Enchanted evenings : the Broadway musical from Show boat to Sondheim / by Block, Geoffrey Holden

Enchanted evenings : the Broadway musical from Show boat to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber / by Block, Geoffrey Holden, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : setting the stage -- Act I : Before Rodgers and Hammerstein. Show boat : in the beginning ; Anything goes : songs ten, book three ; Porgy and Bess : Broadway opera ; On your toes and Pal Joey : dance gets into the act and "sweet water from a foul well" ; The cradle will rock : a labor musical for art's sake ; Lady in the dark and One touch of Venus : the Broadway stranger and his American dreams ; Stage versus screen (1) : before Rodgers and Hammerstein -- Act II : the Broadway musical after Oklahoma!. …”
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The song is you : musical theatre and the politics of bursting into song and dance / by Rogers, James Bradley, 1982-

Table of Contents: “…-- Bring on the Girls : The Princess Theatre & The (Tired) Businesswoman -- His Innermost Being : Brecht, Musicals, and the Politics of Identification -- The Rhythmic Integration of Blackness : Rouben Mamoulian and Show Boat -- The Exotic and Erotic Economy of Musical Impersonation -- Get Out of That Dress : David Henry Hwang's Flower Drum Song -- The Through-Sung Musical : From Ballet Ballads to Hamilton -- Conclusion. …”
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The song is you : musical theatre and the politics of bursting into song and dance / by Rogers, James Bradley, 1982-

Table of Contents: “…-- Bring on the Girls : The Princess Theatre & The (Tired) Businesswoman -- His Innermost Being : Brecht, Musicals, and the Politics of Identification -- The Rhythmic Integration of Blackness : Rouben Mamoulian and Show Boat -- The Exotic and Erotic Economy of Musical Impersonation -- Get Out of That Dress : David Henry Hwang's Flower Drum Song -- The Through-Sung Musical : From Ballet Ballads to Hamilton -- Conclusion. …”
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Showtime : a history of the Broadway musical theater / by Stempel, Larry

Table of Contents: “…Operetta : the silver age ; Romberg and Friml ; Show Boat ; A shadow of vulgarity. Revues : spectacular and intimate ; Musical comedy/musical farce comedy ; Jazz-age "Jazz" ; Broadway songbook. …”

Broadway musicals : the 101 greatest shows of all time / by Bloom, Ken, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Pal Joey -- Peter Pan -- Phantom of the Opera -- Flops, part 2 -- Porgy and Bess -- Promises, Promises -- Ragtime -- The Red Mill -- Rose-Marie -- T & A, part 2 -- Sally -- 1776 -- She Loves Me -- Show Boat -- Shuffle Along -- The Sound of Music -- South Pacific -- The Student Prince in Heidelberg -- Off Broadway, part 2 -- Sweeney Todd -- Sweet Charity -- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn -- West Side Story -- Great scores from so-so shows, part 2 -- Wonderful Town -- Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 -- Zorba.…”

Carefully taught : American history through Broadway musicals / by Ginell, Cary

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / Doug Reside -- 1776 : the Second Continental Congress -- Dearest enemy : the American Revolution -- Ben Franklin in Paris : Revolutionary War diplomacy -- Hamilton : the life of Alexander Hamilton -- Bloody bloody Andrew Jackson : the life of Andrew Jackson -- Big River : Mark Twain's America -- Bloomer girl : the women's reform movement and the Underground Railroad at the dawn of the Civil War -- Shenandoah : the Civil War -- The Civil War : the Civil War -- Miss Liberty : the construction of the Statue of Liberty -- Annie get your gun : the life of Annie Oakley -- Show boat : the era of floating theaters in the American frontier -- Newsies : the Newsboys' Strike of 1899 -- 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue : the White House and its occupants during the nineteenth century -- Teddy & Alice : President Theodore Roosevelt and his daughter Alice -- Ragtime : racism and immigration at the turn of the twentieth century -- Oklahoma! …”

Broadway, the American musical.

The book of Broadway : the 150 definitive plays and musicals / by Grode, Eric

Table of Contents: “…-- On the town -- Our town -- Pal Joey -- The persecution and assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as performed by the inmates of the asylum of Charenton under the direction of the Marquis de Sade -- Peter pan (play) -- The phantom of the opera -- The Philadelphia story -- Picnic -- Pippin -- The pirates of Penzance -- The playboy of the western world -- Porgy and Bess -- Private lives -- The producers -- Promises, promises -- Pygmalion -- Ragtime -- A raisin in the sun -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead -- 1776 -- She loves me -- Show boat -- The show-off -- Shuffle along -- Six degrees of separation -- The skin of our teeth -- Sleuth -- The sound of music -- South Pacific -- Spring awakening -- A streetcar named desire -- The student prince in Heidelberg -- Sweeney Todd -- The time of your life -- Tobacco road -- Torch song triology -- A trip to Chinatown -- Uncle Tom's cabin -- Very good Eddie -- Waiting for Godot -- Waiting for Lefty -- Watch your step -- West Side story -- Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? …”
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The Book of Broadway / by Grode, Eric

Table of Contents: “…Pal joeythe persecution and assassination of jean-paul marat as performed by the inmates of the asylum of charenton under the direction of the marquis de sade; peter pan (play); peter pan (musical); the phantom of the opera; the philadelphia story; picnic; pippin; the pirates of penzance; the playboy of the western world; porgy and bess; private lives; the producers; promises, promises; pygmalion; ragtime; a raisin in the sun; rent; rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead; 1776; she loves me; show boat; the show-off; shuffle along; six degrees of separation; the skin of our teeth; sleuth.…”
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