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| 1776 |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 40 |
| Description: | A musical celebration of the founding of the United States, centering around the events leading up to July 4, 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was signed |
| Keywords: | United States: Declaration of Independence |
| 42nd Street |
| Series Title: | Warner Bros. Classics |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-192 |
| Description: | The definitive backstage musical, that introduced to the world the elaborate choreography of the legendary Busby Berkeley; starring Warner Baxter and Ruby Keeler |
| Keywords: | Berkeley, Busby |
| Alexander's Ragtime Band |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2007-289 |
| Description: | Irving Berlin's story of musicians and Roger and Charlie, who perform popular music in 1915 San Francisco; starring Tyrone Power, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman, Alice Faye |
| Keywords: | Berlin, Irving |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-160 |
| Description: | 2004 motion picture version of the musical, based on Gaston Leroux's novel; starring Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum |
| Keywords: | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| Annie |
| Series Title: | Columbia TriStar Family Collection |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-238 |
| Description: | Film adaptation of the stage play "Annie," about the comic strip character Little Orphan Annie, who is adopted by billionaire "Daddy" Warbucks; starring Albert Finney, Aileen Quinn; Oversize |
| Keywords: | Meehan, Thomas; Huston, John |
| Annie Get Your Gun |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 65 |
| Description: | Frank Butler, handsome star of Buffalo Bill?s Wild West Show, is the best marksman in the world, until he's challenged by a backwoods tomboy--Annie Oakley |
| Keywords: | Annie Oakley; Westerns |
| Babes in Arms |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-104 |
| Description: | The son of two vaudevillians organizes his own show in the hope of resuing his parents from financial disaster; starring Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney |
| Keywords: | Vaudeville; Judy Garland; Mickey Rooney |
| Barnum |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 50 |
| Description: | Michael Crawford stars in the story of P.T. Barnum, from his humble beginnings as a promoter of sideshows, to his museum in New York and the co-founding of the Barnum and Bailey Circus |
| Keywords: | P.T. Barnum; Michael Crawford |
| Best Little Whorehouse in Texas |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 30 |
| Description: | A sheriff and a proprietress join together to fight a big city TV crusader in his efforts to expose the Chicken Ranch to public scandal, and thus close it down |
| Keywords: | Burt Reynolds; Dolly Parton |
| Big Fella |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 98- 66 |
| Description: | Based on the novel "Banjo" by Claude McKay |
| Keywords: | Paul Robeson; Claude McKay |
| Boyfriend |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-118 |
| Description: | Twiggy stars in the story of an assistant manager/ gofer who is given a big chance after the leading actress hurts her ankle |
| Keywords: | Sandy Wilson; show business |
| Brigadoon |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 61 |
| Description: | Two Americans find a Scottish village which comes to life one day a century; starring Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse, Elaine Stewart, Barry Jones, Albert Sharpe |
| Keywords: | Lerner, Alan Jay; Loewe, Frederick |
| Broadway Melody |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-174 |
| Description: | 1929 musical (first musical to win the Best Picture Oscar); directed by Harry Beaumont; starring Anita Page and Bessie Love |
| Keywords: | Harry Beaumont |
| Broadway's Lost Treasures |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-150 |
| Description: | A one-of-a-kind compilation of Broadway showstoppers, performed by original cast members, televised on the Tony Awards between 1967 and 1986 |
| Keywords: | Broadway Specials |
| Broadway's Lost Treasures |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-151 |
| Description: | A collection of great musical moments from the Tony Awards, hosted by Lauren Bacall, Bebe Neuwirth, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Jerry Orbach |
| Keywords: | Broadway Specials |
| Bye Bye Birdie |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-144 |
| Description: | 1995 film version of Charles Strouse's musical; when rock star Conrad Birdie gets drafted, his manager organizes a nationwide contest for a girl to win a farewell kiss from the rocker |
| Keywords: | Charles Strouse |
| Cabaret |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 34 |
| Description: | An egocentric American girl dreams of becoming a star while working in a third-rate Berlin cabaret; starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York, and Joel Grey |
| Keywords: | Bob Fosse; Liza Minnelli; cabarets: Berlin |
