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Broadway's Most Wanted

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by Tom Shea


  Eyen, Tom, 181–82

  Fabray, Nanette, 93

  The Faggot, 211–12

  Fain, Sammy, 19, 79

  faith, in musicals, 168–73

  Falls, Robert, 70

  Falsettoland, 172–73

  Falsettos, 193

  Fame, 227

  families in musical theater, 200–206

  The Fantasticks, 192, 213, 274

  Fatone, Joey, 135

  Feingold, Michael, 139

  Feldshuh, Tovah, 238

  Feller, Peter, 34–35

  Ferber, Edna, 159, 264

  Fiddler on the Roof, 111–12, 172, 279–80

  Fierstein, Harvey, 5, 103, 186–87, 212, 221

  The Fig Leaves Are Falling, 249–50

  Filichia, Peter, 238

  Finian’s Rainbow, 18, 80–81, 166–67

  Finian’s Rainbow, Starring the Man from the Off-License, 257

  Finn, William, 172, 193, 209

  Fiorello!, 123–24

  The First, 48

  Five Guys Named Moe, 15

  The Fix, 127–28

  Flaherty, Joe, 261

  Flaherty, Stephen, 39, 243

  Flahooley, 19–20, 78–79

  Flatley, Michael, 231–32

  Flower Drum Song, 56–57

  Follies, 90

  food, musicals on, 95–99

  Foote, Horton, 182

  Footloose, 156

  Ford, Nancy, 261

  Ford, Paul, 33

  Foreman, Richard, 58

  Forman, Milos, 93

  Forrest, George, 61, 200

  42nd Street, 16, 92, 154

  Fosse, 232

  Fosse, Bob, 4–5, 46, 93–94, 117–18, 204, 228

  Fosse, Nicole, 204

  1491, 15

  Frank, Leo, 105

  Freedman, Gerald, 214

  Freeman, Morgan, 168

  Friedman, Charles, 69

  Friml, Rudolf, 98

  The Frogs, 159–60

  Fry, Jud, 165

  Funny Girl, 119

  A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 186, 254

  Furth, George, 86–87, 266

  Gaines, Reg E., 230

  Gardner, Herb, 182

  Garland, Judy, 94

  Gaxton, William, 160–61, 233

  Gay, Noel, 53

  gay content, in musicals, 207–12

  Gelbart, Larry, 14, 186, 197, 254

  Gemignani, Paul, 33

  Gerry and the Pacemakers, 151

  Gershe, Leonard, 130

  Gershwin, George, 54–55, 124–25

  Gershwin, Ira, 54–55, 124–25

  Gesner, Clark, 25

  Giamatti, Paul, 92

  Gibson, Deborah, 137

  Gibson, William, 50

  Gigi, 157–58

  Gilbert, William S., 52, 258

  Gleason, Joanna, 73

  Glover, Savion, 231

  Glynn, Carlin, 202

  Goblin Market, 195

  Godspell, 64

  Goede, Jay, 244

  Goggin, Dan, 217–18, 278

  Goldblum, Jeff, 258

  The Golden Apple, 62–64, 89–90, 95, 146

  Golden Boy, 50

  Goldman, James, 90

  Gone with the Wind, 182

  The Gospel at Colonus, 168–69

  Gottfried, Martin, 146–47

  Gould, Elliott, 145, 252

  Grahame, Kenneth, 244

  Gray, Dolores, 96, 149

  Gray, Harold, 24

  Grease, 217, 278–79

  The Great Waltz, 200

  Green, Adolph, 38, 118, 153, 181, 252

  Green, Paul, 126

  Greene, Ellen, 121–22

  Greenwillow, 17, 84–85

  Grey, Joel, 117–18

  Grier, David Alan, 48

  Griffith, Andy, 130

  Groener, Harry, 65

  Grossman, Larry, 28, 181

  Guaraldi, Vince, 25

  Guare, John, 43, 176

  Guerre, Martin, 65–66

  Guest, Christopher, 262–63

  Guettel, Adam, 202

