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Enchanted Evenings:The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber

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by Block, Geoffrey


  “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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