| Camelot |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-241 |
| Description: | Lerner and Loewe's musical retelling of the rise and fall of England's mythical King Arthur; starring Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave; directed by Joshua Logan |
| Keywords: | King Arthur; Lerner, Alan Jay; Loewe, Frederick |
| Candide |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2009-256 |
| Description: | Concert performance. |
| Keywords: | Leonard Bernstein; Voltaire; Humphrey Burton |
| Carousel |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-143 |
| Description: | 1956 film version of the musical, starring Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell |
| Keywords: | Rodgers & Hammerstein |
| Cats |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-146 |
| Description: | A musical based on "Old Possum?s Book of Practical Cats" by T.S. Eliot |
| Keywords: | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| Chicago |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-170 |
| Description: | 2003 Best Picture winner, starring Richard Gere, Ren?e Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones; directed and choreographed by Rob Marshall |
| Keywords: | Rob Marshall |
| Chorus Line |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-240 |
| Description: | Film version of Bennett's Tony Award-winning musical about a group of young performers who are auditioning for the chorus of a Broadway musical; starring Michael Douglas, Alyson Reed |
| Keywords: | Bennett, Michael; Hamlisch Marvin |
| Circus |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2006- 16 |
| Description: | Grigori Alexandrov?s attempt at importing American musical comedy into Soviet film |
| Keywords: | Russian (Soviet Union) |
| Damn Yankees |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-152 |
| Description: | The musical adaptation of the novel ?The Year The Yankees Won The Pennant,' written by George Abbott; with the original Broadway cast |
| Keywords: | George Abbott |
| Deep in My Heart |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-112 |
| Description: | During the ragtime era, Sigmund Romberg stubbornly continues to write music reminiscent of his native Austria, until the owner of a club convinces him to try his hand at the new sound |
| Keywords: | Sigmund Romberg; Jose Ferrer; Rosemary Clooney |
| Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2007-164 |
| Description: | Musical celebration of the music of Duke Ellington featuring thirty-four of Ellington's all-time classics performed by the original Duke Ellington Orchestra and conducted by Mercer Ellington |
| Keywords: | Duke Ellington; Jazz |
| Easter Parade |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 53 |
| Description: | A 1912 song-and-dance man quarrels with one partner but finds another, who falls head over heels for the king of hoofers; starring Fred Astaire and Judy Garland |
| Keywords: | Judy Garland; Fred Astaire; Irving Berlin |
| Fiddler on the Roof |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2004- 36 |
| Description: | 1971 film version of Stein's musical; starring Topol |
| Keywords: | Joseph Stein |
| Finian's Rainbow |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-116 |
| Description: | A leprechaun tries to retrieve a crock of gold from an old wanderer who has takin it to America; starring Fred Astaire, Petula Clark |
| Keywords: | Leprechauns; Fred Astaire |
| For Me and My Gal |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 89 |
| Description: | A tale of a vaudeville song-and-dance duo who buck tough times and World War I on the way to show biz success |
| Keywords: | Judy Garland; Gene Kelly; Vaudeville |
| Funny Girl |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-163 |
| Description: | 1968 musical film that follows the early career of stage comedienne Fanny Brice; starring Barbra Streisand |
| Keywords: | Fanny Brice |
| Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2004- 34 |
| Description: | Slave struggles for freedom in the days of the Roman Empire |
| Keywords: | Comedy; Sondheim |
| Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| Series Title: | MGM Musicals |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 55 |
| Description: | Sondheim's musical set in early Rome, about Pseudolus, a comically sly and conniving slave, eager to win his freedom; based on the stage play by Harold S. Prince |
| Keywords: | Stephen Sondheim; Comedy Films |
| Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
| Series Title: | Marilyn Collection |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 84 |
| Description: | Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russel star in the story of two showgirls from Little Rock searching for love and marriage aboard a luxury liner bound for France |
| Keywords: | Showgirls; Marilyn Monroe |
| Gigi |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-133 |
| Description: | The musical story of a french girl groomed to be a courtesan, but who blossoms into a lady |
| Keywords: | Paris: 19th Century; courtesans; Leslie Caron |