  Guettel, Mary Rodgers, 202

  Guthrie, Tyrone, 84

  Guys and Dolls, 41

  Gypsy, 110, 199–200

  Hack, 225

  Hackady, Hal, 28

  Hair, 214–15

  Half a Sixpence, 15

  Hall, Carol, 132

  Hall, Peter, 20

  Hamlisch, Marvin, 43, 271

  Hammerstein, James, 204

  Hammerstein, Oscar II, 147, 204, 265; Allegro, 265; Annie Get Your Gun, 49; Carmen Jones, 69; Carousel, 151; Flower Drum Song, 56; The New Moon, 162; Oklahoma!, 130, 271–72, 277–78; Show Boat, 159, 264–65; The Sound of Music, 114

  Hammerstein, William, 204

  Hannigan, Miss, 165

  Hansberry, Lorraine, 95–96

  Harbach, Otto, 146

  Harburg, E. Y., 19, 79–80

  Harmon, Peggy, 195

  Harnick, Sheldon: Cyrano, the Musical, 61; Fiddler on the Roof, 279; Fiorello!, 123; The Rothschilds, 79, 98; She Loves Me, 253; Tenderloin, 16; The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, 157

  Harper, Wally, 59

  Harrington, Eve, 167

  Harris, Barbara, 254

  Harris, Niki, 35

  Hart, Charles, 276

  Hart, Lorenz, 46, 65, 175, 215–17, 268

  Hart, Moss, 42, 125, 207

  Hartog, Jan de, 193, 252

  Hasselhoff, David, 141–42

  Hatcher, Jeffrey, 243

  Hauptmann, William, 10

  Havoc, June, 165

  Head, Murray, 149

  Hedwig and the Angry Inch, 189

  Helburn, Theesa, 278

  Hellman, Lillian, 83

  Hello, Dolly!, 2–3, 109

  Hello Again, 250

  Henderson, Luther, 194

  Hepburn, Audrey, 108–9

  Hepburn, Katharine, 140, 253

  Herbert, Victor, 85

  “Here’s That Rainy Day,” 149

  Herman, Jerry, 2–3, 87–88, 97, 187, 212

  Hester, Hal, 211

  “He Touched Me,” 145–46

  Hill, Dulé, 73

  Hill, George Roy, 17

  Hilton, James, 18

  Hines, Gregory, 72

  Hirschfeld, Al, 32

  hit songs from musicals, 145–52

  Holder, Donald, 155

  Holder, Geoffrey, 61

  Holgate, Ron, 236

  Hollander, Nicole, 24–25

  Holliday, Judy, 19, 118

  Hollywood stars on Broadway, 139–44

  Holmes, Rupert, 11, 187

  Holt, Will, 179

  Holzer, Adela, 237–38

  Home Sweet Homer, 62–64

  homosexual content, in musicals, 207–12

  Honk!, 242, 242–43

  Hope, Bob, 146, 233

  Hot Spot, 19

  House of Flowers, 88

  The House of Martin Guerre, 65–66

  Houston, Whitney, 149

  Howard Crabtree’s Whoop-Dee-Doo!, 208

  How Now, Dow Jones, 78

  How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, 76–77, 77, 120

  Hudson, Richard, 155

  Hudson, Rock, 121

  Hughes, Barnard, 92

  Hugo, Victor, 170, 276

  Hunt, Peter, 128

  Hurt, William, 208

  Huston, John, 112

  Huston, Walter, 151

  Hwang, David Henry, 56–57, 70, 234

  Hyman, Dick, 270

  I Can Get It for You Wholesale, 252

  I Do! I Do!, 193, 252

  I’d Rather Be Right, 125

  Illyria, 179

  I Love My Wife, 249, 253

  imaginary locations, musicals set in, 17–23

  In a Pig’s Valise, 9–10

  innovative musicals, 264–72

  Into the Light, 180

  Into the Woods, 21, 22

  Iredale, Jane, 244

  Irene, 59<
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  Irving, George S., 59

