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

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by Block, Geoffrey


  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

  Vallon’s theme (Kern), 35, W80n48, W101n9

  Van, Bobby, 316, 318

  Van Heusen, Jimmy, 159

  Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 397, 403

  Vedder, Eddie, 186

  “The Venice Gavotte” (Bernstein), 243, 308

  “Venus Entrance” (Weill), 137, 147

  “Venus in Ozone Heights” (Weill), 150

  Verdi, Giuseppe, 9, 64, 136, 143, 171, 219, 349, 388, W87n25, W107n11, W109n29

  Verrett, Shirley, 211

  Vertigo [film], 178

  Very Good Eddie (Kern, Wodehouse, and Bolton), 4, 22

  Very Warm for May (Kern and Hammerstein), 38, 215

  “Very, Very, Very” (Weill and Nash), 140, 151

  Violin Concerto in E Minor (Mendelssohn), 390

  Villella, Edward, 103

  Voltaire (pseudonym of François-Marie Arouet), 378

  Wagner, Richard, 9, 27, 57, 63, 136, 143, 296–98, 307, 349, 388, 390

  Waiting for Lefty (Odets) [play], 52, 92, 114, 136

  Wake Up and Dream (Porter), 40

  Walker, Robert, 187

  Die Walküre (Wagner) [opera], 298, 300, 302, W78n6, W118n27

  Walsh, Michael, 387, 390, 391, 392, W132nn21, W132n24

  Walter, Bruno, 281

  “Waltz Down the Aisle” (Porter), 44

  “Waltz Suite” (Rodgers), W105n21

  Warfield, William, 158, 166

  “Warm All Over” (Loesser), 255, 256, 257

  Warner, Jack, 325

  Warren, Annette, 188

  Watson, Emily, 181, 182

  Watts, Richard Jr. 253

  “We Do Not Belong Together” (Sondheim), 368

  “We Open in
Venice” (Porter), 219, 221, 316, W107n11

  “We Shall Never Be Younger” (Porter), 227, 228

  Weber, Max, 346

  Wedding Dream (Weill), 144, 145, 146, 186

  Weede, Robert, 249

  “A Weekend in the Country” (Sondheim), 359

  Weidman, John, 346

  Weill, Kurt, xx, xxvi, 5, 6, 82, 115, 116, 117, 125, 130–52, 186–88, 195, 262, 278, 316, W95n12, W104n47

  “Well, Did you Evah?” (Porter), 215

  Welles, Orson, 116, 186, 353

  “We’re the Greatest” (Bernstein and Sondheim), W118n33

  “Were Thine That Special Face” (Porter), 219, 220, 226, 317

  West, Mae, 82

  West Side Story (Bernstein and Sondheim) [musical], xv, xix, xx, xxv, xxviii, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 31, 54, 112, 147, 199, 231, 233, 238, 243, 279–308 (284, 289), 335, 338, 341, 346, 347, 348, 350, 351–52, 354, 382, 390, 393, 405

  Synopsis (W9–10)

  Discography and Filmography (W24–25)

  Appendix A (W30)

  Appendix Q (W61–62)

  Notes (W73n2, W84n23, W111n34)

  West Side Story [film], xxiii, 280, 309, 310, 317, 327–32 (328), 360, 361, 402, W125nn24–25

  West Side Story “Finale,” 306, W122n75

  Westley, Helen, 160

  “Westwind” (Weill and I. Gershwin), 137, 147, 148

  Whale, James, 156, 159

  “What a Joy to Be Young” (Porter), 45

  “What Do You Do in the Infantry” (Loesser), 235

  “What Is a Man?” (Rodgers and Hart), 107, 108

  “What Is This Thing Called Love?” (Porter), 40, 224

  “What You Want Wid Bess?” (Gershwin and Heyward), 78–79

  “What’s the Use of Wondrin’” (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 197, 204, 206, 340

  What’s Up? (Lerner and Loewe), 262, 278

  Wheeler, Hugh, 346, 349, 350, 359

  “When the Children Are Asleep” (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 210–11, 313

  “Where Does It Get You in the End?” (Bernstein and Latouche), 286, 288, W118n29

  “Where Is the Life That Late I Led?” (Porter), 219, 220, 224, 318

  Where’s Charley? (Loesser), 47, 85, 235, 236, 237, 244, 245

  “Where’s That Rainbow?” (Rodgers and Hart), 83

  “Where’s the Mate for Me?” (Kern and Hammerstein), 32, 33, 34–35, 36, 38, 161, 162, W105n11, W121n66

