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1) The warriors
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A musical adaptation of the novel, "The Warriors" by Sol Yurick, the 1979 film adaptation became a touchstone of hip-hop culture. In this version the titular street gang are all women. The gang tries to make its way home after getting framed for the assassination of a charismatic leader named Cyrus, who had assembled the city's major gangs in the Bronx to propose a truce.
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A New York Times Bestseller
For almost a century, Americans have been losing their hearts and losing their minds in an insatiable love affair with the American musical. It often begins in childhood in a darkened theater, grows into something more serious for high school actors, and reaches its passionate zenith when it comes time for love, marriage, and children, who will start the cycle all over again. Americans love musicals. Americans invented...
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When Robert Preston shouted "Ya got trouble!" in River City, when Carol Channing glided down a gilded staircase while waiters serenaded her with "Hello, Dolly!," when Barbra Streisand defied us to rain on her parade in Funny Girl, audiences were instantly enchanted. Showstoppers! is all about Broadway musicals' most memorable numbers-why they were so effective, how they were created, and why they still resonate. Much of it is told through the eyes...
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