  Irving, Washington, 127

  Isherwood, Christopher, 272

  It Ain’t Nothing’ But the Blues, 238–39

  “It’s a Bird … It’s a Plane … It’s Superman,” 27

  Ives, David, 184

  Jabara, Paul, 182

  Jackman, Hugh, 226

  Jack’s Holiday, 106

  Jacobs, Jim, 278

  Javert, Inspector, 167

  Jekyll & Hyde, 136, 141

  Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, 230

  Jewison, Norman, 263

  Joel, Billy, 232

  John, Elton, 70, 155, 240

  john & jen, 194

  Johnny Johnson, 126

  Johnson, Alan, 94

  Johnson, Van, 46

  Jones, Cherry, 92

  Jones, Clifford, 178

  Jones, Shirley, 200

  Jones, Terry, 257

  Jones, Tom, 21, 23, 131, 192–93, 213, 252

  Joplin, Scott, 85

  Jordan, Clarence, 64

  Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, 169–70

  Joyce, Elaine, 96

  Julia, Raul, 176, 235

  Juno, 88–89

  Kahn, Madeline, 262

  Kander, John, 15, 51, 55, 142, 208, 272

  Kaufman, George S., 41, 97, 124–26

  Kay, Hershy, 196

  Kay, Stubby, 18

  Kaye, Danny, 14

  Keeler, Ruby, 92

  Kelly, Frank, 190

  Kelly, Patsy, 59

  Kelton, Pert, 84

  Kennedy, John F., 171

  Kern, Jerome, 146, 159, 264–65

  Key, Tom, 64

  Kid Creole, 9–10

  Kidd, Michael, 41, 155, 269

  Kiley, Richard, 107–8

  killers, musicals about, 100–106

  King, Carole, 138

  King, Larry L., 132, 247

  The King and I, 119–20

  Kirk, Lisa, 110

  Kirkwood, James, 270

  Kismet, 61–62

  Kiss Me, Kate, 177

  Kiss of the Spider Woman, 208–9

  Kitt, Eartha, 61, 245

  Klausner, Terri, 195

  Kleban, Edward, 221, 271

  Kleinsinger, George, 245

  Kline, Kevin, 53

  Knickerbocker Holiday, 127, 150–51

  Knoblock, Edward, 61

  Kobart, Ruth, 120

  Koch, Ed, 126

  Kopit, Arthur, 68

  Kreiger, Henry, 243

  Kristin, 224

  Kuhn, Judy, 191

  Kunze, Michael, 184

  Kyte, Mary, 85

  L.A. Firefighters, 226

  La Cage aux Folles, 186–87, 212

  LaChiusa, Michael John, 62, 105, 250

  Ladd, Cheryl, 201

  Lady in the Dark, 42–43, 207–8

  LaGuardia, Fiorello H., 123

  Laing, Stewart, 162

  Landesman, Heidi, 161

  Lane, Burton, 80, 254

  Lane, Nathan, 10, 72, 74, 223, 237, 244

  Lansbury, Angela, 3, 110–11

  Lapine, James, 21, 75, 172, 193

  Larson, Jonathan, 41–42

  The Last Five Years, 195

  Laszlo, Miklos, 253

  Late Show with David Letterman, 73–74

  Latifah, Queen, 210

  LaTouche, John, 83, 90, 95, 146, 170

  Latouche, John, 63

  Laurents, Arthur, 110, 174, 199–200, 253–54

  Lavin, Linda, 27

  Law & Order, 73

  Lawrence, Gertrude, 42, 120

  Lawrence, Reginald, 247

  Layton, Joe, 182, 196, 265–66

  “Lazy Afternoon,” 146

  Leach, Wilford, 52

  Leave It to Me!, 255

  Lederer, Charles, 61

  Lee, Michele, 120

  Lee, Ming Cho, 160

  Lee, Peggy, 148

  Legrand, Michel, 157

  Legs Diamond, 102–3

  Leiber, Jerry, 11–13

  Leigh, Carolyn, 78; Wildcat, 130

  Leigh, Janet, 115–16

  Leigh, Mike, 91

  Leigh, Mitch, 173

  Leight, Warren, 126–27

  Lennart, Isobel, 119

  Lenya, Lotte, 58

  Leonard, Michael, 242

  Lerner, Alan Jay: Brigadoon, 23, 172; Camelot, 165–66; On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, 254; Love Life, 269; My Fair Lady, 279; Paint Your Wagon, 132

  Leroux, Gaston, 68, 276

  Les MisÉrables, 66, 167, 170–71, 276–77

  Levant, Oscar, 93

  Levin, Ira, 145

  Levy, Eugene, 263

  Lewis, Marcia, 210

  Lewis, Michael J., 60

  Lieberson, Goddard, 31–32

  Li’l Abner, 18–19, 25–26, 121, 166

  Linden, Hal, 79, 98

  Lindsay, Howard, 57

  Lindsay, Robert, 54, 214

  Linn-Baker, Mark, 244

  The Lion King, 155, 240

  Lippa, Andrew, 62

  Lipton, James, 96

  Lithgow, John, 44

  Little Johnny Jones, 49–50

  Little Mary Sunshine, 218

  A Little Night Music, 150, 246

  Little Shop of Horrors, 101–2, 121–22

  Lively, DeLee, 13

  Liverpool Football Club, 151–52

  Lloyd Webber, Andrew: The Beautiful Game, 46; Cats, 241, 275; Cricket, 51; Evita, 113, 124; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, 169–70; The Phantom of the Opera, 68, 164, 276; Song and Dance, 231; Starlight Express, 236; Whistle Down the Wind, 8

