A Purple Summer: Notes on the Lyrics of Spring Awakening - Couverture souple

Sater, Steven

 
9781557838247: A Purple Summer: Notes on the Lyrics of Spring Awakening
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1557838240 ISBN 13 : 9781557838247
Editeur : Applause, 2000

Synopsis

In February 1999, Steven Sater conceived the radical notion of creating a rock musical from Frank Wedekind's notorious Symbolist drama, Frühlings Erwachen, and he enlisted his friend and writing partner Duncan Sheik in the enterprise. That night, Sater came home and began writing the first lyric of Spring Awakening: "Mama Who Bore Me" - a lyric which still stands, verbatim, just as he first wrote it.

Ten years later, in the wake of the enormous international success of this groundbreaking, multiaward-winning show, its original director, Michael Mayer, urged Sater to write notes explicating its famously evocative, poetic lyrics.

In rich detail, Sater's notes address the literary sources and allusions of each lyric. He also writes feelingly of what prompted the songs over the course of the show's eight years of development. In so doing, Sater expands on his partnership with Sheik and his experiences with original cast members, Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff, now also known from Glee.

These notes will prove invaluable for fans of the show, for all those interested in theater, and most especially for all the young performers who will play the roles and sing these songs.

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À propos de l?auteur

Steven Sater (New York, NY) won two Tonys, a Grammy, and the 2010 Olivier Award for his book and lyrics of Spring Awakening. Other plays: Carbondale Dreams, Umbrage (Steppenwolf New Play Prize'), 'The Tempest (Lyric Hammersmith'), 'A Footnote to the Iliad (NY Stage and Film'), 'Prometheus Bound (A.R.T.'), 'The Nightingale (La Jolla Playhouse'), 'Some Lovers (Old Globe'), 'and Alice by Heart (National Theatre of London: Connections).

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Éditeur
Applause
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1557838240
ISBN 13 
9781557838247
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
100
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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