The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built (45 page)

Freud, Sigmund

Friml, Rudolf

Frozen
(film)

Full Monty, The

Funny Girl

Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A
; book of; characters and story of; direction-choreography of; opening number of; original cast and album of; out-of-town opening of; overture to; reviews of; revivals of

Furth, George

Garland, Judy

“Gazooka, The”

Gelbart, Larry

Gemignani, Paul

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Gershovsky, Yaron

Gershwin, George

Gershwin, Ira

ghost stories

Gilbert and Sullivan

Gilford, Jack

Gilfry, Rodney

Gilmore, Patrick

Ginzler, Robert “Red”

Glass Menagerie, The
(Williams)

Glazer, Benjamin

Gleason, Joanna

“Glitter and Be Gay”

“God, That’s Good!”

Golden Age of Broadway

Golden Boy

Goldilocks

Goldman, James

Goldman, William

“Good Morning Baltimore”

“Goodnight, My Someone”

Goodspeed Opera House

Gottfried, Martin

Got Tu Go Disco

Grable, Betty

Grand Hotel

Gray, Joel

Great Britain, cast albums from; musical entertainment forms in

Green, Adolph

Green Day

Greene, Ellen

“Green Finch and Linnet Bird”

Green Grow the Lilacs
(Riggs)

Greenwillow

Griffith, D. W.

Grigolo, Vittorio

Grimm’s fairy tales

Guettel, Adam

guitars

Guthrie, Woody

Guys and Dolls
; book of; music and lyrics of; opening number of; original cast album of; story and characters of; structure of

“Guys and Dolls”

Gypsy
; book of; dialogue in; music and lyrics of; opening number of; original cast album of; overture to; penultimate scene in; story, theme, and characters of; structure of

Gypsy
(Lee)

Hair

Hairspray
; book of; direction of; music and lyrics of; original cast album of; penultimate scene in; story, theme, and characters of

Hairspray
(film)

“Hakuna Matata”

Hamilton, Alexander

Hamilton
; hip-hop musical style of; historical content of; opening number of

Hamlet
(Shakespeare)

Hamlisch, Marvin

Hammerstein, Oscar, II; death of; operetta lyrics of

“Hand Me Down That Can of Beans”

Handy, W. C.

Happy Hunting

“Happy to Make Your Acquaintance”

Harburg, Yip

Harnick, Sheldon

Harris, Sam

Harrison, Rex

Hart, Lorenz

Hart, Moss

“Hasa Diga Eebowai”

Haun, Harry

“Havana”

Hawks, Howard

“Hello”

Hello, Dolly!
; direction of; music and lyrics of; original cast album of; story and characters of

“Hello, Dolly!”

Herbert, Victor

“Here in My Arms”

“Here’s to Us”

Here’s Where I Belong

Herman, Jerry

“He’s a Rebel”

“Hey, Look Me Over!”

“Hey There”

hip-hop,
see
rap (hip-hop)

“History Has Its Eyes on You”

Hitchcock, Alfred

Holiday, Bob

Hollander, Jane

Holloway, Stanley

Hollywood, Calif.

Holzman, Winnie

“Honey Bun”

House of Flowers

Houston Grand Opera

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Hwang, David

“Hymn to Him, A”

Hytner, Nick

“I Cain’t Say No”

“I Can’t Get Started”

“Ice Cream”

“I Could Have Danced All Night”

“If I Loved You”

“If I Were a Bell”

“If I Were a Rich Man”

“I Got Life”

“I Hope I Get It”

“I Know Where I’ve Been”

“I’ll Know”

“I’m an Ordinary Man”

“Impossible Dream, The”

intermission

In the Good Old Summertime
(film)

In the Heights

Into the Light

Into the Woods

“It Ain’t Necessarily So”

Italy

“It Couldn’t Please Me More”

It’s a Bird … It’s a Plane … It’s Superman

“It’s Hot up Here”

“It Takes a Woman”

“I’ve Got Your Number”

“I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face”

“I’ve Never Been in Love Before”

“I Want” songs; conditional love songs merged with; as opening numbers

“I Wonder What the King Is Doing Tonight”

Jackman, Hugh

Jazz Age

Jefferson, Thomas

Jelly’s Last Jam

Jersey Boys

“Jet Song”

jitterbug

Joel, Billy

“Johanna”

John, Elton

Johns, Glynis

Johnson, Susan

Jones, Dean

Joplin, Janis

“Joseph Smith American Moses”

Jovanovich, Brandon

“Jubilation T. Cornpone”

Judaism

Jujamcyn Theaters

Julius Caesar
(Shakespeare)

Kander, John

Karnilova, Maria

Kaufman, George S.

Kay, Hershy

Kaye, Danny

Kaye, Stubby

“Keep It Gay”

Kelly, Glen

Kelton, Pert

Kennedy, John F.; assassination of

Kern, Jerome

Kert, Larry

King, Carole

King and I, The
; original cast and album of; story and characters of

Kingston Trio

Kinky Boots

Kirkwood, James

“Kiss the Girl”

“Kiss Me”

Kiss Me, Kate

Kleban, Edward

Klugman, Jack

Kostal, Irwin

Kushner, Tony, x
n

Kyd, Thomas

Lacamoire, Alex

LaChiusa, Michael John

“Ladies Who Lunch, The”

Lady, Be Good!