  Whipple, Sidney B., 102

  Whistle Down the Wind (Lloyd Webber and Steinman), 408, 409

  A White House Cantata (Bernstein), 308

  White, Miles, 195

  White, Sammy, W101n5

  White, Willard, 70, 173

  Whiteman, Paul, 409–10, W105n21

  Whitmore, James, 318

  “Who?” (Kern and Hammerstein), 22

  “Who Am I?” (Weill and Nash), W99n28

  “Why Can’t the English?” (Lerner and Loewe), 265, 274, W114n30

  “Why Can’t You Behave?” (Porter), 218, 222, 223, 226

  “Why Do I Love You?” (Kern and Hammerstein), 24, 27, 160, 162, 200

  Wicked (Schwartz), xxvii

  Wildcat (Coleman and Leigh), 348

  Wilder, Alec, 110

  The Wild Rose (Friml, Stothart, and Hammerstein), 21

  Wildflower (Stothart, Youmans, Harbach, and Hammerstein), 21

  Will Rogers Follies (Coleman and Comden and Green), 348

  Williams, Camilla, 67

  Williamson, Nicol, 213

  Wilson, Alexandra, 383

  Wilson, Edwin, 211

  Wilson, Eileen, 188

  Wilson, Patrick, 399

  Wiman, Dwight, 90

  Winger, Debra, 392

  Winninger, Charles, xxiv, 160, 163, 191, W101n5

  Winters, Lawrence, 67

  Wise, Robert, xxv, 310, 327, 328

  Wise Guys (Sondheim). See Road Show

  “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again” (Lloyd Webber and Hart), 403

  “With a Little Bit of Luck” (Lerner and Loewe), 265, 266, 326, W114n32, W115n46

  “Without You” (Lerner and Loewe), 265–66, 271, 272, 273

  The Wizard of Oz (Arlen and Harburg), 85, 156, W125n25

  Wodehouse (P.G.) and Bolton (Guy), 4, 43, 46

  Woll, Allen, W79n51

  “A Woman in Love” (Loesser), 322

  The Woman in White (Lloyd Webber and Zippel), 408, 409, W75n22

  Wonderful Town (Bernstein, Comden, and Green), 233, 282, 301, W123n79

  Wood, Natalie, 280, 310, 328, W73n2

  “Wooden Wedding” (Weill and Nash), 147

  Woollcott, Alexander, 21

  Word and Music [film], 190

  “The Worst Pies in London,” 356, 357, 358

  “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?” (Lerner and Loewe), 265, 274, 325, 326

  Wright (Robert) and Forrest (George), 14, W77n20

  “Wunderbar” (Porter), 44, 319

  Wuthering Heights [film], 320

  Wynn, Keenan, 318

  Yale Broadway Masters, W74n8

  Yankee Doodle Dandy [film], 4, 156, W125n25

  “Yesterday” (Beatles), 391

  “Yesterdays” (Kern and Harbach), 157

  Yeston, Maury, xxvi, 388

  Yon, Pietro, 42

  York, Richard, 47

  “You Are Love” (Hammerstein and Kern), 162, 200, 206, W81n59

  You Can’t Take It with You (Kaufman and Hart) [play], 52

  “You Did It” (Lerner and Loewe), 266, 271, 325, 327

  “You Do Something to Me” (Porter), 40

  “You Must Meet My Wife” (Sondheim), 359

  “You Mustn’t Kick It Around” (Rodgers and Hart), 110, 180

  “You Took Advantage of Me” (Rodgers and Hart), 83, 89

  “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 197, 207–9, 312, 382

  Youmans, Vincent, 156

  Young, A. S. (“Doc”), 71

  “Young People” (Loesser), 257

  “Your Eyes” (Larson), 393

  “Your Fault” (Sondheim), 371

  “You’re Devastating” (Kern and Harbach), 157

  “You’re Just in Love” (Berlin), 243

  “You’re Nearer” (Rodgers and Hart), 190

  “You’re the Top” (Porter), 40, 49, 53, 57, 159, 164, 165, 218

  Zadan, Craig, 282

  Zaks, Jerry, 49, 165, 337

  Zeffirelli, Franco, 171, 291

  Ziegfeld, Florenz, 20, 21, 22

  “Zip” (Rodgers and Hart), 94, 103, 104, 107, 177–78, 179

  “Zodiac Song” (Weill and I. Gershwin), 137, 138, 139

  Zorbá (Kander and Ebb), 347

  Zorina, Vera, 190

  SYNOPSES

  Anything Goes

  Reno Sweeney (Ethel Merman), an evangelist turned bar hostess, gets such a kick out of Billy Crocker (William Gaxton) that she boards a Europe-bound liner to dissuade him from pursuing Hope Harcourt (Bettina Hall). Although Billy dreams of Hope all through the night, Hope is determined to marry an English peer. Crocker has boarded without a ticket, so is forced to adopt a number of disguises. Also aboard is a wistful little man, the Reverend Dr. Moon (Victor Moore), whom J. Edgar Hoover has branded “Public Enemy 13.” Moon’s ambition is to rise to the top of Hoover’s list. With a minister and former evangelist as passengers the captain hopes to cheer his Depression-ridden travelers with a revival meeting. Reno obliges with a rousing anthem directed at the archangel Gabriel. On landing, Hope discovers she has become an heiress. She drops her Englishman and consents to marry Billy. The Englishman turns his attention to Reno, while Moon, learning he has been judged harmless and dropped from the FBI list, walks away muttering nasty things about Hoover.

 

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