American musical theatre : a chronicle / Gerald Bordman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bordman, Gerald Martin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musicals--United States--History and criticism.

Musicals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (936 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bordman not only traces each season's productions; he offers authoritative summaries of the general artistic trends and developments each season. Embracing musical comedy, operetta, revues, and the one-man and one-woman shows of recent year, the third edition of this essential reference source includes a detailed show, song, and people index.

Contents:

""8 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""; ""9 INTERMISSION: Broadway's Response to the Swing Era, 1937�1942""; ""10 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""; ""11 INTERMISSION: Exhaustion, 1965�1969""; ""12 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""; ""13 EPILOGUE: Technological Spectacles, Retrospectives, and Revivals, 1995�?""; ""Indexes""; ""Shows and Sources""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Songs""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""

""T""""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""People""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-977117-0

1-280-56003-7

1-4237-2915-3

OCLC:

814463970