TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bordman,Gerald Martin
TI  - American musical theatre: a chronicle 
SN  - 019513074X
AV  - ML 1711 B729a 2001
U1  - 782.1/4/0973 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Musicals
KW  - United States
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Musicales
KW  - Historia y crítica
KW  - Estados Unidos
N1  - Includes indexes; 1. Prologue : origins to 1866
2. Act one : early successes, 1866-1892
Scene one : opera bouffe and native elements, 1866-1878
Scene two : H.M.S. Pinafore and the great transformation, 1878-1892
3. Intermission : further British influences and new stirrings, 1892-1902
4. Act two : the emergence of American talent, 1902-1907
5. Intermission : Viennese operetta and the American retreat, 1907-1914
6. Act three : the birth of the modern musical, 1914-1921
7. Intermission : the Cinderella era, 1921-1924
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
Scent two : a musical trade imbalance, 1981-1995
13. Epilogue : technical spectacles, retrospectives, and revivals, 1995-?
N2  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0610/00059812-d.html
ER  -