Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 397, 398
Midler, Bette, W125n1
Mielziner, Jo, 104
Milestone, Lewis, 165
“Mill Theme” (Rodgers), 200, 201, 312
Miller, Ann, 314, 315, 317
Miller, Marilyn, 22
Miller, Scott, xxii, 388, W131n12
“The Miller’s Son” (Sondheim), 356, 357, 358
“Mine” (G. and I. Gershwin), 243
Minnelli, Vincente, 190
Minstrel Dream. See Circus Dream
“Mis’ry’s Comin’ Aroun’” (Kern and Hammerstein), 24, 27, 29, 30, 33, 65
Miss Information (Porter et al.), 42
Miss Liberty (Berlin), 281
Miss Saigon (Boublil and Schönberg), xxi, xxvii, 2231, 327
“Mister Snow” (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 204, 312
Mitchell, Abbie, 175
“Mix” (Bernstein and Sondheim), W118n31, W118nn32–34
Molinari, Bernardino, 94
“Moll’s Song.” See “I’m Checkin’ Home Now”
Molnár, Ferenc, 195, 196, 197, 210
Monkey Business [film], 136
Monroe, Marilyn, 188
Monty Python’s Spamalot (Du Prez and Idle), xxvii
“The Moon of Manakoora” (Loesser and Newman), 234
“Moonburn” (Heyman and Carmichael), 165
Moore, Victor, 43, 46, 164
Mordden, Ethan, 26, 87, 388–89, W73n4, W74n10, W80n46, W81n54, W83n2, W97n1, W103n40, W126n31
“More I Cannot Wish You” (Loesser), 322–23
Morehouse, Ward, 198
Moreno, Rita, 310, 327, W124n1
Morgan, Helen, xxiv, W101n5
Morison, Patricia, 223, 226, W108n24
“Moritat” (Brecht and Weill). See “The Ballad of Mack the Knife”
Morley, Michael, W99n39
Moross, Jerome, W133n46
“Most Gentlemen Don’t Like Love” (Porter), 215
Moscow on the Hudson [film], 151
The Most Happy Fella (Loesser), xix, xxii, xxvi, 7, 12, 14, 233, 234, 235, 244, 247–59 (249), 349
Synopsis (W5)
Discography and Filmography (W17–18)
Appendix A (W27)
Appendix O (W58–59)
Notes (W116n60)
“Move On” (Sondheim), 342, 368
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 9, 44, 136, 143, 389
“Multitudes of Amys” (Sondheim), W130n95
Murray, Bill, 182
“Musetta’s Waltz” (Puccini), 393
Music in the Air (Kern and Hammerstein), 38, 189
The Music Man (Willson), xi, 233, 325, W116n2
“Music of the Night” (Lloyd Webber and Hart), 391, 392, 393, 397, 401, 403, 405, 406–7, W132n22
Musical theater types, W75n1
“My Darling, My Darling” (Loesser), 236
“My Heart and I” (Hollander and Robin), 165
“My Heart Belongs to Daddy” (Porter), 215, W98n20
“My Heart Is So Full of You” (Loesser), 248, 257
My Fair Lady (Lerner and Loewe) [musical], xi, xix, 10, 11, 12, 14, 152, 231–32, 233, 234, 237, 245, 252, 254, 260–78 (271), 279, 390
Synopsis (W5–6)
Discography and Filmography (W18)
Appendix A (W28)
Appendix P (W60)
Notes (W107n1, W116n2)
My Fair Lady [film], xxiii, 10, 277, 310, 317, 323–27 (323), 328, 361, 402, W125n25
“My Friends” (Sondheim), 355, 356, 357, 358, 359
“My Funny Valentine” (Rodgers and Hart), 180
“My Greatest Day” (Bernstein and Sondheim), W118n31
“My Heart Stood Still” (Rodgers and Hart), 83
“My Man” (originally “Mon Homme” by Yvain and Pollock), 105
My Man Godfrey (Lerner), 278
