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    Bernstein meets Broadway : collaborative art in a time of war / Carol J. Oja.

    • Title:Bernstein meets Broadway : collaborative art in a time of war / Carol J. Oja.
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    • Author/Creator:Oja, Carol J., 1953- author.
    • Published/Created:New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990--Criticism and interpretation.
      Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. On the town.
      Musicals--New York (State)--New York--20th century--History and criticism.
    • Description:xvi, 399 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm
    • Series:Broadway legacies.
    • Summary:"When Leonard Bernstein first arrived in New York City, he was an unknown artist working with other brilliant twentysomethings, notably Jerome Robbins, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green. By the end of the 1940s, these artists were world famous. Their collaborations defied artistic boundaries and subtly pushed a progressive political agenda, altering the landscape of musical theater, ballet, and nightclub comedy. In Bernstein Meets Broadway: Collaborative Art in a Time of War, award-winning author and scholar Carol J. Oja examines the early days of Bernstein's career during World War II, centering around the debut in 1944 of the Broadway musical On the Town and the ballet Fancy Free."--book jacket.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-380) and index.
    • ISBN:9780199862092 (hardcover : alk. paper)
      0199862095 (hardcover : alk. paper)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: BALLET AND NIGHTCLUBS
      1. Youthful Celebrity and Personal Freedom: Breaking Out with Fancy Free
      2. From Nightclubs to Broadway: The Revuers, Comedy Skits, and Left-Wing Politics
      BROADWAY AND RACIAL POLITICS
      3. Creating a Broadway Musical: The Conception and Debut of On the Town
      4. Japanese American Star During World War II: Sono Osato and "r;Exotic Ivy Smith"r;
      5. Desegregating Broadway: On the Town and Race
      6. Biographies Onstage: On the Town's Black Conductor, Dancers, and Singers
      MUSICAL STYLE
      7. Crossover Composition: The Musical Identities of On the Town
      8. On the Town after Dark: The Nightclub Scene.
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