“It Was Great Fun the First Time” (Porter), 227, 228
“I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face” (Lerner and Loewe), 266, 272–73, 275, W114n32, W115n49
“I’ve Never Been in Love Before” (Loesser), 239, 249, 322
Ives, Charles, 112, 254, 389
Jablonski, Edward, 67, W86n6
Jackman, Hugh, 314
The Jazz Singer [film], 153, W125n25
Jeeves (Lloyd Webber and Ayckbourn). See By Jeeves
Jekyll & Hyde (Wildhorn and Bricusse), xxvii
Jepson, Helen, 175, W87n39
“Jeremiah” Symphony (Bernstein), 282
Jesus Christ, 384
Jesus Christ Superstar (Lloyd Webber and Rice), 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 390, 408, W131n2, W131n4
“Jet Song” (Bernstein and Sondheim), 287–88, 295, 329, W118nn31–32, W118n34
“Joe Worker” (Blitzstein), 183
“Johanna” (Anthony’s version) (Sondheim), 362
“Johanna” (Judge’s version) (Sondheim), 359, 362–63
Johnny Johnson (Weill and Green), 135, 140
Johnson, Hall, 70–71
Jolson, Al, 61, 153
Jones, Allan, 26, 160, W101n5
Jones, Cherry, 182
Jones, Shirley, 311
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Lloyd Webber and Rice), 384, 386, 394, 408, W131n2
Jubilee (Porter), 215
Judas Iscariot, 384
Julian, Rupert, 396
Julius Caesar [film], 320
Jumbo (Rodgers and Hart), 83, 190
Jump (from “The Dance at the Gym”) (Bernstein), 295
“June Is Bustin’ Out All Over” (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 84, 313, W124n7
“Just One of Those Things” (Porter), 215
“Just You Wait” (Lerner and Loewe), 265, 271, 272, 273, 274, W115n50
Kael, Pauline, xxv
Kakutani, Michiko, 371
Kálmán, Emmerich, 94
Kander (John) and (Fred) Ebb, xxvi, 348
“Kate the Great” (Porter), 44, 45
“Katrina” (Loewe}, 262
Katz, Ephraim, 188
Kauffmann, Stanley, xxv
Kaufman, George S., xxvi, 136, 237–38, 241, 245, 247
Kaufman (George S.) and Hart (Moss), 52, 136
Kaye, Danny, 136, 139, 145, 186, 213, 247, 320, W101n68
Kaye, Judy, 387
Kaye, Stubby, 242, 246, 321
Kazan, Elia, 136, W98n21
Keel, Howard, 158, 314, 315, 318
Kelly, Gene, 101, 102, 178, 190, 320, 325
Kelly, Grace, 230, 321, 325
Kelly, Laura Michelle, 363, 364
Kennedy, William, 237
Kenny G, 410
Kenworthy, Duncan, 327
Kerman, Joseph, xiv, 8, 229, 320, 403, W109n39, W122n73
Kern, Jerome, xxvi, 4, 5, 14, 19–39, 42, 70, 72–73, 111, 143, 159–63, 189, 200, 215, 216, 243, 373, 391, W89n77
Kern (Jerome) and Hammerstein (Oscar), xxiv, 5, 7, 45, 61, 65, 159–63, 373
Kerr, Deborah, 321, 325
Kerr, Walter, 252–53, 260, 279, W111n34
Kerry, Norman, 306
Kert, Larry, 284
Kidd, Michael, 321
“Kids Ain’t” (Bernstein and Sondheim), 288
Kilenyi, Edward, 59
Kiley, Richard, 213
The Killers [film], 188
“Kim’s Imitations” (Kern and Hammerstein), 24
King, Dennis, 263
King, Henry, 310, 311, 313
King, William, 144
The King and I (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 14, 176, 198, 213, 214, 231, 233, 281, 310, 324, 325, 342, 347
