"No Legs, No Jokes, No Chance": A History of the American Musical Theater » (1st Edition)

Overture: Beginning in the Middle, 1943 1

Oklahoma! 5

Pt. 1 Ancestors and Antecedents, 1791-1900

2 Opera and French and Viennese Operetta 25

3 The Minstrel Show, Variety/Vaudeville, and The Black Crook 33

4 Gilbert and Sullivan 45

5 American Burlesque and the 1890s 55

Pt. 2 Early American Musical Comedies, Operettas, and Revues, 1901-1924

6 George M. Cohan, Victor Herbert, and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. 71

7 From Babes in Toylard to "Alexander's Ragtime Band" 85

8 From The Firefly to Yip-Yip-Yaphank 99

9 From The Scandals of 1919 to the Cotton Club 115

10 From Lady, Be Good! to Rose-Marie 133

Pt. 3 The Golden Age of the Broadway Song, 1925-1939

11 From The Garrick Gaieties to Strike Up the Band 145

12 Show Boat 163

13 From The New Moon to The Little Show 173

14 The Gershwins and Irving Berlin in the 1930s 187

15 Kern, Rodgers and Hart, and Cole Porter in the 1930s 201

16 The Rise of Big Bands and Swing 215

Pt. 4 The Transitional Years, 1940-1945

17 From Pal Joey to Lady in the Dark 233

18 From This Is the Army to Carousel 245

Pt. 5 The Golden Age of the Broadway Musical, 1946-1964

19 From Annie Get Your Gun to Brigadoon 267

20 From Kiss Me, Kate to South Pacific 281

21 From Guys and Dolls to Peter Pan 291

22 From Damn Yankees to My Fair Lady 315

23 From West Side Story to The Sound of Music 331

24 From Bye Bye Birdie to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 349

25 From She Loves Me to Fiddler on the Roof 367

Pt. 6 Fade Out-Fade In, 1965-1969

26 From Kelly to Cabaret 379

27 From Hair to 1776 397

Pt. 7 The Splintering of the Form, 1970-2007

28 From Company to Jesus Christ Superstar 407

29 From Grease to A ChorusLine 423

30 From Pacific Overtures to Evita 439

31 From 42nd Street to Cats 403

32 From La Cage aux Folles to City of Angels 469

33 From Assassins to Ragtime 487

34 Exit Music 515

Bibliography 539

Index 541