American musical theatre : a chronicle / Gerald Bordman, Richard Norton

Author: Bordman, Gerald Martin
Additional Titles: American musical theater
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Edition: 4th ed.
Physical Description: xiv, 1,017 pages ; 26 cm
Additional Creators: Norton, Richard, 1938-

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Contents

Machine generated contents note: Act One Early Successes, 1866-1892 -- Scene One Opera Bouffe and Native Elements, 1866-1878 -- Scene Two H.M.S. Pinafore and the Great Transformation, 1878-1892 -- Intermission Further British Influences and New Stirrings, 1892-1902 -- Act Two The Emergence of American Talent, 1902-1907 -- Intermission Viennese Operetta and the American Retreat, 1907-1914 -- Act Three The Birth of the Modern Musical, 1914-1921 -- Intermission The Cinderella Era, 1921-1924 -- Act Four The Golden Age of the American Musical, 1924-1937 -- Scene One Songwriters' Shows as Pure Entertainment, 1924-1929 -- Scene Two Depression and "Talkies"---Broadway's Answer, 1929-1937 -- Intermission Broadway's Response to the Swing Era, 1937-1942 -- Act Five The American Musical as a Conscious Art Form, 1942-1965 -- Scene One Americana Amid a New Seriousness, 1942-1951 -- Scene Two Increasing Problems---Lowering Standards, 1951-1965 -- Intermission Exhaustion, 1965-1969 -- Act Six Full Circle?; or, Return of the Brits, 1969-1995 -- Scene One Startlingly New, Delightfully Old, 1969-1981 -- Scene Two A Musical Trade Imbalance, 1981-1995 -- Intermission Technological Spectacles, Retrospectives, and Revivals, 1995-2000 -- Act Seven The Twenty-First Century, 2000-2010 -- Scene One Movies Hit Broadway, 2000-2005 -- Scene Two Pop Music Takes Over the Musical, 2005-2010 -- Indexes -- Shows -- Sources -- Songs.

Subject(s)

Musicals—United States—History and criticism

ISBN

9780199729708
0199729700

Note

Includes indexes.

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