{"product_id":"well-have-manhattan-the-early-work-of-rodgers-hart-9780199929481","title":"We'll Have Manhattan: The Early Work of Rodgers \u0026 Hart","description":"Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart are one of the defining duos of musical theater, contributing dozens of classic songs to the Great American Songbook and working together on over 40 shows before Hart's death. With hit after hit on both Broadway and the West End, they produced many of the\u003cbr\u003ecelebrated songs of the '20s and '30s--such as Manhattan, The Lady is a Tramp, and Bewitched--that remain popular favorites with great cultural resonance today. Yet the early years of these iconic collaborators have remained largely unexamined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe'll Have Manhattan: The Early Work of Rodgers \u0026amp; Hart\u003c\/em\u003e provides unprecedented insight into the first, formative period of Rodgers and Hart's collaboration. Author Dominic Symonds examines the pair and their work from their first meeting in 1919 to their brief flirtation with Hollywood in the early\u003cbr\u003e1930s as they left the theater to explore sound film. During this time, their output was prodigious, progressive, and experimental. They developed their characteristic style and a new approach to musical theater writing that provided the groundwork for the development of the Broadway musical.\u003cbr\u003eSymonds also analyzes the theme of identity that runs throughout Rodgers and Hart's work, how the business side of the theater affected their artistic output, and their continued experimentation with a song's dramatic role within a narrative. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe'll Have Manhattan\u003c\/em\u003e goes beyond a biographical or historical look at Rodgers and Hart's early years--it's also an accessible but authoritative study of their material. Symonds documents their early shows and provides deft critical and analytical commentary on their evolving practice and its\u003cbr\u003einfluence on the subsequent development of the American musical. Fans of musical theater and devotees of Rodgers and Hart will find this definitive exploration of their early works to be an essential addition to their Broadway library.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dominic Symonds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199929481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDominic Symonds is Reader in Drama at the University of Lincoln and founding editor of the journal \u003cem\u003eStudies in Musical Theatre.\u003c\/em\u003e He is also a director and writer for musical theatre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39937676017779,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":37.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_898b0b34-6b3c-406a-8028-92d659d62844.jpg?v=1647995530","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/well-have-manhattan-the-early-work-of-rodgers-hart-9780199929481","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}