"No Legs, No Jokes, No Chance": A History of the American Musical Theater
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Overture: Beginning in the Middle, 1943 1Oklahoma! 5Pt. 1 Ancestors and Antecedents, 1791-19002 Opera and French and Viennese Operetta 253 The Minstrel Show, Variety/Vaudeville, and The Black Crook 334 Gilbert and Sullivan 455 American Burlesque and the 1890s 55Pt. 2 Early American Musical Comedies, Operettas, and Revues, 1901-19246 George M. Cohan, Victor Herbert, and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. 717 From Babes in Toylard to "Alexander's Ragtime Band" 858 From The Firefly to Yip-Yip-Yaphank 999 From The Scandals of 1919 to the Cotton Club 11510 From Lady, Be Good! to Rose-Marie 133Pt. 3 The Golden Age of the Broadway Song, 1925-193911 From The Garrick Gaieties to Strike Up the Band 14512 Show Boat 16313 From The New Moon to The Little Show 17314 The Gershwins and Irving Berlin in the 1930s 18715 Kern, Rodgers and Hart, and Cole Porter in the 1930s 20116 The Rise of Big Bands and Swing 215Pt. 4 The Transitional Years, 1940-194517 From Pal Joey to Lady in the Dark 23318 From This Is the Army to Carousel 245Pt. 5 The Golden Age of the Broadway Musical, 1946-196419 From Annie Get Your Gun to Brigadoon 26720 From Kiss Me, Kate to South Pacific 28121 From Guys and Dolls to Peter Pan 29122 From Damn Yankees to My Fair Lady 31523 From West Side Story to The Sound of Music 33124 From Bye Bye Birdie to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 34925 From She Loves Me to Fiddler on the Roof 367Pt. 6 Fade Out-Fade In, 1965-196926 From Kelly to Cabaret 37927 From Hair to 1776 397Pt. 7 The Splintering of the Form, 1970-200728 From Company to Jesus Christ Superstar 40729 From Grease to A ChorusLine 42330 From Pacific Overtures to Evita 43931 From 42nd Street to Cats 40332 From La Cage aux Folles to City of Angels 46933 From Assassins to Ragtime 48734 Exit Music 515Bibliography 539Index 541
