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"No legs, no jokes, no chance" : a history of the American musical theater
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Title
"No legs, no jokes, no chance" : a history of the American musical theater / Sheldon Patinkin.
ISBN
9780810119949 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0810119943 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2008.
Physical Description
xiv, 580 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Notes
"Written in conjunction with a two-semester course taught with Estelle Spector at Columbia College Chicago ..."--P. [v].
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 13, 2008
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-540) and index.
Contents
Overture : Beginning the the middle, 1943
Oklahoma!
pt. 1. Ancestors and antecedents, 1791-1900
Opera and French and Viennese operetta
The minstrel show, variety/vaudeville, and The Black Crook
Gilbert and Sullivan
American burlesque and the 1890s
pt. 2. Early American musical comedies, operettas, and revues, 1901-1924
George M. Cohan, Victor Herbert, and Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.
From Babes in Toyland to "Alexander's Ragtime Band"
From The Firefly to Yip-yip-yaphank
From The Scandals of 1919 to the Cotton Club
From Lady, Be Good! to Rose-Marie
pt. 3. The golden age of the Broadway song, 1925-1939
From The Garrick Gaieties to Strike Up the Band
Show Boat
From The New Moon to The Little Show
The Gershwins and Irving Berlin in the 1930s
Kern, Rodgers and Hart, and Cole Porter in the 1930s
The rise of big bands and swing
pt. 4. The transitional years, 1940-1945
From Pal Joey to Lady in the Dark
From This Is the Army to Carousel
pt. 5. The golden age of the Broadway musical, 1946-1964
From Annie Get Your Gun to Brigadoon
From Kiss Me, Kate to South Pacific
From Guys and Dolls to Peter Pan
From Damn Yankees to My Fair Lady
From West Side Story to The Sound of Music
From Bye Bye Birdie to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
From She Loves Me to Fiddler on the Roof
pt. 6. Fade out
fade in, 1965-1969
From Kelly to Cabaret
From Hair to 1776
pt. 7. The splintering of the form, 1970-2007
From Company to Jesus Christ Superstar
From Grease to A Chorus Line
From Pacific Overtures to Evita
From 42nd Street to Cats
From La Cage aux Folles to City of Angels
From Assassins to Ragtime
Exit music.
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