Sherrell explores American musical theater, beginning with the early-twentieth-century shift from European-influenced operettas and bawdy variety shows to sophisticated works and thus provides listeners with the tools and background necessary to gain an understanding of the highly variegated structure and character of Broadway music.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1: A Great Big Broadway Show: Wicked
Chapter 2: The Roots of American Musical Theater: The Great Ziegfeld
Chapter 3: The Beginnings of Integration: Very Good Eddie, Shuffle Along, and Show Boat
Chapter 4: The Great Depression and The Great American Songbook: Anything Goes and Porgy & Bess
Chapter 5: A Golden Age of Broadway: Rodgers and Hammerstein
Chapter 6: Rock on Broadway: Hair
Chapter 7: Concept Musicals: Sondheim: The Birthday Concert and A Chorus Line
Chapter 8: Mega-Musicals: Andrew Lloyd Webber: Gold Album and Les Misé rables
Chapter 9: Musicals for the MTV Generation: Rent and Spring Awakening
Chapter 10: Diversity and Integration: Hamilton
