"Now a second edition"--Page [4] of cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-173) and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: One. Pink Tights -- Two. Of Satire And Slavery -- Three. The Naughty Shows -- Four. From Across The Sea -- Five. The Book -- Six. Enter Oscar -- Seven. That Wonderful Year -- Eight.Coming Of Age -- Nine. Before Porgy -- Ten."I Loves You, Porgy" -- Eleven. More Of The Same -- Twelve."No Gags, No Gals, No Chance" -- Thirteen. Some Insights -- Fourteen. Whither Oscar -- Fifteen. Hammerstein To Sondheim -- Sixteen. A Tip Of The Hat -- Seventeen. Fritz And Alan, And The "Lady" -- Eighteen. Other Voices -- Nineteen. Milestones -- Twenty. The Many Shapes Of Songs -- Twenty-one. Another Sixties Revolution -- Twenty-two. Imagination And Exploration -- Twenty-three. Two Hits And A Miss -- Twenty-four. Into The Woods -- Twenty-five. Of Death And Opera.
Summary:
This book traces the origins of music theatre from its 18th century European roots to the present. Highlights include: exploration of the minstrel show, burlesque and the revue. documentation of true music comedy the Princess Musicals of Jerome Kearn and P.G. Woodhouse leading to the masterpiece of American music drama, Kern and Hammerstein's Show Boat. Cole Porter, the Gershwin Brothers, Rodgers and Hart. Oklahoma, Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Weber.
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