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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Love Broadway Musicals even more with this bookBy Darrell CozenEnchanted Evenings second edition is a delight for lovers of Broadway musicals; giving musical and theatrical insights that can add greatly to the experience of seeing any of the musicals discussed in the book. It is interesting how a survey of Broadway musicals from the 1920s to the 2000s arrives at a list that introduced me to musicals that I had never heard of; while also inevitably omitting some of my favorites (Fiddler and Evita; being two examples). His selections include wildly popular musicals; critics favorites; as well as some that seem to mainly show the cultural mores of the era. A number of musicals that he selects deal with the issue of compromise (in love; in art; in music; etc.). Others deal with racial stereotypes; prejudice and justice.In each musical; Block describes the musical themes and the narrative or plot themes in fascinating detail. He evidently loves to explore the transformations of a musical from an original play (for example Romeo and Juliet) to the Broadway musical (Westside Story) to the Academy Award-winning film. His comparisons of opera to musicals are enlightening.Although the book greatly increases the appreciation of most musicals for a casual fan like myself; it also brought down my hero; Andrew Lloyd Webber; by pointing out the amount of borrowing he used and the overuse of some musical themes when not justified by the plot; action or mood. Although I will still enjoy Lloyd Webbers melodies the most; I will respect earlier giants more for their use of musicals to promote a more tolerant or just society.
