{"product_id":"9781598532593","title":"American Musicals: The Complete Books and Lyrics of Eight Broadway Classics 1950 -1969 (Loa #254): Guys and Dolls \/ The Pajama Game \/ My Fair Lady \/ Gypsy \/ A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum \/ Fiddler on the Roof \/ Cabaret \/ 1776","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Broadway musical is one of America’s great indigenous popular forms, a glorious hybrid that emerged “out of our speech, our tempo, our moral attitudes, our way of moving” (as Leonard Bernstein put it). Now in the second volume of a landmark two-volume collection, The Library of America presents eight enduring masterpieces charting the Broadway musical’s narrative tradition from the genre’s Golden Age to its response to the turbulent 1960s with the Tony Award–winning shows \u003ci\u003eCabaret\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e1776. \u003c\/i\u003eBased on new research, this historic collection presents the complete libretto of each musical in its Broadway opening night version, making these beloved stories available as never before. Several shows, including\u003ci\u003e Guys and Dolls\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Fair Lady\u003c\/i\u003e, return to print for the first time in decades.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEach of these classic musicals has evolved over time, receiving many important revivals and new productions.  This Library of America boxed set offers readers unprecedented insight into this living history with a selection of hard-to-find or previously unpublished supplementary items, including lyrics of songs dropped out-of-town or added in later revivals. Lavishly illustrated­­ with 32 pages of photographs and other images drawn from the original productions, the set also contains biographical sketches of the book writers and lyricists; cast lists and other information about the shows’ Broadway openings; and detailed accounts of the path each show took on the road to Broadway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAMERICAN MUSICALS 1950–1969 contains:\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuys and Dolls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMusic and lyrics by Frank Loesser · Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pajama Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook by George Abbott and Richard Bissell · Music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Fair Lady\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdaptation and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner · Music by Frederick Loewe\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGypsy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook by Arthur Laurents · Music by Jule Styne\u003cbr\u003eLyrics by Stephen Sondheim  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove · Lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFiddler on the Roof\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook by Joseph Stein · Music by Jerry Bock · Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCabaret\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook by Joe Masteroff · Music by John Kander · Lyrics by Fred Ebb\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e1776\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMusic and lyrics by Sherman Edwards ·  Book by Peter Stone\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050207723760,"sku":"9781598532593","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781598532593_p0.jpg?v=1763812917","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781598532593","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}