| Girl Crazy |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2005-115 |
| Description: | 1943 film version of the musical by Guy Boulton and Jack McGowan, starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland |
| Keywords: | Guy Boulton and Jack McGowan |
| Godspell |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-144 |
| Description: | 1973 film adaptation of the musical based on the Gospel according to St. Matthew; starring Victor Garber |
| Keywords: | Stephen Schwartz |
| Godspell |
| Series Title: | Musical Collection |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 38 |
| Description: | An updated interpretation of the Gospel of Matthew; starring Victor Garber, Katie Hanley, David Haskell; filmed on location in New York City |
| Keywords: | Jesus Christ: Gospel of Matthew |
| Guys and Dolls |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 90 |
| Description: | A gentleman gambler falls in love with a missionary, while a floating crap-game operator avoids marriage to his long-time fianc?e; starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra |
| Keywords: | Marlon Brando; Frank Sinatra |
| Gypsy |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-157 |
| Description: | 1993 TV production of the musical, based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee; starring Bette Midler, Cynthia Gibb |
| Keywords: | Gypsy Rose Lee; Bette Midler |
| H.M.S. Pinafore: or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-177 |
| Description: | 1982 presentation of Gilbert and Sullivan's musical; starring Peter Marshall, Frankie Howerd, Meryl Drower |
| Keywords: | Gilbert and Sullivan |
| Hair |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-166 |
| Description: | 1979 film version of the musical by Gerome Ragni and James Rado; directed by Milos Forman |
| Keywords: | Milos Forman |
| Hello, Dolly |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-165 |
| Description: | 1969 film version of the musical by Michael Steward, based on "The Matchmaker" by Thornton Wilder; stars Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau |
| Keywords: | Thornton Wilder |
| Hello, Dolly! |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-190 |
| Description: | Barbara Streisand stars in this adaptation of "The Matchmaker" by Thornton Wilder; a matchmaking widow decides to find a wife for a successful hay-and-feed merchant in Yonkers in 1890 |
| Keywords: | Herman, Jerry; Wilder, Thornton |
| Hello, Frisco, Hello |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 51 |
| Description: | Alice Faye and John Payne star in this story of a singer who goes to San Francisco to make her fortune; remake of the 1924 film "King of Burlesque" |
| Keywords: | Vaudeville; San Francisco |
| High Society |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-145 |
| Description: | Musical version of the play "The Philadelphia Story" by Philip Barry, starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and Frank Sinatra |
| Keywords: | Cole Porter; Grace Kelly; Bing Crosby; Frank Sinat |
| Holiday Inn |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 88 |
| Description: | A song-and-dance man leaves show business and opens up a Connecticut inn with his former partner; 1942 motion picture |
| Keywords: | Irving Berlin; Bing Crosby; Fred Astaire |
| How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-142 |
| Description: | Frank Loesser's musical about an ambitious young window cleaner trying to get ahead in the business world |
| Keywords: | Shepherd Mead; Bob Fosse |
| Iceland |
| Series Title: | Hollywood's Golden Age; Sonja Henie Collection |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-206 |
| Description: | Unaware of Icelandic customs, a flirtatious Marine finds his romantic talk is taken as a marriage proposal; a jilted lover and a mix-up lead him into a matrimonial trap |
| Keywords: | Henie, Sonja; Humberstone, Bruce |
| Into the Woods |
| Series Title: | American Playhouse |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-173 |
| Description: | 1990 TV version of the musical, which intertwines various fairy tales; starring Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason |
| Keywords: | Stephen Sondheim |
| Jekyll and Hyde |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-158 |
| Description: | Musical adaptation of Stevenson's novel; starring David Hasselhoff |
| Keywords: | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Jesus Christ Superstar |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2004- 33 |
| Description: | Rock opera version of Jesus' final weeks; shot in Israel |
| Keywords: | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-176 |
| Description: | Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical telling of the Biblical story of Joseph and his coat of many colors; starring Donny Osmond |
| Keywords: | Andrew Lloyd Webber; Bible |
| King and I |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2007-290 |
| Description: | 1956 Academy-Award winning film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, based on "Anna and the King of Siam" by Margaret Landon; starring Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr |
