History of the American Musical Theatre

Foreword

Setting the Stage

1 A Very Good Place to Start: The Beginning, up to the Eighteenth Century

2 Setting the Stage: Early Musical Theatre in America, 1735-1865

Prologue

3 First Stirrings, 1866-1902

4 The Turn of the Century: A New Era of Great American Songwriters Begins, 1900-1907

The First Act

5 The Princess and the Great Revues, 1907-1920

6 The Jazz Age: A Period of Great Songwriters, 1920-1929

Intermission

7 A Double Whammy: The Great Depression and Talking Movies Threaten the Broadway Musical, 1929-1939

The Second Act

8 A Bright Golden Haze: The American Musical Comes of Age, 1939-1945

9 The Golden Age: An Era of Great Musical Dramatists, 1945-1964

Second Intermission

10 The Search for Relevancy, 1964-1970

The Third Act

11 New Directions, 1970-1982

12 Joint Ventures and Mega-Musicals: British Rule, 1982-1993

13 The Corporate Musical, 1993-2001

Epilogue

14 Recovery and the New Millennium, 2001-2013

15 Well Underway, But Headed Towards Where? 2013-Today

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• História das Américas
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