanilla / Waitin / Wife Never Understan' / I Never Seen Snow / Madame Tango's Particular Tango / What is a Friend For? / nnnnnnnnn |
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Hello, Dolly! - Vocal Selections
(1982) Songs include: Before The Parade Passes By; Dancing; Elegance (Hello Dolly); Hello, Dolly!; I Put My Hand In; It Only Takes A Moment; It Takes A Woman; Motherhood March (Hello Dolly); Put On Your Sunday Clothes; Ribbons Down My Back; So Long, Dearie. |
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Half a Sixpence
(1967) The Musical play based on the novel Kipps by H.G. Wells with music and lyrics by David Heneker. Vocal Score Contents A Proper Gentleman Chittlelow's Return Economy Entr'acte Finale Finale Utlimo Flash, Bang, Wallop Half A Sixpence I Don't Believe A Word Of It I Know What I Am If The Rain's Got To Fall Long Ago Military Canal Underscore Money To Burn Morning Music Overture Party Exit She's Too Far Above Me Shop Ballet Solarium Dance The Old Military Can... |
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Grease - Vocal Selections
(1982) 15 songs from the Broadway revival of this perennial '50s favorite! Songs include: Beauty School Dropout * Born to Hand Jive * Greased Lightnin' * Summer Nights * There Are Worse Things I Could Do * We Go Together * and more. |
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Girl Crazy (Vocal Selections)
(1984) Songs include: Bidin' My Time * I Got Rhythm * Embraceable You * Treat Me Rough and many more. |
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Funny Girl (Vocal Selections)
(1981) Seven vocal selections from the Fanny Brice story that made Streisand a star. Includes: Don't Rain on My Parade * Funny Girl * His Love Makes Me Beautiful * I'm the Greatest Star * People * Sadie, Sadie * You Are Woman, I Am Man. |
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Follies - Vocal Score
(1986) On the eve of its destruction, the once-glorious Weissman Theatre is filled with the ghosts of its past as showgirls from 40 years ago reunite to glamorize the old days and relive bygone memories of promise and splendor. For two jaded middle-aged couples, coming face-to-face with what might have been proves to be a shattering experience. The genius script by Sondheim and Goldman makes a cinematic, nightmarish hallucination of past and present blended together, employing lush era musical theatre ... |
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Do I Hear a Waltz? (Vocal Selections)
(1981) Seven vocal selections from the only collaboration between Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim. Songs include: Do I Hear a Waltz? * Here We Are Again * Moon in My Window * Someone like You * Stay * Take the Moment * Thank You So Much. |
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The Desert Song - Vocal Selections
(1985) The Sigmund Romberg musical from 1926 ran 471 performances! Sentimental melodies include: One Alone * Little Song * Let's Have a Love Affair * Romance and others. |
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Dear World (Vocal Selections)
(1982) Includes: The spring of next year -- Tomorrow morning -- I don't want to know -- I've never said I love you -- Garbage -- Dear world -- Kiss her now -- The tea party. Memories ; Pearls ; Dickie ; Voices ; Thoughts -- And I was beautiful -- One person. |
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Chicago - Vocal Selections
(1981) Our Broadway Vocal Selections book features a dozen fantastic songs from this Kander and Ebb blockbuster: All I Care About * And All That Jazz * Class * Funny Honey * A Little Bit of Good * Me and My Baby * Mister Cellophane * My Own Best Friend * Nowadays * Razzle Dazzle * Roxie * When You're Good to Mama. |
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Chess - Selections From The Musical
(1986) 15 selections from the Broadway musical featuring songs written by Tim Rice and the two "B"s from Scandinavian supergroup ABBA: Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus. Includes: Anthem * Chess * Heaven Help My Heart * Merano * One Night in Bangkok * Someone Else's Story * more. |
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Can Can (Vocal Selections)
(1981) 8 vocal selections from the 1953 Porter musical, including: Allez-Vous-En, Go Away * C'est Magnifique * Can Can * Come Along with Me * I Love Paris * It's All Right with Me * Live and Let Live * Montmartre. |
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Camelot (Vocal Score)
(1981) The complete vocal score to the Lerner and Loewe musical featuring 15 tracks: Before I Gaze at You Again * C'est Moi * Camelot * Follow Me * Guenevere * Guenevere's Welcome * How to Handle a Woman * I Loved You Once in Silence * I Wonder What the King Is Doing Tonight * If Ever I Would Leave You * The Lusty Month of May * March * Seven Deadly Virtues,The * The Simple Joys of Maidenhood * What Do Simple Folks Do. |
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The Boys from Syracuse
(1981) The complete vocal score to Rodgers and Hart's musical adaptation of Shakespeare's A Comedy of Errors Includes 16 songs, including: Boys from Syracruse * Come with Me * Falling in Love with Love * He and She * Ladies of the Evening * The Shortest Day of the Year * This Can't Be Love * You Have Cast Your Shadow on the Sea * and more. |
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Big River
(1986) 16 vocal selections from Roger Miller's classic Broadway score, including: Arkansas How Blest We Are * The Boys * Crossing, The * Do Ya Wanna Go to Heaven * Free at Last * Gov'ment * Hand for the Hog * I, Huckleberry, Me * Leavin's Not the Only Way to Go * Muddy Water * River in the Rain * The Royal Nonesuch * Waitin' for the Light to Shine * When Sun Goes down in the South * Worlds Apart * You Aughta Be Here with Me. |
