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  • 100 Greatest American Plays by Hischak, Thomas S.
    Thomas S. Hischak

    100 Greatest American Plays

    100 Greatest American Plays is the 1st book on the 100 greatest American, non-musical plays. Arranged alphabetically, each entry covers each play extensively including the plot, the production history, a summary of the critical reaction, its influence and long-range effects, cast lists of notable...
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  • 1927: A Day-By-Day Chronicle of the Jazz Age's Greatest Year by Hischak, Thomas S.
    Thomas S. Hischak

    1927: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of the Jazz Age's Greatest Year

    The first solo transatlantic flight. The release of the first talking picture. The invention of the jukebox. These are just a handful of milestones that occurred in one momentous year. In a decade of historic firsts, 1927 stands out as the peak year of...
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  • 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year by Hischak, Thomas S.
    Thomas S. Hischak

    1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

    This book is a day-by-day chronicle of 1939 Hollywood's greatest year. Each entry will focus on major news events--national and international--as well as minor curiosities or news items that would prove to be more important in the future. This will be followed by a...
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  • Broadway Decoded: Musical Theatre's Forgotten References by Hischak, Thomas S.
    Thomas S. Hischak

    Broadway Decoded: Musical Theatre's Forgotten References

    A lively guide to fifty popular musicals from the comedy classics of the 1930s and 1940s to the frequently produced darlings of modern theater. Broadway musicals are set in a variety of different places and periods of history, so they are filled with references,...
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  • Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary by Hischak, Thomas S.
    Thomas S. Hischak

    Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary

    This biographical dictionary is devoted to the actors who provided voices for all the Disney animated theatrical shorts and features from the 1928 Mickey Mouse cartoon Steamboat Willie to the 2010 feature film Tangled. More than 900 men, women, and child actors from more...
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  • Film It with Music: An Encyclopedic Guide to the American Movie Musical by Hischak, Thomas S.
    Thomas S. Hischak

    Film It with Music: An Encyclopedic Guide to the American Movie Musical

    This encyclopedic reference to the American movie musical identifies and describes the musicals and the artists who made them. Film entries range from the legendary The Jazz Singer in 1927 to Fantasia 2000. Artists ranging from Gene Kelly to Elvis Presley, Busby Berkeley, and...
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  • Off-Broadway Musicals since 1919: From Greenwich Village Follies to The Toxic Avenger by Hischak, Thomas S.
    Thomas S. Hischak

    Off-Broadway Musicals since 1919: From Greenwich Village Follies to The Toxic Avenger

    In this volume, Thomas Hischak looks at more than 375 Off-Broadway productions, from the early decades of the 20th century through 2010. These musicals are described, discussed, and analyzed with particular attention given to their books, scores, performers, and creators.Author: Thomas S. HischakISBN-10: 0810877716ISBN-13:...
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  • Oxford Companion to the American Musical: Theatre, Film, and Television by Hischak, Thomas S.
    Thomas S. Hischak

    Oxford Companion to the American Musical: Theatre, Film, and Television

    From the silver screen to the Great White Way, small community theatres to television sets, the musical has long held a special place in America's heart and history. Now, in The Oxford Companion to the American Musical, readers who flocked to the movies to...
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  • The American Musical Film Song Encyclopedia by Hischak, Thomas S.
    Thomas S. Hischak

    The American Musical Film Song Encyclopedia

    Following the successful, The American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia (Greenwood, 1995), this new encyclopedia reviews in-depth individual songs written for the American musical film over the past seventy years. Over 1,800 songs from over 500 musical films are identified and described. In addition to...
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  • The American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia by Hischak, Thomas S.
    Thomas S. Hischak

    The American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia

    The first encyclopedia of theatre songs from Broadway shows ranging from The Black Crook (1866) to the 1994 Tony Award-winning Passion, this handy guide features over 1,800 songs from over 500 musicals. It gives such information as the songs' authors, original performers, and dates...
    $83.00
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  • The Disney Song Encyclopedia by Hischak, Thomas S.
    Thomas S. Hischak

