PrefaceAcknowledgements1. Oklahoma! and the Integrated Book MusicalOverview"Integration Theory"Rodgers and HammersteinThe Evolution of Oklahoma!The Artistic ComponentsBook and Lyrics--Plot of Oklahoma!MusicChoreographySets and CostumesInterpretationEpilogueAnd Bear in Mind (Kiss Me, Kate)2. Musical Theater in Nineteenth-Century AmericaPlot-Centered GenresThe Black Crook: "The First Musical Comedy"Burlesque--Lydia Thompson and Her "British Blondes"--EvangelineWeber and FieldsOperettaAmerican-Made Musical Comedy--The Mulligan Guard PlaysFarce-Comedy--The Brook--A Trip to ChinatownGaiety Theatre MusicalsVariety-Show FormatsMinstrel ShowVarietyVaudevilleConclusion3. Broadway at the Turn of the CenturyMusical ComedyGeorge M. Cohan--Background--Little Johnny Jones--Cohan''s Career during the Twenties and ThirtiesOperettaRevuePlot of Little Johnny JonesAnd Bear in Mind (The Chocolate Soldier)4. The TeensPrincess Theatre MusicalsBeyond the Princess TheatrePlot of Very Good EddieAnd Bear in Mind (Naughty Marietta)5. The TwentiesThe Cinderella MusicalsIreneOther Musical ComediesBy GershwinBy Rodgers and HartThe Operetta RevivalShow BoatSource MaterialReceptionScoreAfter Show BoatPlot of Show BoatAnd Bear in Mind (No, No, Nanette)6. The ThirtiesCole PorterPorter''s MusicAnything Goes--Music--ReceptionSatirical Musicals Comedies and Revues in the ThirtiesOther RevuesOther Notable Events on BroadwayPlot of Anything GoesPlot of The Cradle Will RockAnd Bear in Mind (Of Thee I Sing)7.
The FortiesLerner and LoeweBrigadoon--Book--Score--Social and Political ContextThe Rodgers and Hammerstein GenerationKurt WeillHarold ArlenVernon DukeNew VoicesLeonard BernsteinJule StyneFrank LoesserHarold RomeBurton LaneE. Y. HarburgJohn LatoucheJohnny MercerRobert Wright and George ForrestDirectorsGeorge AbbottJerome RobbinsHassard ShortBeyond BrigadoonPlot of BrigadoonAnd Bear in Mind (Pal Joey)8. The FiftiesHistorical BackgroundCultural BackgroundThe Music ManMeredith WillsonEvolutionBook and ScoreGetting to BroadwayThe Music Man Versus West Side StoryAn Embarrassment of RichesJule StyneFrank LoesserRichard Adler and Jerry RossAlbert HagueJerry Bock and Sheldon HarnickBob MerrillHarold RomeConclusionPlot of The Music ManAnd Bear in Mind (The Most Happy Fella)9. The Sixties"The Age of Aquarius"Writers of the Rodgers and Hammerstein EraSchwartz and DietzLerner and LoeweFrank LoesserHarold RomeIrving BerlinMeredith WillsonRichard RodgersRichard AdlerJule StyneBob MerrillThe First Post-Rodgers and Hammerstein GenerationTraditional Book Musicals--Oliver!--Hello, Dolly!--Tenderloin, She Loves Me, and Fiddler on the Roof, The Apple Tree, and The Rothschilds--Wildcat, Little Me, and Sweet CharityInnovative and Experimental Musicals--Anyone Can Whistle--Stop the World--I Want to Get Off and The Roar of the Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd--Man of La ManchaConcept MusicalFeaturesOrigins--Allegro--Love LifeCabaretEvolution--Source Material--Concept--Music and Lyrics1972 Film Version1998 Broadway RevivalThe Nixon EraPlot of CabaretAnd Bear in Mind (Fiddler on the Roof)10. The SeventiesSerious and Comic Trends in the SeventiesFamiliar VoicesRock MusicalsRevivalsThe Sondheim DecadeThe Sondheim-Prince MusicalsThe Quintessential Theater ComposerSubject MatterCompany--Background--Concept--ScoreHappily Ever After?Critical