Read Enchanted Evenings:The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber Online
Authors: Geoffrey Block
“Soon” (Sondheim), 359
“Sorry-Grateful (Sondheim), 378
The Sound of Music
(Rodgers and Hammerstein), 15, 176, 213, 233, 331, W107n34, W125n125
South Pacific
(Rodgers and Hammerstein), xi, xii, 14, 108, 130, 143, 169, 176, 198, 213, 214, 216, 231, 233, 236, 281, 311, 342, 381
“Speak Low” (Weill and Nash), 147,
148
, 149, 186
Spewack, Bella, 10, 136, 217, 218, 225–27, 232, 317
Spewack, Sam, 10, 136, 218, 225–27, 232, 317
Spialek, Hans, 44, 89, 90
Spitzer, John, W88n69
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
[film], 402
“Sposalizio” (Loesser), 254
Sporting Life’s theme (Gershwin), 77, 78
Stade, Frederica von, W78n6
“Ständchen” (Schubert).
See
“Ungeduld”
“Standing on the Corner” (Loesser), 252, 253, 254, 255
A Star Is Born
(Arlen and I. Gershwin) [film], 151
Star Wars
[film], 386
Starlight Express
(Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe), 385, 386, 409, W131n2
“The Star Spangled Banner” (words by Key), 391
Starr, Larry, xxii, 72, 76, W73n6
State Fair
(Rodgers and Hammerstein), 187, 203
“Stay with Me” (Sondheim), 373
Stempel, Larry, 301, W100n53, W105n11, W114n30, W122n76
Sternfeld, Jessica, 389, 390, 393, 405, 409, W74n10, W131n13, W132n25, W133n41, W133n44
Stevenson, Robert M., W101n63
Stokowski, Leopold, 103
Stormy Weather
[film], 156
“The Story of Lucy and Jessie” (Sondheim), 375–76, 377
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
[film], 39
Stradling, Harry, 324
“Stranger Than You Dreamt It” (Lloyd Webber and Hart), 405
Stratas, Teresa, W78n6
Strauss, Johann Jr., 14
Strauss, Richard, 143, 349
Stravinsky, Igor, 107, 116, 348, 382, 389
Street Scene
(Weill and Rice), 132, 136, 143, 152, 253, W105n11
A Streetcar Named Desire
(Williams) [play], 320
Strike Up the Band
(G. and I. Gershwin), 60, 155, 189
Stritch, Elaine, 27, 103
Strunsky, Michael, 171
The Student Prince in Heidelberg
(Romberg and Donnelly), 4, W76n5
Stroman, Susan, 27
Strouse, Charles, xxvi
Styne, Jule, 234, 335, 336, 342, 365, W77n20
“Suddenly It’s Spring” (Burke and Van Heusen), 186
Sutherland, Joan, 325
“Sue Me” (Loesser), 247, 322, W111n15
“Summertime” (Gershwin and Heyward), 59, 79, 169, 175
“Sunday” (Sondheim),
367
, 369,
370
Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte
[Seurat painting], 366,
368
,
369
, 370
Sunday in the Park with George
(Sondheim) [musical], xx, 15, 308, 337, 338, 365–71 (
368, 369
), 375, 379–80, 386
Synopsis (W9)
Discography and Filmography (W24)
Appendix A (W29)
Appendix T (W68)
Sunny
(Kern, Harbach, and Hammerstein), 21, 22
Sunset Boulevard
(Lloyd Webber and Black), xxvii, xxviii, 173, 386, 394, 408, 409, W126n31, W130n2, W132n26, W134n53
“Surabaya Johnny” (Brecht and Weill), 142
Suskin, Steven, 236, 388, W107n1
Swain, Joseph P., xiii-xiv, xv, xix, xxii, 220, 295, 301, 387, 394, W89n81, W97n1, W106n32, W107n10, W121n63
Sweeney Todd
(Sondheim) [musical], xiii, xxvi, xxvii, 288, 338, 346–60, 365, 366, 379, 386, 390
Synopsis (W9)
Discography and Filmography (W24)
Appendix A (W29–30)
Appendix S (W66–67)
Notes (W131n4)
Sweeney Todd
[film], xxiii, 310, 331, 337, 355, 360–65 (
361
), 398, 402
Sweeney Todd
(Bond) [play], 350, 351–52
Sweeney Todd
(Pitt) [play], 352
Sweeney Todd
Final Sequence, 358–60, W127n56
Sweeney Todd
Prelude, 355,
356
, W127n51
“Sweeney Todd” chord, 355, 356,
357
, W127n48
Sweet Adeline
(Kern and Hammerstein), 38, 189
Sweet Charity
(Coleman and Fields), 348
Swerling, Jo, 237
Swift, Kay, 168
“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” (African-American spiritual), W89n77
Swing Time
(Kern and D. Fields) [film], 39
Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”) (Beethoven), W129n78
Symphony in D Minor (Franck),
94
Symphonie fantastique
(Berlioz), 355, 356,
357
, 358
Symphony of Psalms
(Stravinsky), W118n27
Synopses, W1–10
“Take Back Your Mink” (Loesser), 249
“Take Care of This House” (Bernstein and Lerner), 308
“Take Me Back to Manhattan” (Porter), 46
