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A fascinating look at the gay and lesbian influence on the American stage by an internationally recognized authority on the topicFrom the genteel female impersonators of the 1910s to the raucous drag queens of La Cage Aux Folles, from the men of The Normal Heart to the women of Fun Home, and from Eva Le Gallienne and Tallulah Bankhead to Tennessee Williams and Nathan Lane, Gays on Broadway deftly chronicles the plays and people that brought ga...

A fascinating look at the gay and lesbian influence on the American stage by an internationally recognized authority on the topicFrom the genteel female impersonators of the 1910s to the raucous drag queens of La Cage Aux Folles, from the men of The Normal Heart to the women of Fun Home, and from Eva Le Gallienne and Tallulah Bankhead to Tennessee Williams and Nathan Lane, Gays on Broadway deftly chronicles the plays and people that brought ga...

From the genteel female impersonators of the 1910s to the raucous drag queens of La Cage Aux Folles, from the men of The Normal Heart to the women of Fun Home, and from Eva Le Gallienne and Tallulah Bankhead to Tennessee Williams and Nathan Lane, Gays On Broadway deftly chronicles the plays and people that brought gay culture to Broadway.

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In Pick a Pocket Or Two, acclaimed author Ethan Mordden brings his wit and wisdom to bear in telling the full history of the British musical, from The Beggar's Opera (1728) to the present, with an interest in isolating the unique qualities of the form and its influence on the American model.

This is a definitive study of the American musical in the 1950s, the decade of perhaps its greatest accomplishments and when interest in the Broadway stage and its music was at its height. Ethan Mordden is a recognized authority and has written a number of significant books and articles about the Broadway musical.

Building on the continued success of Ethan Mordden's Opera Anecdotes, The New Book of Opera Anecdotes continues where the original left off, bringing into conversation the new corps of major stars that has arisen since the original book's 1985 publication, presenting completely new, fresh stories that cover the aesthetic and stylistic shifts this latest period has ushered in.

This critical analysis of Streisand looks past the mainstream show-business figure to deconstruct the revolutionary that she really is: as a passionate actor of songs, a revisionist in the development of the American movie star, and a performer of unprecedented range. She can play the madcap Fanny Brice and Dolly, the politically intense heroine of The Way We Were, the sexually abused daughter who becomes a prostitute and a murderer in Nuts, t...

Opinionated, witty, and rich in backstage anecdotes, All That Jazz brings the musical Chicago to life in all its artistry and excitement.

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Author Ethan Mordden tells the full story of Chicago ¿ a play, a silent film, a talkie remake, a musical, and a movie musical ¿ to unveil the racy satire inherent in American musical comedy.

From backstage squabbles and box-office chicanery to the gallantry and glory of creation, this book of stories unveils a delightful panorama of opera lore. "An opera lover's handbook that should always be near at hand".--Schuyler G. Chapin, Columbia University.

Vividly recreating the unique pleasure of experiencing a song-and-dance show, Broadway Babies spotlights the men and women who made a difference in the development of American musical comedy. Mordden's account features such show people as Florenz Ziegfeld, Harold Prince, Bert Lahr, Gwen Verdon, Angela Lansbury, Victor Herbert, Liza Minnelli, and Stephen Sondheim, and such musicals as Sally, Oh Kay!, Anything Goes, Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Follies...

A spirited tour through the decade revolutionized by the great Rodgers and Hammerstein, "Beautiful Mornin'" romps through the 1940's classics with vitality and sometimes outrageous humor.

With careful detail, Mordden highlights the shift in Broadway from shows that were mere star vehicles, showcasing big-name talents to bolder stories stuffed with character and atmosphere. Readers get the backstage scoop on why "The King and I" and "Gypsy" pushed the envelope and why "West Side Story" is so timeless.

From the earliest talkies to the present, Hollywood has drafted the great Broadway songwriters to create successful musicals, while mistrusting and even abusing them. Here's the book that chronicles what happens when stage geniuses come up against the anti-intellectual producers of Hollywood.

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In this new collection of fiction, a porn star turns up pouring cocktails in a small town's only gay bar, as the queens gape and gossip and the local auto mechanic lures the bartender into elaborate rituals of tough love and rough sex. Two old friends take turns telling the tale. But what is it really about-the bartender and the mechanic and their parody of a classic porn storyline...or the very nature of gay friendship? A fearful nerd takes h...