AMERICAN MUSICALS
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The Library of America presents your ticket to the Golden Age of the Broadway musical AMERICAN MUSICALS The Complete Books and Lyrics of 16 Broadway Classics 1927–1969 Laurence Maslon, editor JUNE G eorge S. Kaufman & Co. Broadway Comedies Nine zany classics from the 1920s and 30s, includ- ing Animal Crackers, You Can’t Take It With You, Stage Door, and The Man Who Came to Dinner. 911 pp. • 978-1-931082-67-9 • $35 • #152 • 201626 Stephen Foster & Co. Lyrics of America’s First Great Popular Songs Introduction by Ken Emerson The music that started it all: “Beautiful Dreamer,” “Oh! Susanna,” and dozens more songs. 208 pp. • 978-1-59853-070-4 • $20 • 600309 APP Ira Gershwin Selected Lyrics Introduction by Robert Kimball Including such unforgettable songs as “I Got Rhythm,” “S’Wonderful,” “Embraceable You,” “Things Are Looking Up,” and dozens more. 192 pp. • 978-1-59853-052-0 • $20 • 600297 APP Cole Porter Selected Lyrics Introduction by Robert Kimball “Let’s Do It,” “Love for Sale,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “Anything Goes,” and much more. 208 pp. • 978-1-931082-94-5 • $20 • 600219 APP Of related interest The Broadway musical is one of America’s great indigenous art forms, a glorious hybrid that emerged “out of our speech, our tempo, our moral attitudes, our way of moving” (as Leonard Bernstein put it). Now, in a lavishly- produced two-volume collection, The Li- brary of America presents sixteen enduring masterpieces charting the Broadway musical’s narrative tradition from the groundbreaking Show Boat (1927) through the genre’s Golden Age to its response to the turbulent 1960s with the Tony Award–winning shows Cabaret and . Based on new research, this collection presents the complete libretto of each musical in its Broadway opening night version, making these beloved stories avail- able as never before. Irving Berlin and Moss Hart’s As Thousands Cheer is published here for the first time. Show Boat and Pal Joey are presented in newly restored versions. Seven other shows, including South Pacific, Guys and Dolls, and My Fair Lady, return to print for the first time in decades. Each of these classic musicals has evolved over time, receiving many important revivals and new productions. This collectible boxed set offers readers unprecedented insight into this living history with a selection of hard-to- find or previously unpublished supplemen- tary items, including lyrics of songs dropped out-of-town or added in later revivals. Illus- trated with full-color photographs and other images drawn from the original productions, the set also contains biographical sketches of the book writers and lyricists; cast lists and other information about the shows’ Broad- way openings; and detailed accounts of the path each show took on the road to Broad- way. As a special feature, each box includes sixteen full-color postcards reproducing the original show posters (see right). 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 sev- eral 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. He also wrote the acclaimed American Masters/Thirteen documentary Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds. He lives in New York. Photo: Matthew Sussman. 2-VOL. BOXED SET: 1600 pp. • 978-1-59853-257-9 • $75 • loa #253 & 254 • 210027 American Musicals –: The Complete Books & Lyrics of Eight Broadway Classics Show Boat Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ∙ Music by Jerome Kern As Thousands Cheer Lyrics and music by Irving Berlin ∙ Sketches by Moss Hart Pal Joey Book 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 Town Book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Music by Leonard Bernstein Finian’s Rainbow Book by E. Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy ∙ Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg Music by Burton Lane Kiss Me, Kate Music and lyrics by Cole Porter ∙ Book by Sam and Bella Spewack South Pacific Music by Richard Rodgers ∙ Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan 800 pp. • 978-1-59853-258-6 • $37.50 • #253 • 202624 American Musicals –: The Complete Books & Lyrics of Eight Broadway Classics Guys and Dolls Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser ∙ Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows The Pajama Game Book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell Music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross My Fair Lady Adaptation and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner ∙ Music by Frederick Loewe Gypsy Book by Arthur Laurents ∙ Music by Jule Styne Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Book by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Fiddler on the Roof Book by Joseph Stein ∙ Music by Jerry Bock ∙ Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick Cabaret Book by Joe Masteroff ∙ Music by John Kander ∙ Lyrics by Fred Ebb 1776 Music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards ∙ Book by Peter Stone 800 pp. • 978-1-59853-259-3 • $37.50 • #254 • 202632 6 7