A Kingdom for a Cow (Weill), 140, 141, 145, 281
Kinsley, Gershon, W95n17
Kislan, Richard, W73n4
Kismet (Wright and Forrest), 233
“Kiss Me” (Sondheim), 359
Kiss Me, Kate (Porter) [musical], xii, xviii, 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 41, 44, 48, 53, 68, 147, 189, 215–32 (223), 271
Synopsis (W4)
Discography and Filmography (W15–16)
Appendix A (W27)
Appendix M (W53–55), Notes (W77n21, W112n47)
Kiss Me, Kate [film], xxiii, xxiv, 310, 314–19 (314, 315)
Kissel, Howard, 211
Kitt, Eartha, 70
Kivy, Peter, xiv, 8, 55
Kline, Kevin, 189
Knickerbocker Holiday (Weill and Anderson), 136, 140, 152
Knight, Arthur, xxv
Knightly, Keira, 327
Knapp, Raymond, xxii, 388, 394, W74n8, W97n1, W123n78, W131n11
Koussevitzsky, Serge, 281
Kowalke, Kim, xxiv, 141, 142, 154, W94n2
Kreuger, Miles, 4, 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, 42, 43, 45, 48–49, 70, W78n23, W83n2
La bohème (Puccini) [opera], 393
La Cage aux Folles (Herman), 308
La fanciulla del West (Puccini) [opera], 392, 393, 406, W132n23, W133n46
La La Lucille (Gershwin), 60
LaChuisa, John, xxvi
“Ladies in Their Sensitivities” (Sondheim), 362
Lady, Be Good! (G. and I. Gershwin), 59, 60, 189
Lady in the Dark (Weill and I. Gershwin) [musical], xviii, xxii, 11, 12, 13, 82, 136–41 (139), 140, 141, 142, 143–46, 150–51, 231, 260, 263, 366, 375
Synopsis (W4–5)
Discography and Filmography (W16–17)
Appendix A (W27)
Appendix J (W50)
Lady in the Dark [film], 186, 188
“The Lady Is a Tramp” (Rodgers and Hart), 180
“Lady Liza” (Lerner and Loewe), 265, W114n26
Lady Macbeth of Mitsensk (Shostakovich) [opera], 94
Lahr, John, W83n72, W128n70
Laine, Cleo, 26
Lamb, Andrew. See Gänzl, Kurt
Lancaster, Burt, 188
Lane, Burton, 14, 234
Lane, Nathan, xix, 338
Lang, Harold, 102, 178, 224, 315
Langner, Lawrence, 196, 197
Lansbury, Angela, 349, 352, W125n1
Lapine, James, xxvi, xxviii, 337, 365–71, 387, 365, 370, 371
Larson, Jonathan, xxvi
Laufe, Abe, W73n4
Laurents, Arthur, xix, 11, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 286, 287, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 308, 331, 335, 336, 338, 342, 346, 365, W84n23
Lawrence, Gertrude, 60, 136, 138, 139, 150, 263, W99n36
Le Gallienne, Eva, 195
“Learn to Be Lonely” (Lloyd Webber and Hart), 401
Leave It to Jane (Kern, Wodehouse, and Bolton), 4, 22, W86n5
Leave It to Me! (Porter), 215, 216, 217
Lederman, Minna, 117
Lee, Canada, 185
Lee, Eugene, 27, 349
Lee, Franne, 349
Lee, Gypsy Rose, 94, 103, 178
Lees, Gene, 262, W112n4, W113n9, W113n17
Lehár, Franz, 4, 263
Lehman, Ernest, 327
Leisen, Mitchell, 186
Leroux, Gaston, 395–96
Lerner, Alan Jay, 136, 190, 237, 263, 278, W495n4. See also Lerner (Alan Jay) and Loewe (Frederick “Fritz”)
Lerner (Alan Jay) and Loewe (Frederick “Fritz”), xii, xxvi, 10, 15, 233, 260–78, 323–27
“Les filles de Bordeaux” (Weill and Déval), 140