“Take the Moment” (Rodgers and Sondheim), 359
“Talking to My Pal “(Rodgers and Hart), W94n57
The Taming of the Shrew
(Shakespeare), 10, 217, 218, 219, 221, 225–32, 315, 317, W116n60
“Tangled in the Winding Sheets” (Lloyd Webber and Hart), 400
Taruskin, Richard, xx
Taubman, Howard, 253, 254
“Taunting Scene” (Bernstein), 280, W117n20
Taymor, Julie, xxi
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr, 104, 145, 377, 378
Teachout, Terry, 185, W96n39
Templeton, Faye, 157
Terris, Norma, 24
Textual realism versus opulent adornment, xiv, 8, 55–56
“That Terrific Rainbow” (Rodgers and Hart), 103, 104, 107, 109, 178, 179
“That’s Him” (Weill and Nash), 147, 148, 187
Thayer, Alexander Wheelock, 126
Theatre Guild, 46, 58, 61, 63, 69, 70, 195, 263
“There’ll Always Be a Lady Fair” (Porter), 53, 164, 175, 221
“There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York” (G. and I. Gershwin), 71, 82
“There’s a Small Hotel” (Rodgers and Hart), 90,
98–99
, 100, 145, 180, 190, 228, W106n24
“There’s No Cure like Travel” (Porter), 44, 46
“They Didn’t Believe Me” (Kern), 22
They Knew What They Wanted
(Howard), 235, 250, 251–52
“They pass by singin,’” 74, 79, 81, 171–72
“Think of Me” (Lloyd Webber and Hart), 403, 404, 408
“This Can’t Be Love Love” (Rodgers and Hart), 97
“This Is New” (Weill and I. Gershwin), 186
This Is the Army
[film], 156
“This Nearly Was Mine” (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 206
“This Turf Is Ours” (Bernstein and Sondheim), W119nn33–34
Thomas, Linda Lee, 42
Thompson, Era Bell, 168
Thomson, Virgil, 63, 64, 70, 112, 136
Thornburn, David, 230
“Thou Swell” (Rodgers and Hart), 83
“The Three B’s” (Rodgers and Hart), 93–
94
Three Sisters
(Kern and Hammerstein), 157
The Threepenny Opera
(Brecht and Weill), 112, 131, 132, 137, 142, 143, 144, 147, W95n12
Tibbett, Lawrence, 67, W87n39
“Till Good Luck Comes My Way” (Kern and Hammerstein), 25, 33, 35, 160, 162
The Time of the Cuckoo
(Laurents) [play], 281, 308
A Time to Kill
[film], 398
The Tinted Venus
(F. Anstey), 136
Tip-Toes
(G. and I. Gershwin), 59
Till the Clouds Roll By
[film], 188
Titanic
[film], 386
“To Be or Not to Be” (Porter), 217
“To Keep My Love Alive” (Rodgers and Hart), 110
To Kill a Mockingbird
[film], 169
“Tom, Dick or Harry” (Porter), 218,
220
, 226, 317
“Tonight” (Bernstein and Sondheim), 286, 287, 295, 298,
299
, 300, 305, 329, 360, 405, W118n27
“Tonight” Quintet (Bernstein and Sondheim), 243
Tony motive (Loesser), 256,
257–58
“Too Darn Hot” (Porter), 219, 221, 317, 318
Too Many Girls
[film], 190
Top Hat
[film], 156
Tormé, Mel, 59
Tosca
(Puccini) [opera], 403, W109n29, W115n46
Toscanini, Arturo, 103
“The Touch of Your Hand” (Kern and Harbach), 157
“Tradition” (Bock and Harnick), 347
Traubner, Richard, 21
“Travelin’ Light” (Loesser), W111n19
Tree, Beerbohm 267, 269
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
(Schwartz and Fields), 47
Trial by Jury
(Gilbert and Sullivan), 145
Trilby
(Du Maurier) [novel], 395
A Trip to Chinatown
(Gaunt and Hoyt), 4
Tristan and Isolde [tale], 294
Tristan und Isolde
(Wagner) [opera], 297, 298, 350, W122n77
“Trockadero Opening Chorus” (Kern and Hammerstein), 24
Trouble in Tahiti
(Bernstein), 282, 308
“The Trouble with Women” (Weill and Nash), 140
“True Love” (Porter), 232
“Tschaikowsky” (Weill and I. Gershwin), 136, 139, 145
Tunick, Jonathan, 344
Turandot
(Puccini), 393, 405, W132nn24–25
Turturro, John, 182
“Twin Soliloquies” (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 214
“Two a Day for Keith” (Rodgers and Hart), 89
Two by Two
(Rodgers and Charnin), 213
“Two Little People” (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 207–
8
“Two Sleepy People” (Loesser and Carmichael), 234
Ullmann, Liv, 213
“Una gioia” (Puccini),
392
Under Dialogue (Bernstein), 305, W122n75
“Unforgettable.”
See
“You Are Unforgettable”
“Ungeduld” (Schubert and Müller) [incorrectly designated as “Ständchen” in
On Your Toes
], 93, W91n28
Unger, Max, W96n36
“Up to the Moon” (Bernstein and Sondheim),
287–88
, W118n31
“Uptown, Downtown” (Sondheim), 375, 377