Boy Loses Girl Broadway's Librettists

A lively and informative look at the careers, works, and characteristics of the major librettists of the American theatre. Included are dozens of men and women who wrote the books for Broadway musicals over the past one hundred years, from George M. Cohan to the present day. Boy Loses Girl presents a whole new perspective for looking at the American musical theater. For film students, scholars and enthusiasts of the American musical theatre.

Thomas S. Hischak is professor of theatre, State University of New York College at Cortland.

Writing Little Books: An Introduction

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The American Idea: George M. Cohan

1

(10)

Oh, Boy! Oh, Lady! Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse

11

(12)

High Jinks and Pipe Dreams: Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II

23

(22)

Strike Up the Band: George S. Kaufman and Fellow Wits

45

(10)

Blossom Time: Dorothy Donnelly and Other Early Librettists

55

(12)

Hooray for Anything Red, Hot, and Blue! Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse

67

(6)

Charley, Flora, Fiorello, and the Yankees: George Abbott and Company

73

(12)

The New Yorkers: The Fields Family

85

(16)

Flahooley's Rainbow: E. Y. Harburg and Fellow Conspirators

101

(8)

Applause on the Town: Betty Comden and Adolph Green

109

(10)

On a Clear Day: Alan Jay Lerner

119

(12)

Flying High, Taking a Chance: B. G. De Sylva and Others in the 1930s and 1940s

131

(14)

Hallelujah, Gypsy! Arthur Laurents

145

(8)

Guys and Dolls and Stockings: Abe Burrows and Others in the 1950s

153

(8)

To the Forum, in the Park, into the Woods: Stephen Sondheim's Collaborators

161

(22)

Carnival on the Roof: Michael Stewart, Joseph Stein, and Peter Stone

183

(20)

Getting an Act Together: Gretchen Cryer and Others in the 1960s and 1970s

203

(18)

The Kiss of Ragtime: Terrence McNally

221

(8)

The Producers: The 1980s, 1990s, and Beyond

229

(14)

Bibliography

243

(8)

Index

251

(26)

About the Author

277

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Boy Loses Girl Broadway's Librettists

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