Prologue : Origins to 1866 -- Act one : early successes, 1866-1892 -- Scene one : opeĢra bouffe and native elements, 1866-1878 -- Scene two : H.M.S. Pinafore and the great transformation, 1878-1892 -- Intermission : further British influences and new stirrings, 1892-1902 -- Act two : the emergence of American talent, 1902-1907 -- Intermission : Viennese operetta and the American retreat, 1907-1914 -- Act three : the birth of the modern musical, 1914-1921 -- Intermission : the Cinderella era, 1921-1924 -- Act four : the golden age of the American musical, 1924-1937 -- Scene one : songwriters' shows as pure entertainment, 1924-1929 -- Scene two : depression and talkies : Broadway's answer, 1929-1937 -- Intermission : Broadway's response to the swing era, 1937-1942 -- Act five : the American musical as a conscious art form, 1942-1965 -- Scene one : Americana amid a new seriousness, 1942-1951 -- Scene two : increasing problems -- Lowering standards, 1951-1965 -- Intermission : exhaustion, 1965-1969 -- Act six : full circle; or, return of the Brits, 1969-1995 -- Scene one : startlingly new, delightfully old, 1969-1981 -- Scene two : a musical trade imbalance, 1981-1995 -- Intermission : technological spectacles, restrospectives, and revivals, 1995-2000 -- Act seven : the twenty-first century, 2000-2010 -- Scene one : movies hit Broadway, 2000-2005 -- Scene two : pop music takes over the musical, 2005-2010.
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