by Tom Shea
Ngema, Mbongeni, 214
The Night That Made America Famous, 10–11
Nikki, 226–27
Nine, 16, 235, 247–48
The 1940s Radio Hour, 199
Norman, Marsha, 199
No Strings, 265–66
numerical musicals, 14–16
Nunn, Trevor, 48, 51, 241, 276
Nunsense, 217–18, 278
O’Brien, Jack, 56
O’Casey, Sean, 89
Ockrent, Mike, 55, 214
Odets, Clifford, 14, 50
offstage moments, 233–39
Of Thee I Sing, 124
Oh, Brother!, 65
O’Hara, Catherine, 261, 263
O’Hara, Jill, 81
O’Hara, John, 268
Oh! Calcutta!, 248–49
Oh! Streetcar!, 256–57
O’Horgan, Tom, 215
Oklahoma!, 130, 165, 271–72, 277–78
Oliver!, 166
Olvis, William, 84
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, 254–55
One, Two, Three, Four, Five, 14
110 in the Shade, 130–31
“One Night in Bangkok,” 149–50
One Night Sand, 182
One of the Boys, 72
One Touch of Venus, 200
On Your Toes, 215–17, 216
Orbach, Jerry, 73, 81
orchestra contractor, 36
Orezzoli, Hector, 229
Orfeh, 155
Oscar, Brad, 2
O’Toole, Peter, 108
Out of This World, 246–47
Overmeyer, Eric, 10
Oz, 71
Pacific Overtures, 82, 89
Page, Elaine, 113
Page, Ken, 215
Pageant, 190–91
Paige, Elaine, 125
Paint Your Wagon, 132
The Pajama Game, 81
Palin, Michael, 257
Pal Joey, 268
Palmer, Peter, 26, 121
Papp, Joseph, 136, 270
Parade, 105–6
parents and children in musical theater, 200–206
Parker, Alan, 227
Parker, Dorothy, 83
Parker, Mary-Louise, 73
Parker, Sarah Jessica, 74
Parton, Dolly, 149
Patinkin, Mandy, 227
Paton, Alan, 169
Peacock, Trevor, 29
Pearle, Gary, 85
Pearson, Sybille, 194
Pen, Polly, 195
Perelman, S. J., 200
Perkins, Anthony, 17, 84
Perry, Antoinette, 1
Perry, William, 244
Peters, Bernadette, 43, 49, 87–88, 134, 161
Peters, Clarke, 15
Phagan, Mary, 105
Phantom, 68–69
The Phantom of the Opera, 68–69, 164–65, 276
Pincus, Mathilde, 32–33
Pink Floyd, 152
The Pirates of Penzance, 52–53, 53
Pitchford, Dean, 222
Plautus, 186
Play On!, 179
Plummer, Christopher, 60
politics and politicians, musicals about, 123–28
Pomerance, Bernard, 258
pop stars on Broadway, 134–38
Porter, Cole, 207; Anything Goes, 57, 160; Kiss Me, Kate, 177; Leave It to Me!, 255; Out of This World, 246–47; Red, Hot, and Blue, 233; You Never Know, 251
Posey, Parker, 263
Press, Seymour “Red,” 36
Preston, Robert, 87, 118, 193, 252
Price, Alan, 29
Price, Lonny, 221
Price, Michael H., 29
Prince, Daisy, 202–3
Prince, Harold, 1, 34, 202–3, 271; Baker Street, 67; Cabaret, 272–73; Candide, 54, 84; Company, 266; Diamonds, 51; A Doll’s Life, 181; Evita, 113, 125; Fiddler on the Roof, 279; Follies, 90; “It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman, ” 27; Merrily We Roll Along, 86; Pacific Overtures, 82, 89; Parade, 106; The Phantom of the Opera, 68, 164, 276; She Loves Me, 253; Show Boat, 56; Sweeney Todd, 100
The Producers, 1–2, 94, 156, 188–89
production stage manager, 35–36
Promises, Promises, 81–82
Pryce, Jonathan, 113, 234
Puig, Manuel, 208
puzzling musicals, 180–84
R. Crumb, The Musical, 29–30
Rachael Lily Rosenbloom (And Don’t You Ever Forget It!), 181–82
Radner, Gilda, 74
Rado, James, 214, 220–21
Ragni, Gerome, 214, 220–21