Les Girls (Porter), 232
Les Misérables (Boublil and Schönberg), xxi, xxvii, 327, 394, 395, W131n2
Les Préludes (Liszt), 94, 95–96
Let ‘Em Eat Cake (G. and I. Gershwin), 60, 61, 115, 243
“Let’s Begin” (Porter and Harbach), 157
“Let’s Do It” (Porter), 42
“Let’s Do Something” (Blitzstein), 118, 122
Let’s Face It (Porter), 189
“Let’s Misbehave” (Porter), 46, 50
“Let’s Step Out” (Porter), 46, 50
“The Letter” quintet (Sondheim), 363
A Letter to Three Wives [film], 320
L
eve, James, W497n21
Levene, Sam, 242, 246, 322
Levine, Lawrence, W76n9
“Liaisons” (Sondheim), 359
Lieberson, Goddard, 67, 336
The Life (Coleman and Gasman), 348
“Life Is Happiness Indeed” (Bernstein and Sondheim), 308, 378
“Life upon the Wicked Stage” (Kern and Hammerstein), 25, 162
Light Up the Sky (M. Hart) [play], 152
Liliom (Molnár), 193, 196–97, W116n60
Lindsay (Howard) and Crouse (Russel), 42, 43, 47, 217
The Lion King (John and Rice), xxi, xxvii, 387
Lipman, Samuel, W96n40
Liszt, Franz, 94
Little Foxes (Hellman), 112, 286
Little Johnny Jones (Cohan), 4
A Little Night Music (Sondheim), xix, 14, 243, 321, 336, 337, 343, 348, 353, 359, 360, 366, 379, 386, W131n4
“A Little Priest” (Sondheim), 359, 360, 364
The Little Prince (Lerner and Loewe), 278
Liù’s motive in Turandot (Puccini), 392–93, 405–6, 407
“Live, Love, Laugh” (Sondheim), 377
Lloyd Webber, Andrew, xxi, xxiii, xxvi, xxvii, xxviii, 3, 6, 10, 12, 15, 16, 102, 213, 322, 339, 346, 347, 348, 350, 359, 383–410 (384)
Lloyd Webber, William 384
Loesser, Frank, xxii, xxvi, 6, 15, 85, 109, 155, 233–59 (235), 310, 319–23, W113n11, W114n24
Loewe, Edmund, 262
Loewe, Frederick (“Fritz”), 234, 243. See also Lerner (Alan Jay) and Loewe (Frederick “Fritz”)
Logan, Joshua, 311
Lolita My Love (Barry and Lerner), 278
“London” Symphony (Vaughan Williams), 391, 392, W132n21
“Long Runs: Decade by Decade 1920–2000s,” Appendix B (W31–34)
Long Runs: “The Forty Longest-Running Musicals on Broadway 1920–1959 and 1920–2008,” Appendix C (W35–36)
Notes (W76n15)
Long runs (Lloyd Webber), W130n2
Lonoff, Jeffrey, 375
“Look for the Silver Lining” (Kern and Grey), 22
Look Ma, I’m Dancin’ (Martin), 281
“Look Sharp” (Gillette razor jingle), 226
Lost Boys [film], 398
Lost in the Stars (Weill and Anderson), 136, 152, 168
Louise (Charpentier) [opera], 114
Love Actually [film], 327
“Love in a Mist” (Weill and Nash), W99n27
“Love for Sale” (Porter), 40
Love Life (Weill and Lerner), 152, 263, 278, 346
Love Me Tonight (Rodgers and Hart) [film], 83, 156, 172, 190, 195, 211, 212
The Love Parade [film], 156
“Loveland” (Sondheim), 377
“Lovely to Look At” (Kern and Fields), 157
Low, Bill, W113n22
Lubitsch, Ernst, 155
“Luck Be a Lady” (Loesser), 240, 241, 321
Lupone, Patti, xviii, 115, W125n1
Lytell, Bert, 145
McClain, John, 236, 252, 279
McClary, Susan, W76n14, W110n38
mcclung, bruce d., xxii, W74n8, W98n26