My One and Only (G. and I. Gershwin), 13
“My Ship” (Weill and I. Gershwin), 137, 142, 144, 146, 147, 186, 231
“My Time of Day” (Loesser), 239–40, 322
Nash, Ogden, 134, 140, 151, 152, 187
Nathan, George Jean, 21, 114, 253
Naughty Marietta (Herbert), 4, 22, W76n5, W98n15
Nelson, Baby Face, 57
Neptune’s Daughter [film], 235
Nesbitt, Cathleen, 260
“New Art Is True Art: (Weill and Nash), 151
“The New Ashmolean Marching Society and Students’ Conservatory Band” (Loesser), 248
The New Moon (Romberg and Hammerstein), 39
“New World” Symphony (Dvořák), 29, 30, 390, W89n77
The New Yorkers (Porter), 40
Nichols, Lewis, 142
“Nickel Under the Foot” (Blitzstein), 117, 136, 183, 186
Night and Day [film], 316
“Night and Day” (Porter), 40, 155, 189, 221
Nixon, Marni, 280, 310, 325
“No Life” (Sondheim), 365
“No Matter under What Star You’re Born.” See Zodiac Song
No, No Nanette (Youmans and Caesar), 4, 348
“No One Is Alone” (Sondheim), 371, 379, 382
“No One Would Listen” (Lloyd Webber and Hart). See “Learn to Be Lonely”
No Strings (Rodgers), 169, 213
Noah, Timothy, W84n25
“Nobody Else But Me” (Kern and Hammerstein), 25, 26
Nolan, Frederick, W93n54
“Non la sospiri la nostra casetta” (Puccini), W115n46
“No Place Like London” (Sondheim), 255, 356, 357, 359
Norton, Elliot, 197
“Not While I’m Around” (Sondheim), 359
“Notes” (Lloyd Webber and Hart), 405
Notting Hill [film], 327
Novak, Kim, 180
“Now,” “Later,” “Soon” (Sondheim), 243, 359
Nunn, Trevor, xviii, xxvii, 69, 171, 173, 175–76, 189, 309, 314, 385
O’Connor, Donald, 159
O’Hara, John, 101, 103, 104, 105, 178
O’Malley, Rex, W101n68
O’Toole, Peter, 324
Of Thee I Sing (G. and I. Gershwin), 12, 13, 40, 60–61, 115
“Oh, Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess” (G. and I. Gershwin), 62, 172
“Oh, Doctor Jesus” (Gershwin and Heyward), 72
“Oh, Happy We” (Bernstein and Wilbur), 286
“Oh, I Can’t Sit Down!” (G. and I. Gershwin), 76, 169, W89n79
“Oh, What a Beautiful Morning” (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 211, 341–42
Oh, Kay! (G. and I. Gershwin), 13, 59, 60, W99n36
Oja, Carol, W76n13
Oklahoma! (Rodgers and Hammerstein), xi, xxii, xxvi, 7, 10, 13, 14, 26, 39, 47, 83, 85, 88, 109, 110, 114, 136, 143, 147, 154, 156, 157, 172, 176, 195, 196, 198, 199, 205, 206, 209, 212, 213–14, 216, 218, 221, 233, 251, 260, 279, 280, 281, 310, 311, 312, 314, 328, 336, 394, W83n71
“Ol’ Man River” (Kern and Hammerstein), 26, 29, 30, 33, 158, 160, 162, 175, 339, 364
“An Old-Fashioned Wedding” (Berlin), 243
“The Oldest Established” (Loesser), 241, 244–45, 246, 248, 322
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats (Eliot) [poems], 385
Olivier, Laurence, 318–19
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (Lane and Lerner), 278
“On the Street Where You Live” (Lerner and Loewe), 254, 274, 276–77, W115n49, W116n55
On the Town (Bernstein, Comden and Green), 281, 282, 284
On the Town [film], 154, 155, 314, 328