Ragtime, 39
Raisin, 95–96
Randolph, Robert, 27
Rashid, Steve, 25
Rawkins, Billboard, 166–67
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 241
Reale, Willie and Robert, 244
Red, Hot and Blue, 233–34
Redford, Robert, 148
Redgrave, Vanessa, 92
The Red Shoes, 199
reharsal drummer, 34
reharsal pianist, 33
Reid, Mike, 191
Reiner, Rob, 134
Reinking, Anne, 94
Rent, 41–42
The Return of Martin Guerre, 65–66
Return to the Forbidden Planet, 176–77
revisals, 52–59
Reynolds, Debbie, 59
Rice, Tim: Aida: The Musical, 70; Chess, 48, 149–50; Cricket, 51; Evita, 113, 124; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, 169–70; The Lion King, 155, 240
Richards, Michael, 224–25
Rickey, Branch, 48
Rigby, Harry, 59
Riggs, Lynn, 130, 271
Rivera, Chita, 15, 28, 115–16
Riverdance, 231–32
Robbins, Jerome, 174, 230, 279
Robbins, Tim, 92
Roberta, 146–47
Roberts, Pernell, 182
Roberts, Tony, 96
Robinson, Jackie, 48
Rockabye Hamlet, 178
rock artists, musicals written by, 7–13
The Rocky Horror Show, 190
Rodgers, Richard, 202; Allegro, 265; Annie Get Your Gun, 49; The Boys from Syracuse, 65, 175; Carousel, 151; Do I Hear a Waltz?, 253–54; Flower Drum Song, 56; No Strings, 265–66; Oklahoma!, 130, 271–72, 277–78; Pal Joey, 268; The Sound of Music, 114; Too Many Girls, 46; Two by Two, 14; On Your Toes, 215–17, 216f
Romberg, Sigmund, 161–62
Rome, Harold, 130, 182, 252
Ronstadt, Linda, 136
Rooney, Mickey, 72, 94, 97–98
Root, Lynn, 170
Ropes, Bradford, 92
Rose Marie, 74
Ross, Jerry, 45
Rossetti, Christina, 195
The Rothschilds, 79, 98
Rounsseville, Robert, 84
Rowe, Dana P., 127
Ruehl, Mercedes, 71
Rugg, Paul, 258
Runyon, Damon, 41
Rupert, Michael, 219–20
Russell, Bill, 190, 243
Russell, Rosalind, 39, 110
Ryan, Meg, 72
Ryskind, Morrie, 124, 126
Saidy, Fred, 19, 79–80
Sail Away, 162
St. Germain, Mark, 106
Saks, Gene, 110, 253
Salieri, Antonio, 93
Sallid, Otis, 13
Salonga, Lea, 234
Samuels, Lesser, 84
Sappington, Margo, 249
Sarafina!, 214
Sarandon, Susan, 92
Sardi, Vincent, 36–37
Saturday Night, 40
Saturday Night Fever, 154–55
Saturn Returns, 202
Scandal, 248
Schafer, Milton, 145
Schiefhorn, Paul, 101
Schlesinger, Sarah, 191
Schmidt, Douglas W., 58
Schmidt, Harvey, 21, 23, 131, 192–93, 213, 252
Schönberg, Claude-Michel, 66
Schulz, Charles, 25
Schwartz, Stephen, 64, 171
S
cott, Sherie Renee, 250
SCTV, 260–61
Secada, Jon, 279
Segovia, Claudio, 229
Seinfeld, 224–25
Seinfeld, Jerry, 224
Senator Joe, 237–38
“Send in the Clowns,” 150
Sennett, Mack, 87
sentences, titles as, 251–55
“September Song,” 150–51
Serban, Andrei, 157
Seussical, the Musical, 243–44
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 155
1776, 14–15, 119, 128, 235–36
70, Girls, 70, 15–16
sex, musicals about, 246–50
Sex and the City, 74
Shaffer, Paul, 73–74
Shaffer, Peter, 93
Shakespeare, William, 65; musicals based on, 174–79
Shakespeare’s Cabaret, 176
Shangri-La, 18
Shapiro, Debbie, 4
Shapiro, Mel, 176
Shaw, Bob, 75
Shaw, George Bernard, 279
She Loves Me, 252–53
Shelton, Reid, 112
Shepard, Thomas Z., 86
Sherlock Holmes, 67–68