    The Disney Song Encyclopedia

    Songs written for Disney productions since the 1930s to the present day have become a potent part of American popular culture. Since most Americans first discovered these songs in their youth, the songs have a special place in one's consciousness. Songwriters and original singers...
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  • The Encyclopedia of Film Composers by Hischak, Thomas S.
    Thomas S. Hischak

    The Encyclopedia of Film Composers

    For more than a century, original music has been composed for the cinema. From the early days when live music accompanied silent films to the present in which a composer can draw upon a full orchestra or a lone synthesizer to embody a composition,...
    $129.00
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  • The Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia by Hischak, Thomas S.
    Thomas S. Hischak

    The Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia

    Still the most influential and popular songwriting team in the history of the American Musical Theatre, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein represent Broadway musicals at their finest. The team revolutionized the musical play with Oklahoma! in 1943 and then went on to explore territory...
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  • The Theatregoer's Almanac: A Collection of Lists, People, History, and Commentary on the American Theatre by Hischak, Thomas S.
    Thomas S. Hischak

    The Theatregoer's Almanac: A Collection of Lists, People, History, and Commentary on the American Theatre

    As a concise study of the American theatre, this work explores the past and present by looking at major aspects of theatregoing in America over the past 250 years. Diverse topics include plays On and Off Broadway, ticket prices, critics, playwrights, awards, musicals, actors,...
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  • The Thornton Wilder Encyclopedia by Hischak, Thomas S.
    Thomas S. Hischak

    The Thornton Wilder Encyclopedia

    Thornton Wilder is one of America's greatest writers, and the only author to win Pulitzer Prizes in both fiction and drama. Equally well known for his plays and novels, his unique and diverse body of work also includes essays, journals, lectures, and film and...
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  • The Tin Pan Alley Song Encyclopedia by Hischak, Thomas S.
    Thomas S. Hischak

    The Tin Pan Alley Song Encyclopedia

    Many books have been written about Tin Pan Alley--the colloquial name assigned to popular music before the advent of rock 'n' roll--yet little is available about the individual songs defining this enormously significant style of American music. This encyclopedia of over 1,200 songs written...
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  • Theatre as Human Action: An Introduction to Theatre Arts by Hischak, Thomas S.
    Thomas S. Hischak

    Theatre as Human Action: An Introduction to Theatre Arts

    This book engages students--particularly those who may not be very familiar with many plays--in the theatre experience by focusing on just four plays: the tragedy Macbeth, the landmark African American drama A Raisin in the Sun, the American comedy classic You Can't Take It...
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  • Theatre as Human Action: An Introduction to Theatre Arts by Hischak, Thomas S.
    Thomas S. Hischak

    Theatre as Human Action: An Introduction to Theatre Arts

    Theatre as Human Action is the ideal textbook to introduce students to the various aspects of theatre, especially for those who may have little or no theatergoing experience. Seven diverse plays are described to the reader from the start, and then returned to throughout...
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  • Theatre as Human Action: An Introduction to Theatre Arts by Hischak, Thomas S.
    Thomas S. Hischak

    Theatre as Human Action: An Introduction to Theatre Arts

    Theatre as Human Action is the ideal textbook to introduce students to the various aspects of theatre, especially for those who may have little or no theatergoing experience. Seven diverse plays are described to the reader from the start, and then returned to throughout...
    $55.00
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  • Word Crazy: Broadway Lyricists from Cohan to Sondheim by Hischiak, Thomas S.
    Thomas S. Hischak

    Word Crazy: Broadway Lyricists from Cohan to Sondheim

    This volume surveys the development of the American musical during the 20th century by focusing on one of the most important yet least recognized members of the creative team: the lyricist. From George M. Cohan and Irving Berlin through Oscar Hammerstein II, Alan Jay...
    $95.00
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    $95.00

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