| Keywords: | Rodgers, Richard; Hammerstein, Oscar |
| Kiss Me, Kate |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-162 |
| Description: | The backstage and on-stage antics of two feuding romances during an out-of-town tryout for a musical adaptation of "The Taming of the Shrew" |
| Keywords: | Cole Porter |
| Leonard Bernstein's Candide: A Comic Operetta in Two Acts |
| Series Title: | Great Performances |
| Call Number: | DVD 2009-255 |
| Description: | Leonard Bernstein's brilliant comic operetta is based on the classic Voltaire tale of an innocent young man's journey through a life filled with colorful characters and unexpected life lessons. Performed in concert-style. |
| Keywords: | Lonny Price; Voltaire |
| Li'l Abner |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-143 |
| Description: | Musical version of Al Capp's famous comic strip; Sadie Hawkins day in the hillbilly town of Dogpatch is disrupted by the US government's plans for atom bomb testing |
| Keywords: | Comedy; Al Capp |
| Little Shop of Horrors |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-164 |
| Description: | 1986 film version of Ashman and Menken's musical, based on the film by Roger Corman; stars Rick Moranis, Steve Martin |
| Keywords: | Howard Ashman; Alan Menken |
| Maytime |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 97 |
| Description: | Jeanette MacDonald stars as elderly Miss Morrison, who recounts her life as the once young and beautiful opera singer Marcia Morney, the toast of Napoleon III's Paris |
| Keywords: | Opera singers; Jeanette MacDonald |
| Meet Me in St. Louis |
| Series Title: | MGM Musicals |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-108 |
| Description: | The Smith family is crushed to learn of Father's transfer to New York; the five childen don't want to leave their friends and they especially don't want to miss the St. Louis World Fair |
| Keywords: | Judy Garland; Vincente Minelli |
| Mis?rables in Concert |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-110 |
| Description: | Brings together a company of over 250 performers in a concert version of "Les Mis?rables", featuring many of the stars who have appeared in the musical worldwide |
| Keywords: | Hugo Wolf; Concerts |
| Moon over Harlem |
| Series Title: | African-American Film Heritage Video Series |
| Call Number: | VCR 2000-247 |
| Description: | Widow becomes involved with gangsters in 1930s Harlem |
| Keywords: | Crime Drama; Harlem |
| Music Man |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-168 |
| Description: | 1962 film version of Meredith Wilson's musical, starring Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, and Buddy Hackett |
| Keywords: | Meredith Wilson |
| Music Man |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-182 |
| Description: | Con artist Harold Hill hoodwinks the townsfolk of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boy's band, but his game ultimately-and romantically-backfires |
| Keywords: | Meredith Willson; Robert Preston; Shirley Jones |
| My Fair Lady |
| Series Title: | Premiere Collection |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-145 |
| Description: | 1964 film version of the musical based on Shaw's play "Pygmalion;" starring Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison |
| Keywords: | Lerner & Loewe; George Bernard Shaw |
| My Fair Lady |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2000- 25 |
| Description: | Starring Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison; Oversize |
| Keywords: | Lerner & Lowe |
| My Favorite Broadway: the leading ladies (live at Carnegie Hall) |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-169 |
| Description: | 1998 Carnegie Hall concert; includes performances by Julie Andrews, Bebe Neuwirth, Liza Minelli, Nell Carter |
| Keywords: | Excerpts; Broadway |
| Oba Koso: Nigerian Music and Dance Drama |
| Series Title: | Camera Three |
| Call Number: | VCR 2005-107 |
| Description: | The Yoruba musical play written and directed by Duro Lapido and based on Nigerian folk themes |
| Keywords: | Duro Lapido; Nigeria: Dance |
| Oh! Calcutta! |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-166 |
| Description: | 1970 production of the Broadway musical comedy about sex and sexual mores |
| Keywords: | Musical Comedy |
| Oklahoma! |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-148 |
| Description: | 1955 motion picture version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical about a cowboy and the girl he loves |
| Keywords: | Rodgers and Hammerstein |
| Oklahoma! |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-155 |
| Description: | Royal National Theatre staging of the musical Oklahoma!, shown on television in Great Britain in September, 1999; starring Hugh Jackman, Schuler Hensley |
| Keywords: | Rodgers and Hammerstein |
| Oklahoma! |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 86- 2 |
| Description: | 1956 screen version |
| Keywords: | Rodgers & Hammerstein |
| Oliver! |
| Series Title: | Columbia TriStar Family Collection |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-239 |