Sherman, Allan, 250
Sherry!, 96
Shevelove, Burt, 159, 186, 254
Shields, Brooke, 279
Shinbone Alley, 244–45
Shiner, David, 243
Shire, David, 41, 194
Short, Martin, 43, 224–25, 261
Show Boat, 56, 159, 264–65
show business, other aspects of, musicals on, 196–200
Showgirls, 93
Shuffle Along, 269–70
Siegel, Joel, 48
Sikes, Bill, 166
Silverman, Treva, 248
Silvers, Phil, 99
Simmons, J. K., 71
Simon, Neil, 39, 43, 81, 205
Simon, Paul, 9, 103
Simpsons, 256–57
Singin’ in the Rain, 153–54
Sirlin, Jerome, 106
Sissle, Noble, 269
small musicals, 192–95
Smith, Mel, 258
Smith, Oliver, 5, 23, 67
Smith, Paul Slade, 242
Smith, Rex, 53
“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, 146–47
Smokey Joe’s Café, 11–13
Smythe, Reg, 29
Snoopy!!!, 28–29
Sondheim, Stephen, 2, 33, 75, 193; Assassins, 102; Candide, 54; Company, 266–68; Do I Hear a Waltz?, 253–54; Follies, 90; The Frogs, 159–60; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 186, 254; Gypsy, 110, 199–200; A Little Night Music, 150, 246; Merrily We Roll Along, 86; Pacific Overtures, 82, 89; Saturday Night, 40; Sweeney Todd, 100; Into the Woods, 21
Song and Dance, 231
Sophocles, 168
The Sopranos, 75
The Sound of Music, 114–15
Sousa, John Phillip, 85
Spewack, Sam and Bella, 177, 255
Spialek, Hans, 217
spoofs of musical theater, 256–63
sports, musicals about, 45–51
Stamos, John, 143
Stark, Ray, 119
Starlight Express, 236
Stasio, Marilyn, 205
Steele, Tommy, 15
Stein, Joseph, 59, 252, 279
Steinman, Jim, 8, 184
Stewart, James, 129
Stewart, Michael, 3, 87, 196, 249, 253
Stiles, George, 243
Stilgoe, Richard, 236, 276
Sting, 139
Stoller, Mike, 11–13
Stone, Peter, 15, 119, 128, 162
Streisand, Barbra, 109, 119, 145–46, 252
Strike Up the Band, 125–26
Stritch, Elaine, 162
Stroman, Susan, 55, 103, 129, 156, 228
Strouse, Charles, 27, 50, 127
Sturges, Preston, 149
Styne, Jule: Funny Girl, 119; Gypsy, 110, 199–200; One Night Stand, 182; The Red Shoes, 199; Subways Are for Sleeping, 252; Sugar, 96, 189–90
Subways Are for Sleeping, 238, 252
Sugar, 96–97, 189–90
Sugar Babies, 97–98
Sullivan, Arthur, 52, 258
Sumac, Yma, 20
Sumner, Gordon, 139
surprise hit musicals, 213–18
Swados, Elizabeth, 26
Swan Lake, 229–30
Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 100–101, 164
Sweet Charity, 39–40
Sweet Smell of Success, 43–44
Swerling, Jo, 41
Sylvia’s Real Good Advice, 24–25
Szabo, Istvan, 91
The Tall Guy, 258–59
Tango Argentino, 229
Taylor, Dwight, 247
Taymor, Julie, 240
Tebelak, John-Michael, 64
Teeter, Lara, 216
Te Kanawa, Kiri, 91
television: Broadway stars on, 71–75; Tony winners/nominees on, 223–27
Telson, Bob, 168
Templeton, Fay, 146
Tenderloin, 16
Testa, Mary, 74
Tharp, Twyla, 93, 153, 232
The Who’s Tommy, 9
Thigpen, Lynne, 85
Thomas, Brandon, 185
Thomas, Dave, 261
Thomas, Robert, 34
Thompson, Emma, 214
Thou Shalt Not, 103–5
3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down, 197
The Three Musketeers, 98
The Threepenny Opera, 58, 147–48
Three Postcards, 195
Tierney, Harry, 59
“Till There Was You,” 148
Timbuktu!, 61–62
Tintypes, 85
