American Musicals: The Complete Books and Lyrics of Eight Broadway Classics 1927-1949: Show Boat / As Thousands Cheer / Pal Joey / Oklahoma! / On the Me, Kate / South Pacific (Library of America)

Now, in this first volume of a landmark two-volume collection, The Library of America presents eight enduring masterpieces charting the Broadway musical’s narrative tradition from the groundbreaking Show Boat (1927) through the start of the genre’s Golden Age in 1949. Irving Berlin and Moss Hart’s As Thousands Cheer is published here for the first time. Lavishly illustrated­­ with 32 pages of photographs and other images drawn from the original productions, this volume also contains biographical sketches of the book writers and lyricists; cast lists and other information about the shows’ Broadway openings; and detailed accounts of the path each show took on the road to Broadway.AMERICAN MUSICALS 1927–1949 contains: Show BoatBook and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II · Music by Jerome Kern As Thousands CheerLyrics and music by Irving Berlin · Sketches by Moss Hart Pal JoeyBook by John O’Hara · Music by Richard Rodgers ·  Lyrics by Lorenz Hart Oklahoma!Music by Richard Rodgers · Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II On the TownBook and lyri

He also wrote the acclaimed American Masters/Thirteen documentary Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds. He lives in New York. . About the AuthorLaurence Maslon is an arts professor in the Graduate Acting Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. The author or editor of several books about musical theater, including The South Pacific Companion, he co-wrote two episodes of the Emmy-winning Broadway: The American Musical with Michael Kantor, as well as the companion volume

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He lives in New York. He also wrote the acclaimed American Masters/Thirteen documentary Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds. . Laurence Maslon is an arts professor in the Graduate Acting Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. The author or editor of several books about musical theater, including The South Pacific Companion, he co-wrote two episodes of the Emmy-winning Broadway: The American Musical with Michael Kantor, as well as the companio