| Description: | Musical version of Dickens' classic story about young orphan, Oliver, who befriends a band of young thieves before he realizes that great joys and true happiness must be earned; Oversize |
| Keywords: | Dickens, Charles; Bart, Lionel |
| On Moonlight Bay |
| Series Title: | Doris Day Collection |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 91 |
| Description: | Musical comedy centering around an American family who live in a small Midwestern town, and the romance between daughter Marjorie and her college man Bill |
| Keywords: | Doris Day; Musical Comedies |
| On the Town |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 82 |
| Description: | 1949 motion picture version of the musical, about three sailors and their girlfriends going on a spree in New York |
| Keywords: | Bernstein, Leonard; Gene Kelly; Frank Sinatra |
| Pajama Game |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-154 |
| Description: | 1957 version of the musical, based on the play "The Pajama game" by George Abbott and Richard Bissell, from Bissell's novel "7 1/2 Cents" |
| Keywords: | George Abbott; Richard Bissell |
| Passion |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005- 8 |
| Description: | Sondheim's musical; based on the film "Passione d?amore," directed by Ettore Scola |
| Keywords: | Stephen Sondheim |
| Peter Pan |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 87 |
| Description: | 1960 TV musical version of Barrie's novel; Peter Pan teaches Wendy and her brothers to fly to Never-Never Land, where they have adventures; Mary Martin stars as Peter Pan |
| Keywords: | Barrie, J.M.; Mary Martin |
| Pippin, His Life and Times |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-171 |
| Description: | 1982 TV version of the musical based on the medieval legend of Charlemagne's son, Pippin; starring Ben Vereen, William Katt |
| Keywords: | Bob Fosse; Stephen Schwartz |
| Pippin: His Life and Times |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-114 |
| Description: | 1982 TV version of the musical based on the medieval legend of Charlemagne's son, Pippin; starring Ben Vereen, William Katt |
| Keywords: | Bob Fosse; Stephen Schwartz |
| Pirates of Penzance |
| Series Title: | Broadway Theatre Archive |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-159 |
| Description: | Kevin Kline stars in this 1980 Shakespeare Festival production of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta about pirates |
| Keywords: | Gilbert and Sullivan |
| Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-106 |
| Description: | The famous horror/ rock/ musical film about an ordinary couple who spend an unforgettable night at the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a mad scientist from the planet Transexual |
| Keywords: | Horror Films; Transvestites |
| Seven Brides for Seven Brothers |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 86 |
| Description: | 1954 musical adaptation of Benet's "The Sobbin' Women;" the new bride of a roughneck Oregon pioneer decides to groom her husband's brothers so they can find brides of their own |
| Keywords: | Stephen Vincent Benet |
| Shall We Dance |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-178 |
| Description: | A snobbish musical comedy star couldn't care less that a ballet star has fallen for her, until they dance together; music and lyrics by by George and Ira Gerswhin |
| Keywords: | Gerswhin, George and Ira; Fred Astaire; Ginger Rog |
| Ship Ahoy |
| Series Title: | MGM Musicals |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-211 |
| Description: | Eleanor Powell and Red Skelton star in this story of a lead dancer on a cruise ship who unknowingly smuggles mines for spies, who got the idea from one of her author beau's novels |
| Keywords: | Red Skelton; |
| Show Boat |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2005-114 |
| Description: | 1936 film version of the Kern/ Hammerstein musical, starring Irene Dunne, Allen Jones, Paul Robeson |
| Keywords: | Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II |
| Singin' in the Rain |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-153 |
| Description: | (1951) Spoof of the early days of "talkie" films; starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor |
| Keywords: | Gene Kelly; Debbie Reynolds |
| Sound of Music |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-237 |
| Description: | Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer star in the Academy-Award winning version of the musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, about novice nun Maria and the Von Trapp family; Oversize |
| Keywords: | Rodgers, Richard; Hammerstein, Oscar (II) |
| South Pacific |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-161 |
| Description: | 1958 film version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical, based on the novel "Tales of the South Pacific" by James A. Michener; stars Mitzi Gaynor |
| Keywords: | Rodgers and Hammerstein |
| State Fair |
| Series Title: | Rodgers and Hammerstein Golden Anniversary |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 57 |
| Description: | Rodgers and Hammerstein musical about the adventures of the Frake family at the Iowa State Fair |