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From Berlin To Broadway
(1984) A fabulous collection of this composer's songs, both from his German period and his later years in America. Features: Mack the Knife * September Song * My Ship * Speak Low * Lost in the Stars * many more. |
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Bells Are Ringing (Vocal Selections)
(1988) Eight vocal selections, including: Bells Are Ringing Better Than a Dream I Met a Nice Girl Just in Time The Party's Over and more. Bells Are Ringing Better Than A Dream (J.Styne) Do It Yourself (J.Styne) Drop That Name I Met A Girl Just In Time Mu Cha Cha The Party's Over |
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BAKER STREET: A MUSICAL ADVENTURE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
(1966) A Musical adapted from the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Conan Doyle |
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Babes in Toyland
(1988) Play script. By Victor Herbert, updated and adapted by Ken Holamon. All of the glorious music and fabulous fantasy characters of the classic Victor Herbert creation, in a bright contemporary version. Two acts. 1 Village Square and 5 outdoor locales. 12 men, 13 women with multiple casting opportunities; 2 baby lambs, a mongrel dog, a stuffed parrot. Victor Herbert's unforgettable tunes accompany Contrary Mary, Tom-Tom, and their friends, as they journey from Mother Goose Village to Toyland, seek... |
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Babes in Arms (Vocal Selections)
(1981) Six vocal selections from one of the biggest hit-producers from Rodgers and Hart. Includes: Babes in Arms * I Wish I Were in Love Again * Johnny One Note * The Lady Is a Tramp * My Funny Valentine * Where or When. |
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Anyone Can Whistle
(1981) The complete vocal score to Sondheim's short-lived 1964 musical. Songs include: Anyone Can Whistle * Everybody Says Don't * Me and My Town * See What It Gets You * There Won't Be Trumpets * There's Parade in Town * With So Little Be Sure Of * and more. |
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Annie - Piano/Vocal Selections
(1982) 14 songs from the beloved children's musical, featuring: Annie * Easy Street * It's the Hard-Knock Life * A New Deal for Christmas * Tomorrow * You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile * and more. |
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Allegro - Vocal Selections
(1986) The complete vocal score to Rodgers and Hammerstein's third musical. 26 songs, including: Come Home * A Fellow Needs a Girl * The Gentleman Is a Dope * I Know It Can Happen Again * Money Isn't Ev'rything * Poor Joe * So Far * What a Lovely Day for a Wedding * Wildcats * You Are Never Away * and more. |
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Ain't Misbehavin'
(1983) 24 vocal selections, including: Ain't Misbehavin' * Cash for Your Trash * Honeysuckle Rose * I Can't Give You Anything but Love * I'm Gonna Sit Right down and Write Myself a Letter * I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling * Jitterbug Waltz * The Joint Is Jumpin' * Ladies Who Sing with the Band * Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do * That Ain't Right * and more. |
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One Hundred Ten in the Shade
(1981) 9 vocal selections from Jones' and Schmidt's follow-up to The Fantasticks, including: Everytng Beautiful Happens@night * Gonna Be Another Hot Day * Is It Really Me? * Little Red Hat (110 in Shade) * Love, Don't Turn Away * A Man and a Woman * One Hundred Ten in the Shade * Raunchy * Simple Little Things. |
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Kismet (Vocal Selections)
(1986) 8 songs from the 1953 musical, including: And This Is My Beloved * Baubles, Bangles and Beads * Bored * He's in Love * Night of My Nights * Not Since Nineval * Sands of Time * Stranger in Paradise. |
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Barnum : A Musical Suggested By the Life of P.T. Barnum
(1980) The Tony and Outer Critics Circle Arward-winning musical Barnum ran for over 2 years on Broadway. It follows the ups and downs of P.T.'s varied life, from his fraudulent and sensational promotions to his American Museum and Barnum and Bailey Circus. It takes us backstage as well, giving us a glimpse of his love affairs and marriage. Production photographs are included. |
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Peter Pan (Vocal Selections)
(1982) 8 vocal selections from the 1954 Broadway version of the beloved story starring Mary Martin. Includes: Captain Hook's Waltz * Distant Melody * I Won't Grow Up * I'm Flying * I've Gotta Crow * Never Never Land * Tender Shepherd (Count Your Sheep) * Wendy. |
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Three Sisters
(1934) A Musical Play in Three Acts Programme (Theatre Royale Drury Lane June 4, 1934) Including, Eliot Makeham, Charlotte Greenwood, Adele Dixon, Victoria Hopper, Dick Francis, Albert Burdon, Esmond Knight, Stanley Holloway, Leonard Thorn, Anthony Hankey, Richard Dolman, Lucie Evely, Clare Lindsay, Bruce Seton, Eileen Clifton |
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Book of World-Famous Libretti: The Musical Theatre from 1598 to Today
(1984) In this handsome and invaluable book, James Fuld, author of The Book of World-Famous Music, examines the libretti of 167 works of musical theater. For each opera, operetta, or musical comedy libretto, he supplies a facsimile of the title page (see opposite) and, facing, all the relevant facts that can be gleaned from a close study of the original publication. In addition to a description of the physical properties of each libretto, you will find, for example, the date and place of the first perf... |