  Lobel, Adrianne, 244

  Lobel, Arnold, 244

  Loesser, Frank, 17, 41, 77, 84, 120, 185–86

  Loewe, Frederick, 23, 132, 165–66, 172, 279

  Long, William Ivey, 248

  Longbottom, Robert, 190

  longest-running musicals, 274–80

  Loquasto, Santo, 43

  Lost in the Stars, 169

  Loudon, Dorothy, 112–13, 165, 249

  Louis-Dreyfus, Julia, 224

  Love and Let Love, 179

  Love Life, 268–69

  Lovett, Lyle, 148

  Lovitz, John, 256

  Lucas, Craig, 193

  Lucci, Susan, 49, 75

  Ludwig, Ken, 55

  Luigs, Jim, 131

  LuPone, Patti, 57, 113–14, 125

  Lyles, Aubrey, 269

  Lynde, Paul, 115

  Lyng, Nora Mae, 244

  MacDermot, Galt, 20, 176, 214–15

  Mackintosh, Cameron, 66, 234, 241, 277

  Mack & Mabel, 87–88

  “Mack the Knife,” 147–48

  MacMurray, Fred, 146

  Madonna, 113

  Maltby, Richard, Jr., 194, 215, 231

  Mame, 110–11

  Mancini, Henry, 237

  Mannheim, Ralph, 58

  Man of La Mancha, 107–8, 173

  March, Joseph Moncure, 62

  Marie Christine, 105

  Marquis, Don, 244

  Marry Me a Little, 193

  Marshall, Rob and Kathleen, 55

  Martin, Andrea, 260

  Martin, Herbert, 242

  Martin, Jesse L., 73

  Martin, Mary, 114–15, 193, 252, 255

  Martin, Norman L., 15

  Martins, Peter, 231

  The Martin Short Show, 224

  Marvin, Lee, 132

  Marvin, Mel, 85

  The Marvin Songs, 209

  Masekela, Hugh, 214

  Mass, 171

  Masteroff, Joe, 55, 272

  Masterson, Mary Stuart, 202

  Masterson, Peter, 132, 202, 247

  Mastrantonio, Mary, 65

  Mayor, 126–27

  McAnuff, Des, 8–10, 161

  McArdle, Andrea, 112

  McCarthy, Joseph, 59, 238

  McCarty, Mary, 210

  McCormack, Eric, 72

  McCormick, Maureen, 279

  M
cDonald, Audra, 105, 225–26

  McEntire, Reba, 49, 134

  McGough, Roger, 244

  McKayle, Donald, 50

  McKee, Lonette, 56

  McKern, Leo, 262

  McKneely, Joey, 9, 13

  McLane, Val, 29

  McLerie, Allyn Ann, 185

  McNally, Terrence, 39, 208

  McQueen, Armelia, 215

  Mead, Shepherd, 76

  Me and My Girl, 53–54, 213–14

  Meat Loaf, 178

  Mecchi, Irene, 155

  Meehan, Thomas, 156

  Meeting Venus, 91–92

  Meet Me in St. Louis, 158

  Melville, Herman, 160, 241

