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Title All that jazz : the life and times of the musical Chicago / Ethan Mordden.
Author Mordden, Ethan, 1947- author.
Publication Info. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  782.14 MOR    Check Shelves
 South Creek  782.14 MOR    Check Shelves
Description vii, 260 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Discography: pages 233-241.
Contents The city: unregulated capitalism -- The era: "Be nonchalant...light a Murad" -- The play: "Like hell you're through!" -- The first movie: Amos is the hero -- The invention of the satiric musical: How can you tell an American? -- The second movie: "I'm going to make a character man of you if you don't behave yourself" -- Fosse & Verdon and Kander & Ebb: "You have to act your dancing" -- The musical: "No show is worth dying for" -- The revival and the third movie: "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit!"
Subject Kander, John. Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Drama -- History and criticism.
Musicals -- United States -- History and criticism.
Musical films -- United States -- History and criticism.
ISBN 9780190651794 hardcover : $29.95
0190651792 hardcover
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