ReceptionMusical Theater Beyond BroadwayAnd Bear in Mind (A Chorus Line)11. The EightiesMegamusicalMegamusical DefinedThe Mega ProducerThe Growing Gap between Critics and AudiencesFrom Rock Opera to MegamusicalAndrew Lloyd WebberThe Phantom of the Opera--Background--Music--ReceptionAmerican Musicals in the EightiesNotable Works--Dreamgirls--Nine--Big RiverMusicals Produced by the Public TheaterFamiliar VoicesInteresting FlopsCarrieMinnies Boys and Goodtime CharleyA Doll''s Life and GrindRevivals and RetrospectivesThe Legacy of the MegamusicalPlot of The Phantom of the OperaAnd Bear in Mind (Les Misérables)12. The NinetiesThe Incredible Story of RentPuccini on BroadwayJonathan Larson (1960-1996)The Road of RentLa Bohème and Verismo OperaMusicReceptionAmerican MegamusicalsBeyond the MegamusicalFalsettolandA Sequel to Finn''s MusicalThe Secret GardenRepackaging and RepurposingRevivalsMusical Theater at the End of the MillenniumLynn Ahrens and Stephen FlahertyMichael John LaChuisaAdam GuettelJason Robert BrownAndrew LippaJeanine TesoriDawn of the Corporate ProducerPlot of RentAnd Bear in Mind (The Lion King)13.
The New Millennium Corporate ProducingCorporate ProducingMusical Theater in the Twenty-First CenturyThe Rock Hegemony--Hairspray--MemphisFilm-to-Stage Musicals--The Producers--Other Notable Film-Inspired MusicalsJukebox MusicalsRevivalsSatires--Urinetown--Avenue Q--Spamalot--The Drowsy Chaperone--Curtains--[title of show]--The Book of MormonAdaptation of Literary Sources--WickedArt Musicals--Caroline, or Change--The Light in the Piazza----Source Material----Adam Guettel----Book and Score--The Light in the Piazza on BroadwayBroadway TodayPlot of The Light in the PiazzaAnd Bear in Mind (In the Heights)14. Musical Theater Off BroadwayThe Off Broadway SceneRevivals of Broadway MusicalsMusicals Based on Classic LiteratureSpoofs and SatiresInnovative MusicalsThe FantasticksBackgroundStyle and StructureInterpreting The FantasticksJones and Schmidt''s LegacyHalcyon Days of Off Broadway MusicalsPlot of the FantasticksAnd Bear in Mind (Little Shop of Horrors)15. The "Black Musical"Early YearsThe TwentiesThe ThirtiesPostwar Black MusicalsThe SeventiesAin''t Supposed to Die a Natural DeathThe Wiz--Music--Book--ReceptionPost-Civil Rights EraPlot of The WizAnd Bear in Mind (In Dahomey)16. Rock on BroadwayThe Rock MusicalDefinitionSocial and Political Framework of the Rock MovementMusical Impact of Rock Music on Musical TheaterEarly Rock Musicals on BroadwayHairConceptionRehearsalsMusicReceptionAfter HairYour Own ThingSalvationDude: The Highway LifeVia GalacticaRainbowJesus Christ SupestarTommySecond-Wave Rock MusicalsLittle Shop of HorrorsRentHedwig and the Angry InchBright Lights, Big CityRock Musicals in the Twenty-First CenturySpring AwakeningNext to NormalBackstage Rock MusicalsPlot of HairAnd Bear in Mind (Godspell)17. The StarSinging and StardomAl JolsonMarilyn MillerThe "Merm"BackgroundThe Porter ShowsGypsy and Mama RoseBackgroundRose''s Three Turns--"Some People"--"Everything''s Coming Up Roses"--"Rose''s Turn"Merman''s TurnA Rose by Any Other Name--Rosalind Russell--Angela Lansbury--Tyne Daly--Bette Midler--Bernadette Peters--Patti LuPoneInterpreting Rose''s SongsFinal AssessmentBroadway Stars TodayMerman''s LegacyPlot of GypsyAnd Bear in Mind (Fine and Dandy)BibliographyCreditsIndex.