The Musical as Drama

Walker, George, 145
Warchus, Matthew, 195n
Ward, Matthew, 158
Watkins, Maureen, 23
“We Both Reached for the Gun,” 176
“We Do Not Belong Together,” 163
Webber, Andrew Lloyd, 24, 29,
165, 166
Weber, Joe, 145
Webern, Anton, 143
“Weekend in the Country, A,” 8,
72–73, 75–76, 80, 107, 130; as an
example of coherence, 73, 75
Weill, Kurt, 19, 20, 23, 70, 119, 179
West Side Story(1957), 14, 47–49, 72,
90, 103, 130, 210; character of
Maria in, 54–58, 59; dance as rea-
son for success of, 92–93; dance-
rape scene in, 50; film version of,
175; gym dance scene in, 144; and
opera singers, 143; orchestral/
dance opening of, 139–41, 140n,
143–44; Tony and Maria’s first
meeting in, 144–45. See also specif-
ically listed individual songs from;
Sunday in the Park with George
“What I Did for Love,” 118
Wheatley, William, 80n2
Wheeler, Hugh, 159–60n14

“When I Marry Mr. Snow,” 134,

136–37

“Where’s the Mate for Me,” 132

“Who’s That Woman,” 188–89

“Why Can’t the English Teach

Their Children How to Speak,”

64–65

“Why Was I Born?” 192

Williams, Bert, 145

Williams, Tennessee, 6

“Willkommen,” 201–2

Wilson, August, 211

Wish You Were Here, 156

“With a Little Bit of Luck,” 69, 90

Wodehouse, P. G., 17

Wolf, Stacy, 181

“Woman Who Lived Up There,

The,” 81, 81n

Wonderful Town, 158

“Wouldn’t It Be Loverly,” 64, 90

Yeats, William Butler, 141

“You’ll Never Walk Alone,” 86

“Your Turn,” 206–7

“You’re a Queer One, Julie Jordan,”

85, 135, 137

Zellweger, Renée, 177

Ziegfeld Follies, 11, 12

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