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Summary: Together again for the first time, here comes the greatest comic book superheroes ever assembled between two covers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2013
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MASMaslon, Laurence.
Summary: Presents a history of the Broadway musical theater, including summaries of the shows, photographs of the stars, posters, sheet music, production stills, and essays by theater luminaries.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bulfinch Press 2004
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.14 KANKaufman, George S. (George Simon)
Summary: Collects plays written by George Kaufman in collaboration with other writers, including "Dinner at Eight," "Animal Crackers," "Stage Door," and "You Can't Take It With You."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812.52 KAUSummary: The Broadway musical is one of America’s great indigenous popular forms, a glorious hybrid that emerged “out of our speech, our tempo, our moral attitudes, our way of moving” (as Leonard Bernstein put it). Now, in this first volume of a landmark two-volume collection, The Library of America presents eight enduring masterpieces charting the Broadway musical’s narrative tradition from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792 AMESummary: Examines entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.'s journey to create his own identity, as a black man who embraced Judaism, through the shifting tides of civil rights and racial progress; a veteran of increasingly outdated show business traditions, he strove to stay relevant, even as he found himself bracketed by the bigotry of white America and the distaste of black America. Features new interviews with...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SAMSummary: The documentary explores the currents of American comedy throughout a century of social and political change, illuminating how comedy has tackled and poked fun at our political system, race relations, gender issues, and the prevailing American standards and taboos in everyday life. Melding performance, biography and history, it features interviews with over 90 comedians, writers, producers,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Educational Broadcasting Corp. 2008