On the Twentieth Century (Coleman and Comden and Green), 348
On the Waterfront [film], 320
“On This Night of a Thousand Stars” (Lloyd Webber and Rice), 390, 391
On Your Toes (Rodgers and Hart), xviii, 7, 11, 12, 13, 46, 47, 83, 85–100 (86), 101, 103, 110, 111, 145, 180, 190, 200, 206, 214, 228, 235, 373, 379, 382
Synopsis (W6)
Discography and Filmography (W18–19)
Appendix A (W28)
Appendix G (W47)
“On Your To
es” (Rodgers and Hart), 88, 190
“One Hand, One Heart” (Bernstein and Sondheim), 286, 287, 288, 305, 330, W119nn35–36, W122n74
One Man’s Venus (B. and S. Spewack), 136
One Touch of Venus (Weill and Nash) [musical], xviii, xxvi, 11, 12, 54, 132, 133, 134–35, 136–37, 141, 143, 144, 147–50 (149), 151, 152, 237, 238, 260
Synopsis (W6)
Discography and Filmography (W19)
Appendix A (W28)
Appendix K (W51)
One Touch of Venus [film], 186, 187–88, 216
“Once in Love with Amy” (Loesser), 236
“Ooh! My Feet” (Loesser), 254, 255
“Opening Doors” (Sondheim), 380–81
The Opera from Mannheim (Weill), 136
Osbourne, Conrad, 253–54
Otello (Verdi) [opera], W109n29
Out of This World (Porter), 232, 315
Pacific Overtures (Sondheim), 337, 348, 349, 366, 378
Paint Your Wagon (Lerner and Loewe), 263
Pajama Game (Adler and Ross), 14, 47, 233, 281, 347
Pal Joey (Rodgers and Hart) [musical], xviii, xix, 13, 14, 84, 85, 87, 89, 94, 101–9 (102), 110, 111, 206, 226, 235, 236, 238, 376
Synopsis (W7)
Discography and Filmography (W19–20)
Appendix A (W28)
Appendix H (48)
Pal Joey [film], xxiv, 155, 158, 176–80 (177), 316, 324
Pal Joey [novel], 101
“Pal Joey” (“What Do I Care for a Dame”) (Rodgers and Hart), 179
Panama Hattie (Porter), 189
Pardon My English (G. and I. Gershwin), 61, W86n5
Paris (Porter), 42, 189
“Parlor Songs” (Sondheim), 361–62, 363
Park Avenue (Schwartz and I. Gershwin), 152
Parker, Roger, 403, W109n29
Parthy’s theme (Kern), 29–30, 31, 38, 77, 78, 161, 162
Pascal, Gabriel, 10, 267, 268, W113n17, W115n43
Passion (Sondheim and Lapine), xxviii, 337, 386
Pathétique Symphony (Tchaikovsky), 145
Patinkin, Mandy, 368, 369
Pavane (Porter), 222
Peggy-Ann (Rodgers and Hart), 83, 85, 87, 212
Pennies from Heaven (Potter) [film], 180
“People Will Say We’re in Love” (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 200
Perelman, S. J., 134, 151, 152
Perkins, Tony, 259
Peron, Eva, 385
Peron, Juan, 385
Perry, George, 395
“Pet Me Poppa” (Loesser), 322
Peter Pan (Styne, Comden and Green), 281
Peters, Bernadette, W125n1
Peters, Brock, 169
Petticoat Fever (Loewe), 263
Petrushka (Stravinsky), W123n84
Peyser, Joan, W117n12, W122n77
Phantom (Yeston), 388
The Phantom of Manhattan (Forsyth) [novel], 409
The Phantom of the Opera (Lloyd Webber) [musical], xxi, xxvi, xxvii, 11, 327, 348, 385, 386–87, 391–93, 402–8, 409
Synopsis (W7)
Discography and Filmography (W20)
Appendix A (W28–29)
Appendix U (W69–72)
Notes (W131n2)
The Phantom of the Opera [musical film], xxiii, 157, 398–402 (398, 399)
The Phantom of the Opera [novel], 395–97
