After six volumes on the musical's history, working decade by decade from the 1920s through the 1990s, Ethan Mordden takes an entirely fresh look at the musical, from The Beggar's Opera to Wicked. Looking at the Star Comic, the Sweetheart Heroine, the war between musical comedy and operetta, the rise of the sexy story in the 1920s, the wedding of ballet and hoofing in the 1930s, the Oklahoma! and Carousel "musical play" in the 1940s, the Novelty Star in the 1950s, and other developments.
After six volumes on the musical's history, working decade by decade from the 1920s through the 1990s, Ethan Mordden takes an entirely fresh look at the musical, from The Beggar's Opera to Wicked. Looking at the Star Comic, the Sweetheart Heroine, the war between musical comedy and operetta, the rise of the sexy story in the 1920s, the wedding of ballet and hoofing in the 1930s, the Oklahoma! and Carousel "musical play" in the 1940s, the Novelty Star in the 1950s, and other developments.
Ethan Mordden is a recognized authority on the American musical, and the author of such books as Make Believe: The Broadway Musical in the 1920s, Beautiful Mornin: The Broadway Musical in the 1940s, and Coming Up Roses: The Broadway Musical in the 1950s. He lives in Manhattan.
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Introduction THE FIRST AGE 1. Source Material 2. The Age of Burlesque 3. At the Turn of the Century THE SECOND AGE 4. The Witch of the Wood and the Bamboo Tree 5. Victor Herbert 6. The New Music 7. The Variety Show THE THIRD AGE 8. The Structure of the Twenties Musical Comedy 9. The Structure of the Twenties Operetta 10. Dancing in the Dark 11. Blue Monday Blues 12. The Rodgers and Hammerstein Handbook 13. Something to Dance About 14. After West Side Story 15. The Sondheim Handbook THE FOURTH AGE 16. Devolutions 17. That Is the Stae of the Art FOR FURTHER READING DISCOGRAPHY INDEX
Introduction THE FIRST AGE 1. Source Material 2. The Age of Burlesque 3. At the Turn of the Century THE SECOND AGE 4. The Witch of the Wood and the Bamboo Tree 5. Victor Herbert 6. The New Music 7. The Variety Show THE THIRD AGE 8. The Structure of the Twenties Musical Comedy 9. The Structure of the Twenties Operetta 10. Dancing in the Dark 11. Blue Monday Blues 12. The Rodgers and Hammerstein Handbook 13. Something to Dance About 14. After West Side Story 15. The Sondheim Handbook THE FOURTH AGE 16. Devolutions 17. That Is the Stae of the Art FOR FURTHER READING DISCOGRAPHY INDEX
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