Talk:John Kander

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Kander after Ebb and nominations?[edit]

This article really needs to be updated in terms of Kander after Ebb. There's nothing here about Ebb's death, or of Kander's work since then, most noticeably Curtains.

Also, I'd like to see the last line of the article changed. It currently reads:

They also received numerous nominations, which include five more Tony Awards, two Acadamy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards

I just edited this for a typo, and then made it more grammatically correct, but it's still awkward phrasing, and a little confusing.

Previous to this sentence, there is a list of actual awards received, including three Tony Awards. Does this sentence at the end mean that they garnered five additional Tony nominations? Meaning that they were nominated eight times and won three? And that they were nominated for two Academy Awards and four Golden Globes?

If so, I'd really like to see this sentence completely restructured, because they received nominations, not awards. I'd do it myself, but I'd like confirmation that how I'm reading the sentence is how it was intended.

Also, is there any reason why a complete list of nominations, including what was nominated and the year isn't just included? It wouldn't take up that much space and I don't see any reason why they aren't includeded. TStein 05:32, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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West Side Story[edit]

Quote: "Following his studies, John Kander began conducting at summer theaters before serving as a rehearsal pianist for the musical West Side Story by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins in New York. While working, Kander met the choreographer, Jerome Robbins, who suggested that Kander compose the dance music for the show in 1959."

I'm not sure what that second sentence intends to say, but Kander did not write any music that is in West Side Story. Does this refer to arrangements? Has something been garbled in citing the source material for this assertion? Is this supposed to be referring to Irma La Douce, referenced in the following sentence? In any event, West Side Story had already premiered on Broadway in 1957 (and run for two years), so I'm not sure why Jerome Robbins would be suggesting that John Kander write music for Leonard Bernstein's hit musical in 1959. NicholasNotabene (talk) 13:41, 18 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have read elsewhere that Robbins asked Kander to compose the dance music for "Gypsy," not "West Side Story." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:6000:3D00:7F00:8880:9F35:4975:28E (talk) 20:28, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Isherwood's Chicago?[edit]

The article states: 'As Leve notes, Cabaret, which is a musical adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's The Berlin Stories, was an "ideal vehicle for Kander and Ebb's brittle and self-referential brand of musical theater."[10] This insight also holds true for Chicago.'

This only makes sense if Chicago was also adapted from Isherwood, which I don't think it was. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.175.77.2 (talk) 00:35, 15 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]