  Mendes, Sam, 55

  Menken, Alan, 51, 101, 121

  Mercer, Johnny, 19, 99

  Merkerson, S. Epatha, 73

  Merman, Ethel, 49, 110, 114, 160, 200, 233

  Merrick, David: Destry Rides Again, 130; 42nd Street, 154; Hello, Dolly!, 3; How Now, Dow Jones, 78; Mack & Mabel, 87; Subways Are for Sleeping, 238; Sugar, 189–90

  Merrill, Bob, 96, 119, 189–90

  Merrily We Roll Along, 86–87

  Michaels, Frankie, 3–4

  Milk and Honey, 97

  Miller, Alice Duer, 146

  Miller, Ann, 97–98

  Miller, Flournoy, 269

  Miller, Lawrence, 248

  Miller, Roger, 10, 161

  Mills, Peter, 179

  Minnelli, Liza, 142

  Minnelli, Vincente, 92

  Mirisch, Walter, 111

  Miss Saigon, 234

  Mister Sterling, 225–26

  Mitchell, David, 196

  Mitchell, James, 75

  Mitchell, John Cameron, 189, 221

  Moby Dick, 241

  Molnar, Julain, 66

  Monty Python’s Flying Circus, 257

  Moody, Ron, 67–68

  Moore, Mary Tyler, 74, 260

  Moore, Victor, 161

  Moranis, Rick, 261

  Mordred, 165–66

  Moreno, Rita, 71

  Moross, Jerome, 63, 90, 95, 146

  Morris, Anita, 235

  Morris, Mark, 9

  Morrison, Ann, 195

  Morse, Robert, 96, 120

  Moss, Kathi, 235

  Mostel, Josh, 205–6

  Mostel, Zero, 94, 111–12, 172, 188, 205–6, 279

  movies: with Broadway stars, 117–22; musicals, on stage, 153–58; on musical theater, 91–94; stars of, on Broadway, 139–44; without Broadway stars, 107–16

  Movin’ Out, 232

  Mozart, W. A., 93

  Mr. Show, 263

  Mulcahy, Lance, 176

  Mullally, Megan, 72

  Murphy, Donna, 225

  Murphy, George, 146

  Murphy, Jack, 183

  Music Is, 178–79

  The Music Man, 118, 148

  music preparationist, 32–33

  Mutiny!, 163

  My Darlin’ Aida, 69–70

  My Fair Lady, 108–9, 279

  My Favorite Year, 196–97

  The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 11, 12, 187–88

  Napier, John, 236, 241

  Nash, N. Richard, 130–31

  Nash, Ogden, 200

  Neil Simon’s The Goodbye Girl, 43

  Newman, David, 27

  Newmar, Julie, 18–19, 26

  The New Moon, 161–62

  The News, 101

  New York City, musicals on, 38–44

 

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