Transcript of AMERICAN MUSICALS
The Library of America presents your ticket to the Golden Age of the Broadway musical
AMERICAN MUSICALSThe Complete Books and Lyrics of 16 Broadway Classics 1927–1969
Laurence Maslon, editor
JUNE
George S. Kaufman & Co. Broadway Comedies Nine zany classics from the 1920s and 30s, includ-ing Animal Crackers, You Can’t Take It With You,Stage Door, and The Man Who Came to Dinner.911 pp. • 978-1-931082-67-9 • $35 • #152 • 201626
Stephen Foster & Co. Lyrics of America’s First Great Popular SongsIntroduction by Ken EmersonThe music that started it all: “Beautiful Dreamer,”“Oh! Susanna,” and dozens more songs.208 pp. • 978-1-59853-070-4 • $20 • 600309 APP
Ira Gershwin Selected Lyrics Introduction by Robert KimballIncluding such unforgettable songs as “I GotRhythm,” “S’Wonderful,” “Embraceable You,”“Things Are Looking Up,” and dozens more.192 pp. • 978-1-59853-052-0 • $20 • 600297 APP
Cole Porter Selected Lyrics Introduction by Robert Kimball“Let’s Do It,” “Love for Sale,” “I Get a Kick Outof You,” “Anything Goes,” and much more.208 pp. • 978-1-931082-94-5 • $20 • 600219 APP
Of related interest
The Broadway musical is one of America’sgreat indigenous art forms, a glorious hybridthat emerged “out of our speech, our tempo,our moral attitudes, our way of moving” (asLeonard Bernstein put it). Now, in a lavishly-produced two-volume collection, The Li-brary of America presents sixteen enduringmasterpieces charting the Broadway musical’snarrative tradition from the groundbreakingShow Boat (1927) through the genre’s GoldenAge to its response to the turbulent 1960swith the Tony Award–winning showsCabaret and 1776. Based on new research, thiscollection presents the complete libretto ofeach musical in its Broadway opening nightversion, making these beloved stories avail-able as never before. Irving Berlin and MossHart’s As Thousands Cheer is published herefor the first time. Show Boat and Pal Joey arepresented in newly restored versions. Sevenother shows, including South Pacific, Guysand Dolls, and My Fair Lady, return to printfor the first time in decades.
Each of these classic musicals has evolvedover time, receiving many important revivalsand new productions. This collectible boxedset offers readers unprecedented insight intothis living history with a selection of hard-to-find or previously unpublished supplemen-tary items, including lyrics of songs droppedout-of-town or added in later revivals. Illus-trated with full-color photographs and otherimages drawn from the original productions,the set also contains biographical sketches ofthe book writers and lyricists; cast lists andother information about the shows’ Broad-way openings; and detailed accounts of thepath each show took on the road to Broad-way. As a special feature, each box includessixteen full-color postcards reproducing theoriginal show posters (see right).
LAURENCE MASLON is an arts professor in the Graduate Acting Program atNew York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. The author or editor of sev-eral books about musical theater, including The South Pacific Companion,he co-wrote two episodes of the Emmy-winning Broadway: The AmericanMusical with Michael Kantor, as well as the companion volume. He alsowrote the acclaimed American Masters/Thirteen documentary RichardRodgers: The Sweetest Sounds. He lives in New York. Photo: Matthew Sussman.
2-VOL. BOXED SET: 1600 pp. • 978-1-59853-257-9 • $75 • loa #253 & 254 • 210027
American Musicals 1927–1949: The Complete Books & Lyrics of Eight Broadway Classics
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 lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Finian’s RainbowBook by E. Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy ∙ Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg
Music by Burton Lane
Kiss Me, KateMusic and lyrics by Cole Porter ∙ Book by Sam and Bella Spewack
South PacificMusic by Richard Rodgers ∙ Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan
800 pp. • 978-1-59853-258-6 • $37.50 • #253 • 202624
American Musicals 1950–1969: The Complete Books & Lyrics of Eight Broadway Classics
Guys and DollsMusic and lyrics by Frank Loesser ∙ Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
The Pajama GameBook by George Abbott and Richard Bissell
Music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
My Fair LadyAdaptation and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner ∙ Music by Frederick Loewe
GypsyBook by Arthur Laurents ∙ Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumBook by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Fiddler on the RoofBook by Joseph Stein ∙ Music by Jerry Bock ∙ Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
CabaretBook by Joe Masteroff ∙ Music by John Kander ∙ Lyrics by Fred Ebb
1776Music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards ∙ Book by Peter Stone
800 pp. • 978-1-59853-259-3 • $37.50 • #254 • 202632
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