The Phantom of the Opera [silent film], 396–97
“The Phantom of the Opera” [song], 403
Phantom: Love Never Dies (Lloyd Webber), 409
The Phantom President [film], 211
Phinney’s Rainbow (Sondheim), 341
Piano Concerto (Blitzstein), 116
Piano Concerto (Grieg), 377, W130n92
Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky), 377
Piano Sonata (Berg), 301, 303, W118n27
Piano Sonata (Blitzstein), 116
Picasso, Pablo, 103
“Pick the Winner” (Runyon) [short story], 237, 247
Pickford, Mary, 187
Pierrot Lunaire (Schoenberg), 266, 350
Pinocchio [film], 156
Pins and Needles (Rome), 12, 115, 120
Pinza, Ezio, xi, 214, 246
Pipe Dream (Rodgers and Hammerstein), W107n34
Philbin, Marie, 396
“Plant You Now, Dig You Later” (Rodgers and Hart), 108, 110, 180
“Play a Simple Melody” (Berlin), 243
“Please Don’t Marry Me” (Lerner and Loewe), 265, W114n26
Pleasures and Palaces (Loesser), 259
“The Point of No Return” (Lloyd Webber and Hart), 397, 403, 405, 406, 407
Poitier, Sidney, xxiii, 167, 168, 170, 173
Pollack, Howard, xxii, 171, W86n6
“Poor Butterfly” (Hubbell and Golden), 94
“The Poor Little Ritz Girl” (Romberg, Rodgers and Hart), 83
“Poor Thing” (Sondheim), 359, 360, 364
Porgy (Dubose Heyward) (novel), 61
Porgy (Dorothy and DuBose Heyward) (play), 61, 66, 79, 195, W116n60
Porgy and Bess (G. and I. Gershwin, Heyward) [opera], xii, xiii, xviii, xxii, 7, 11, 13, 14, 20, 28, 31, 46, 48, 58–82 (74), 83, 89, 99, 102, 111, 114, 128, 136, 195, 199, 215, 231, 234, 236, 243, 252, 253, 254, 296, 346, 349, 373
Synopsis (W8)
Discography and Filmography (W21–22)
Appendix A (W29)
Appendix F (W45–46)
Notes (W116n60, W121n65)
Porgy and Bess [1959 film], xxiii, 158, 166–73 (167), 309, 320, 324, W101n7
Porgy and Bess [1993 film], 173–76 (174), 188
Porgy’s themes, 73–74, 75, 76, 78, 79, 80
Porter, Cole, xxiii, xxiv, xxvi, 5, 6, 7, 10, 14, 15, 23, 40–57 (41), 114, 143, 147, 150, 152, 155, 156, 158, 159, 163–66, 176, 189, 215–32, 234, 243, 261, 310, 314, 314–19, 340, 358, 375, W112n47, W112n4, W113n17, W114n24
Porter’s Will, W83n6
“Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition” (Loesser), 234, 245
Prece, Paul, and William Everett, 386
Prelude No. 2 for piano (Gershwin), W89n76
Preminger, Otto, xxiii, 71, 168, 171, 173, 175
Present Arms (Rodgers and Hart), 83, 89
Preston, Robert, 325
“Pretty Women” (Sondheim), 359
Previn, André, xiii, 168, 324
Price, Leontyne, 166, 169
“Prima Donna,” 403
Prince, Harold (“Hal”), xviii, xxvi, 23, 26, 27, 65, 70, 158, 200, 308, 336, 337, 346–60, 362, 364, 374, 376, 379, 384, 387, 395, 396, 399, W116n1
“La Princesse Zenobia” (Rodgers), 88, 92, 98, 99, 190
Princess Theatre Shows, 4, 22, 23, 42
Private Lives (Coward) [play], 52
“Procession and Nightmare” (Bernstein), 296, 300, 301, 302, 307, 329, 393
The Producers (Brooks and Kelly), xxvii
Prologue (Bernstein), 280, 287, 295, 302, 303, 327, 329, 330, W118nn31–33
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