Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index.
Contents:
The city: unregulated capitalism -- The era: "Be nonchalant...light a Murad" -- The play: "Like hell you're through!" -- The first movie: Amos is the hero -- The invention of the satiric musical: How can you tell an American? -- The second movie: "I'm going to make a character man of you if you don't behave yourself" -- Fosse & Verdon and Kander & Ebb: "You have to act your dancing" -- The musical: "No show is worth dying for" -- The revival and the third movie: "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit!"
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