Broadway, the golden years : Jerome Robbins and the great choreographer-directors : 1940 to the present /

Long, Robert Emmet.

Broadway, the golden years : Jerome Robbins and the great choreographer-directors : 1940 to the present / Robert Emmet Long. - New York : Continuum, c2001. - 312 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [288]-298) and index.

Establishing the tradition. Agnes de Mille ; Jerome Robbins: Early fame ; Jerome Robbins: West Side Story ; Jerome Robbins: The later career -- Extending the line. Bob Fosse ; Gower Champion ; Michael Bennett ; Tommy Tune ; Epilogue: Broadway today.

This is a "group portrait" or biography of such great Broadway choreographers as Agnes de Mille, Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse, Gower Champion, Michael Bennett, Tommy Tune, and Graciela Daniele. The time frame is the late 1930s up to Broadway's latest hits, like "The Producers".

0826413471 (alk. paper)

2001032570


Choreographers--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
Theatrical producers and directors--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

GV1785.A1 / L849 2001

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