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Table of Contents:

• Part I. Historiography. Narratives and values / Mitchell Morris ; Texts and authors / Jim Lovensheimer ; Musical styles and song conventions / Paul R. Laird ; Evolution of dance in the golden age of the American "book musical" / Liza Gennaro
• Part II. Transformations. Minstrelsy and theatrical miscegenation / Thomas L. Riis ; Tin Pan Alley songs on stage and screen before World War II / Raymond Knapp and Mitchell Morris ; Integration / Geoffrey Block ; After the "golden age" / Jessica Sternfeld and Elizabeth L. Wollman
• Part III. Media. Theater / Tamsen Wolff ; The filmed musical / Raymond Knapp and Mitchell Morris ; The television musical / Robynn J. Stilwell ; The animated film musical / Susan Smith ; The evolution of the original cast album / George Reddick
• Part IV. Identities. Race, ethnicity, performance / Todd Decker ; Gender and sexuality / Stacy Wolf ; The politics of region and nation in American musicals / Chase A. Bringardner ; Class and culture / David Savran
• Part V. Performance. The institutional structure of the American musical theater / David Sanjek ; Orchestration and arrangement : creating the Broadway sound / Dominic Symonds ; Musical theater directors / Barbara Wallace Grossman ; Sets, costumes, lights, and spectacle / Virginia Anderson ; Acting / John M. Clum ; Singing / Mitchell Morris and Raymond Knapp ; Dance and choreography / Zachary A. Dorsey
• Part VI. Audiences. Box office / Steven Adler ; Audiences and critics / Michelle Dvoskin ; Stars and fans / Holley Replogle-Wong ; Knowing your audience / Jennifer Chapman ; Performance, authenticity, and the reflexive idealism of the American musical / Raymond Knapp.

Contributors:

Knapp, Raymond

Morris, Mitchell, 1961-

Wolf, Stacy Ellen

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Series:

Oxford handbooks

Subjects:

Musicals — United States — History and criticism

Musicals

United States

Genres:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

General Notes:

Series from jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-447) and index.
Provided by the Anna Harriet Heyer Bequest.

Physical Description:

x, 470 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Call Numbers:

ML1711 .O93 2011

ISBNs:

9780195385946 (alk. paper)
0195385942 (alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2010049030

OCLC Numbers:

683247815