| Keywords: | Rodgers, Richard; Hammerstein, Oscar |
| Sunday in the Park with George |
| Series Title: | American Playhouse |
| Call Number: | DVD 2004- 35 |
| Description: | Seurat's "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" |
| Keywords: | Sondheim; George Seurat |
| Sunday in the Park with George |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 90- 32 |
| Description: | Musical inspired by the life and work of painter Georges Seurat; starring Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters (1984) |
| Keywords: | Sondheim |
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-178 |
| Description: | 1982 production of the musical by Christopher Bond; starring Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, and the original Broadway cast |
| Keywords: | Christopher Bond |
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-167 |
| Description: | 1982 television recording of a live stage production of the Stephen Sondheim musical; starring Angela Lansbury and George Hearn |
| Keywords: | Sondheim, Stephen; Angela Lansbury |
| Swing Time |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-180 |
| Description: | Fred Astaire plays a gambler intent on raising $25,000 in New York in order to marry his fiance back home; romantic complications occur when he meets dancing teacher, Ginger Rogers |
| Keywords: | Kern, Jerome; Astaire, Fred; |
| There's No Business Like Show Business |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 41 |
| Description: | Irving Berlin's musical about the life and times of a family of vaudevillians; starring Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, and Marilyn Monroe |
| Keywords: | Vaudeville; Ethel Merman; Irving Berlin |
| This is the Army |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 29 |
| Description: | Irving Berlin's musical tribute to the American fighting man, written after World War II; stars Ronald Reagan |
| Keywords: | World War II; Irving Berlin; Ronald Reagan |
| This is the Army |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-132 |
| Description: | Irving Berlin's musical tribute to the American fighting man, written after World War II; stars Ronald Reagan |
| Keywords: | World War II; Irving Berlin; Ronald Reagan |
| Thoroughly Modern Millie |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 98 |
| Description: | During the carefree and fun era of the 1920s, an innocent country girl comes to the big city in search of a husband; starring Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing |
| Keywords: | Julie Andrews; Mary Tyler Moore |
| Till the Clouds Roll By |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 94 |
| Description: | A musical biography of songwriter Jerome Kern; starring Robert Walker, June Allyson, Judy Garland, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra |
| Keywords: | Jerome Kern: Biography |
| Tin Pan Alley |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 42 |
| Description: | Struggling songwriters find success when they hire sisters to sing their songs; starring Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Jack Oakie, John Payne, and Allen Jenkins |
| Keywords: | Songwriters; Pamela Harris (story) |
| Toast of New Orleans |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 54 |
| Description: | Mario Lanza and Kathryn Grayson star this lively tale of a Cajun fisherman who leaves the bayou and falls in love with a beautiful New Orleans opera star |
| Keywords: | Mario Lanza; Opera Stars; Comedy Films |
| Top Hat |
| Series Title: | RKO Collection |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007-179 |
| Description: | Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers sing and dance their way from London to the Riviera in Berlin's musical about mistaken identities |
| Keywords: | Berlin, Irving; Fred Astaire; Ginger Rogers |
| West Side Story |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2003- 13 |
| Description: | Bernstein's version of "Romeo and Juliet," set to the backdrop of 1950s street gangs |
| Keywords: | Leonard Bernstein |
| White Christmas |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | VCR 2007- 60 |
| Description: | Two song-and-dance men team up to become one of the hottest acts in show business; one winter, they join forces with a sister act and trek to Vermont for a white Christmas |
| Keywords: | Irving Berlin; Bing Crosby; Christmas |
| Working: a musical |
| Series Title: | American Playhouse |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-172 |
| Description: | 1982 American Playhouse production; directed by Stephen Schwartz and Kirk Browning; starring Barry Bostwick, Rita Moreno |
| Keywords: | Stephen Schwartz, Studs Terkel |
| Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2005-167 |
| Description: | 1943 film musical depicting the life of George M. Cohan--playwright, entertainer, and composer; starring James Cagney |
| Keywords: | George M. Cohan |
| Yellow Submarine |
| Series Title: | |
| Call Number: | DVD 2002- 18 |
| Description: | Animated musical film based on the Beatles song |
| Keywords: | Animated; Rock |