The Year that Made the Musical
1924 and the Glamour of Musical Theatre
by William A. Everett
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Pub Date Aug 29 2024 | Archive Date Aug 01 2024
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Description
Whether they appeared on Broadway or the Strand, the shows appearing in 1924 epitomized the glamor of popular musical theatre. What made this particular year so distinctive – so special – was the way it brought together the old and the new, the venerated and the innovative, and the traditional and the chic. William Everett, in his compelling new book, reveals this remarkable mid-Roaring Twenties stagecraft to have been truly transnational, with a stellar cast of producers, performers and creators boldly experimenting worldwide. Revues, musical comedies, zarzuelas and operettas formed part of a thriving theatrical ecosystem, with many works – and their leading artists – now unpredictably defying genres. The author demonstrates how fresh approaches became highly successful, with established leads like Marie Tempest and Fred Stone appearing in new productions even as youthful talents such as Florence Mills, Fred and Adele Astaire, Gertrude Lawrence and George Gershwin now started to make their mark.
Advance Praise
In the timeline of musical theatre history, there are certain years that stand out in large, bolded typeface as turning points for the form. In 1957, West Side Story and The Music Man both entered the canon as two very different examples of a changing form. In 1964, Funny Girl, Fiddler on the Roof, and Hello, Dolly! represented a glorious sunset for the Golden Age of the genre and hinted at the direction it would take in the next decades. In The Year that Made the Musical: 1924 and the Glamour of Musical, William Everett convincingly demonstrates that 1924 has been overlooked as another such pivotal year when the changes and developments that might ordinarily play out over a decade were compressed into a single twelve month period. Doug Reside, Digital Curator for the Performing Arts, New York Public Library
Available Editions
EDITION | Hardcover |
ISBN | 9781009316514 |
PRICE | $39.99 (USD) |
PAGES | 272 |
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