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Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs
(1981) 361 portraits, from 1860s to 1950 of over 400 stars. Informative captions. An illustrious collection, long overdue. |
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Musical Comedy in America
(1987) Musical Comedy in America: From The Black Crook to South Pacific, From The King & I to Sweeney Todd |
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Encyclopedia of theatre music
(1961) A comprehensive listing of more than 4000 songs from Broadway and Hollywood, 1900-1960 |
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The Singing Actor
(1983) How to Be a Success in Musical Theatre and Night Clubs |
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Ring Bells! Sing Songs! Broadway Musicals of the 1930's
(1971) Broadway Musicals of the 1930's |
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How to succeed in business without really trying (Vocal Selections)
(1983) 7 songs from the Broadway standard, including: Brotherhood of Man * Grand Old Ivy * Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm * How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying * I Believe in You * Love from a Heart of Gold * Paris Original. |
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Man of LA Mancha (Vocal Score)
(1965) Includes 21 songs: Abduction Aldonza La Mancha Barber's Song The Combat Dubbing Dulcinea Golden Helmet of Mambrino I Really Like Him I, Don Quixote I'm Only Thinking of Him The Impossible Dream (The Quest) It's All the Same Knight of Mirrors Knight of Woeful Count Little Bird Little Bird A Little Gossip Moorish Dance Overture To Each His Dulcinea We're Only Thinking of Him What Does He Want of Me. |
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Carousel: Vocal Score
(1987) This exciting revised edition was created to convey in complete and correct form the musical score and lyrics of this beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical as performed in the original Broadway production. Includes: Ballet * Blow High, Blow Low * Geraniums in the Winder/Stonecutters Cut It on Stone * The Highest Judge of All * Hornpipe * If I Loved You * June Is Bustin' Out All Over * Mister Snow * Prologue (The Carousel Waltz) * A Real Nice Clambake * Soliloquy * What's the Use of Wond'rin' *... |
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American Song: The Complete Musical Theater Companion, 1900-1984. Two volumes
(1985) These companion volumes to Bloom's important American Song: The Complete Musical Theatre Companion (LJ 7/96) and Hollywood Song: The Complete Film and Musical Companion (LJ 3/15/95) focus on popular songs from the early 1890s to 2000, defining "Tin Pan Alley" broadly to incorporate tunes ranging from George M. Cohan's patriotic gems to "easy listening" (e.g., Henry Mancini, Burt Bacharach). Rock, country, folk, and other genres are not treated here. Although these works are presented as Volumes ... |
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A Connecticut Yankee: The Musical
(1984) A Musical based on the novel by Mark Twain. Includes: * Can't You Do a Friend a Favor * I Blush * I Feel at Home with You * Thou Swell * You Always Love the Same Girl and others. |
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Performing in Musicals
(1988) Here is a basic acting textbook written especially for singers, actors, and dancers who want to work in musical theater but have little or no experience in the area. 'Performing in Musicals' provides novice performers with the information they need to audition, prepare a role, rehearse, and play the part. Taking a practical, systematic approach, Elaine Novak discusses virtually every aspect of musical theater: its history and development, basic elements (book, lyrics, score, and dances), pr... |
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Ten Great Musicals of the American Theatre
(1973) Includes - Of Thee I Sing - Porgy and Bess - One Touch of Venus - Brigadoon - Kiss Me, Kate - West Side Story - Gypsy - Fiddler on the Roof - 1776 - Company |
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British Musical Theatre: 2 Volumes Volume 1: 1865-1914 Volume 2: 1915-1984
(1987) From the pre-Gilbert and Sullivan 1860s to the 1980s, this important reference surveys more than a century of British light musical theatre, including its writers and composers. Gänzl provides a wealth of information on the book, lyrics, and music of over 800 London musicals, including contemporary reviews, cast lists, performances, plus pertinent notes gleaned from a study of surviving scores and libretti. Volume 1 traces the development of the genre between 1865 and 1914, describing its roots... |
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Better Foot Forward
(1976) The History of American Musical Theatre |
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Musical Notes: A Practical Guide to Staffing and Staging Standards of the American Musical Theater
(1986) “The entries in this `Guide' are arranged alphabetically, providing information on authorship and original production, a substantial synopsis of the story-line, notes on the production of the show (which include Tony Awards, ideas on technical and costume requirements, possible pitfalls, and budget suggestions), a list of songs of special interest, and details of instrumentation. A supplementary section on `Concept, Rock, Nostalgia and Others' differs from the main body of entries in providin... |
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Broadway Musicals
(1986) A colorful tribute to the great Broadway shows of our time. 395 illustrations, 112 in full color. |
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