{"product_id":"the-happiest-corpse-ive-ever-seen-the-last-twenty-five-years-of-the-broadway-musical-hardcover","title":"The Happiest Corpse I've Ever Seen: The Last Twenty-Five Years of the Broadway Musical - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEthan Mordden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Ethan Mordden, the closing night of the hit musical, 42nd St. sounded the death knell of the art form of the Broadway musical. After that, big orchestras, real voices, recognizable books and intelligent lyrics went out the window in favor of cats, helicopters, yodeling Frenchmen, and the roof of the Paris Opera. Mordden takes us through the aftermath of the days of the great Broadway musical. From the long-running Cats to Miss Saigon, Phantom, and Les Miserables, to gems like The Producers, he is unsparing in his look at the remains of the day. Not content to scold the shows' creators, Mordden takes on the critics, too, splaying their bodies across the Great White Way like Sweeney Todd giving a close shave. Once more, it's \"curtain going up,\" but Mordden is not applauding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEthan Mordden\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many books on the Broadway musical including \u003ci\u003eOne More Kiss: The Broadway Musical in the 1970's\u003c\/i\u003e (Palgrave Macmillan).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.05 x 9.52 x 6.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724268834879,"sku":"9780312239541","price":44.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ec77da46def0b6ff3685c07336c58eae.webp?v=1765102094","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-happiest-corpse-ive-ever-seen-the-last-twenty-five-years-of-the-broadway-musical-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}