MacDonald, Jeanette, 190
MacDonald (Jeanette) and Eddy (Nelson), 155
Macfadyen, Angus, 184
McFerrin, Bobby, 168
McFerrin, Robert, 168–69, W87n39
McGlinn, John, 20, 23–24, 26, 37, 42, 44, 48, 65, 70, 160, 164
Macintosh, Cameron, xxi, xxvii, 327, 378, 395
McKenzie, Julia, 351
MacLeish, Archibald, W94n8
McMillin, Scott, 394, W74n6, W74n10
McPherson, Aimée Semple, 49, 57
MacRae, Gordon, 311
Madame Butterfly (Puccini) [opera], 94
“Madame Odette’s Waltz” (Weill and Vambery), 140
Madonna, W130n101
The Magic Flute (Mozart) [opera], 115, 254, 349
Magnolia’s piano theme (Kern), 30, 32, 33, 36, 111, 161, 162
Mahler, Gustav, 254
“Make a Miracle” (Loesser), 236, 244, 245, 250
“Make Believe” (Kern and Hammerstein), xii, 30, 33, 34, 36–38, 162, W81n48, W81n59, W105n11
“Make the Most of Your Music” (Sondheim), 377
Malcolm, Donald, 259
Mambo (from “The Dance at the Gym”) (Bernstein), 284, 287, 295, 303
“Mamma, Mamma” (Loesser), 258
Mamma Mia! (Andersson and Luvaeus), xxvii
Mamoulian, Rouben, xxvi, 66, 83, 136, 166, 168, 170, 172, 190, 195, 211
The Man Who Came to Dinner (Kaufman and Hart) [play], 52
Manhattan [film], 180
“Manhattan” (Rodgers and Hart), 83
Mankiewicz, Joseph L., 310, 320, 321, 322
Mantle, Burns, 101
“Many a New Day” (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 54, 55, 205
“Maria” (Bernstein and Sondheim), 54, 284, 285, 286, 295, 305, 329, 390
Marie Galante (Weill and Déval), 140, 141
Marlowe, Christopher, 182
“Marry Me a Little” (Sondheim), 378, W130n95
“Marry the Man Today” (Loesser), 247, 249, 323, W111n16
Marshall, Rob, 364
Marx Brothers, 51, 136
Marx, Groucho, 51, 92, 165
Martin, Ernest. See Feuer (Cy) and Martin (Ernest)
Martin, Mary, xi, 147, 149, 150, 187, 216, W98n20
Mary Poppins, W126n18
“Masquerade” (Lloyd Webber and Hart), 405
Mast, Gerald, 44, 311, 313, 324, W73n4, W97n1
Mature, Victor, 145
Mattheson, Johann, 389
Mauceri, John, 98–99, 172
“Maybe They’re Magic” (Sondheim), 373
Me and Juliet (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 213
“Me and My Boss” (Kern and Hammerstein), 24
Meditation XVII [poem] (Donne), 371
Meeting Scene (from “The Dance at the Gym”) (Bernstein), 305
The megamusical, xx, 394
Die Meistersinger (Wagner) [opera], 68
Melchior, Lauritz, 68
Mellers, Wilfrid, 68, 112
Melodrama, 350–52
“Memory” (Lloyd Webber and Nunn), 385
Mendelssohn, Felix, 390
Menken (Alan) and Ashman (Howard), xxvi
Mercer, Johnny, 5
Meredith, Burgess, 195
Merman, Ethel, xxiii, xxiv, 44, 45, 50, 60, 158, 163, 164, 165, 191, 218, 245, 335, 338, 342, 358, 359
Merrily We Roll Along (Sondheim), 337, 347, 348, 365, 366, 370, 373, 379–81
Discography and Filmography (W17)
The Merry Widow [film], 155
The Merry Widow (Lehár), 4, 36, 206, 262
Messiah (Handel), 26
Mexican Hayride (Porter), 189, 215
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