Titanic, 162–63
Tomlin, Lily, 73
Tommy, 9
Tony Awards, 1–6; and television, 223–27
Too Many Girls, 46, 47
Top Banana, 99
Topol, 111
Topsy-Turvy, 91
Townshend, Pete, 9
Trask, Stephen, 189
Treyz, Russel, 64
Trudeau, Garry, 26
Truex, Ernest, 20
Tune, Tommy, 5–6, 35; The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, 132, 247; Nine, 16, 247–48; The Will Rogers Follies, 131
Tunick, Jonathan, 33, 150
Turpin, Judge, 164
Twain, Mark, 161
Two by Two, 14
Two Gentlemen of Verona, 176
Tynan, Kenneth, 249
Uhry, Alfred, 105–6
Ujlvaeus, Bjorn, 7–8, 48, 149–50
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, 157
Urban Cowboy, 132
Urinetown, 77–78, 218
Vallee, Rudy, 120
van Dikh, Bill, 61
van Druten, John, 272
Van Dyke, Dick, 74, 115–16, 259–60
Van Heusen, Jimmy, 149
Van Peebles, Melvin, 220
Verdi, Giuseppe, 69
Verdon, Gwen, 3, 46, 120–21, 204
Vereen, Ben, 94
Verhoeven, Paul, 93
Via Galactica, 20
Victor/Victoria, 237
villains, 164–67
Waara, Scott, 244
Wagner, Robin, 199
Waiting for Guffman, 262–63
Walcott, Derek, 9
Waller, Fats, 194, 215
Walsh, Thommie, 6
Walston, Ray, 46
Ward, Matthew, 28
Warren, Lesley Ann, 145, 182
Warrender, Scott, 131
water, musicals set on, 159–63
Waters, Ethel, 170
Watkins, Maurine Dallas, 210
Weidman, Jerome, 123, 252
Weidman, John, 57, 82, 89, 102, 228
Weill, Kurt: Johnny Johnson, 126; Knickerbocker Holiday, 127, 150–51; Lady in the Dark, 42; Lost in the Stars, 169; Love Life, 268–69; One Touch of Venus, 200; The Threepenny Opera, 58, 147–48
Welch, Raquel, 141
Welcome to the Club, 183
Wes
tern musicals, 129–33
West Side Story, 174–75
The West Wing, 72–73
Whedon, Joss, 259
Wheeler, Hugh, 54, 59, 84, 100
Whelan, Bill, 231–32
Where’s Charley, 185–86
Whistle Down the Wind, 8
The Who, 9
Wilbur, Richard, 83
Wildcat, 130
Wilder, Gene, 72, 188, 261
Wildhorn, Frank, 136, 141, 183
The Wild Party, 62
Will and Grace, 71–72
Willett, John, 58
Williams, Vanessa, 137–38
The Will Rogers Follies, 131
Willson, Meredith, 15, 118; The Music Man, 148
Wilson, Charles E., 166
Wilson, Sandy, 108
The Wind in the Willows, 244
Woldin, Judd, 96
Wolf, Warner, 51
Wolfe, George C., 62
Wonderful Town, 38–39
Wong, B. D., 71
Woodard, Charlaine, 215
Woolverton, Linda, 70
Wright, Robert, 61, 200
writers, actors as, 219–22
The Yearling, 241–42
A Year with Frog and Toad, 244
Yellen, Sherman, 79, 98
Yerxa, Alison, 169
Yeston, Maury, 14, 68, 162, 248
“You’ll Never Walk Alone,” 151–52
You Never Know, 251
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, 25
Your Own Thing, 175, 211, 239
Zaks, Jerry, 9, 13, 85
Ziegfeld, Florenz, 159, 270
Zien, Chip, 51
Zimmer, Hans, 155, 240
Zinneman, Fred, 201
Zippel, David, 43, 197
Zola, Emile, 103
Zweigbaum, Steven, 35–36
About the Author
Tom Shea is an accomplished singer and actor and has appeared in The Golden Apple, Lady In the Dark, One Touch of Venus, Knickerbocker Holiday, Utopia, Ltd., and The Grand Duke. He has written for The Baseball Workshop, Total Sports, and Total Baseball. He lives in Chicago with his cat, Macheath. This is his first book.