Lambeth Walk

Landesman, Rocco

Lane, Burton

Lane, Nathan

Lang, Harold

Lansbury, Angela

Lapine, James

Larson, Jonathan

Lasky, Floria

“Last Midnight, The”

László, Miklós

Lauper, Cyndi

Laurents, Arthur

Lavin, Linda

Lawrence, Gertrude

Lee, Gypsy Rose

Legally Blonde

Leigh, Carolyn

Lennon, John

Lenya, Lotte

Lerner, Alan Jay

“Let Me Entertain You”

Levene, Sam

Levin, Harry

Lewis, Jerry Lee

Liberatti, Alessandro

Libin, Paul

Lieberson, Goddard

Life

lighting

Light in the Piazza, The

Li’l Abner

Liliom
(Molnár)

Lillie, Beatrice

Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center Theater

lindy hop

Lion, Margo

Lion King, The

Lion King, The
(film)

Lithgow, John

“Little Girls”

Little Lord Fauntleroy
(Burnett)

Little Me

Little Mermaid, The
(film)

Little Night Music, A
; original cast album of; story and characters of

“Little Old Lady Land”

“Little Priest, A”

Little Shop of Horrors
; characters and story of; music and lyrics of; original cast album of

Little Shop of Horrors
(film)

Loesser, Frank

Loewe, Frederick

“Lonely Room”

Look

“Look What Happened to Mabel”

Lopez, Robert

“Lot’s Wife”

Loudon, Dorothy

“Love Is in the Air”

“Lovely”

“Lover, Come Back to Me”

“Luck Be a Lady”

Luker, Rebecca

LuPone, Patti

M*A*S*H
(TV series)

Mack and Mabel

Mackintosh, Cameron

“Make Believe”

“Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now”

Mame

Mamma Mia!

Manhattan Transfer

Man of La Mancha

Mark Taper Forum

Marmorstein, Gary

“Marry the Man Today”

Marshall, Rob

Martin, Mary

Martin, Virginia

Marx Brothers

Massey, Daniel

Masteroff, Joe

“Matchmaker, Matchmaker”

“Maybe”

Mayer, Michael

“May We Entertain You”

Mazzie, Marin

M. Butterfly

McArdle, Andrea

McCartney, Paul

McCollum, Kevin

McDonald, Audra

McGlinn, John

McKee, Robert

McMartin, John

Me and My Girl

Meehan, Thomas

melodrama

melody

Memphis

Mendes, Sam

Menken, Alan

Menzel, Idina

Mercer, Johnny

Merman, Ethel

Merrick, David

Merrill, Bob

Merrily We Roll Along

Meyer, Danny

Midler, Bette

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
(Shakespeare)

Miller, Ann

Miller, Roger

Minnelli, Liza

Miranda, Lin-Manuel

Misérables, Les

Miss Saigon

Mitchell, Brian Stokes

Molnár, Ferenc

“More I Cannot Wish You”

Morison, Patricia

Mormonism

Morse, Robert

Mostel, Zero

Most Happy Fella, The
; original cast and album of; story and characters of

Mother Courage and Her Children
(Brecht)

“Motherhood March”

“Mr. Goldstone”

Much Ado About Nothing
(Shakespeare)

Murphy, Donna

musical comedy

musical scores; orchestrations of

Music Man, The
; music and lyrics of; opening number of; original cast album of; story, theme, and characters of

“Mutual Admiration Society”

Myers, Pamela

My Fair Lady
; music and lyrics of; original cast album of; story and characters of; structure of

“My Hometown”

“My Lord and Master”

“My Shot”

My Sister Eileen
(McKenney)

My So-Called Life
(TV series)

“My Time of Day”

Nadel, Norman

Nashville
(film)

National Endowment for the Arts

National Theatre

National Theatre of Great Britain

Naughton, James

New Age of Broadway

New Amsterdam Theatre

New Moon, The

“New Town Is a Blue Town, A”

New York, N.Y.; Broadway in; Times Square in

New York City Ballet

New York City Center: Encores! concert musical series at

New York Theatre Workshop

New York Times
;
Arts and Leisure
section of

Next to Normal

Nicholaw, Casey

Nichols, Mike

Nine

“No Life”

Noll, Christiane

“No One Mourns the Wicked”

Normand, Mabel

Nunn, Trevor

“N.Y.C.”

Obama, Barack

O’Brien, Jack

Ockrent, Mike

off-Broadway shows; transfers to Broadway of

“Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’”

O’Hara, Kelli

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feelin’ So Sad
(Kopit)

Oklahoma!
; characters and story of; music and lyrics of; national tour of; opening number of; original cast album of; revivals of; revolutionary nature of

“Oklahoma”

“Old Fashioned Wedding, An”

Oliver

Once in a Lifetime
(Kaufman and Hart)

“One Hundred Easy Ways”

O’Neill, Eugene, x
n

“One Short Day”

“On the Steps of the Palace”

“On the Street Where You Live”

On the Town

On the Twentieth Century

“Ooh, My Feet”

opening numbers; danced; duet; importance of; “I Want” songs as; solo; two forms of; writing of

operas

operettas

original cast albums; London cast albums vs.; studio albums vs.

Ostrow, Stuart

Our Town
(Wilder)

“Over the Rainbow”

overtures; as medleys; setting the tone with; writing of

Pacific Overtures

Paint Your Wagon

Pajama Game, The

Pal Joey

Parker, Trey

“Part of Your World”

Passing Strange

“Past My Prime”

Patinkin, Mandy

Pennebaker, D. A.

“People Will Say We’re in Love”

performance anxiety

Peter Pan

Peters, Bernadette

Phantom of the Opera

Philadelphia, Pa.

Piano Lesson, The
(Wilson)

pianos

“Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little”

Pinkins, Tonya

Pinter, Harold

Pinza, Ezio

Pipe Dream

Plautus

plays; light; musical; plays within

Playwrights Horizons

“Poor Unfortunate Souls”

pop charts

pop culture

Porgy and Bess

Porter, Cole

Presley, Elvis

Press, Red

Preston, Robert

Prince, Faith

Prince, Harold; directing of

producers

Producers, The
; original cast album of; story and characters of