"No legs, no jokes, no chance"
"No legs, no jokes, no chance": a history of the American musical theater Sheldon Patinkin,
Publisher: Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2008.
ISBN: 0810119943
DDC: 782.140973
LCC: ML1711
Edition: (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:
"Written in conjunction with a two-semester course taught with
Estelle Spector at Columbia College Chicago ..."--P. [v].
Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-540) and index.
Overture: Beginning the the middle, 1943 -- Oklahoma! -- pt. 1.
Ancestors and antecedents, 1791-1900 -- Opera and French and Viennese
operetta -- The minstrel show, variety/vaudeville, and The Black
Crook -- Gilbert and Sullivan -- American burlesque and the 1890s --
pt. 2. Early American musical comedies, operettas, and revues,
1901-1924 -- George M. Cohan, Victor Herbert, and Florenz Ziegfeld,
Jr. -- From Babes in Toyland to "Alexander's Ragtime Band" -- From
The Firefly to Yip-yip-yaphank -- From The Scandals of 1919 to the
Cotton Club -- From Lady, Be Good! to Rose-Marie -- pt. 3. The golden
age of the Broadway song, 1925-1939 -- From The Garrick Gaieties to
Strike Up the Band -- Show Boat -- From The New Moon to The Little
Show -- The Gershwins and Irving Berlin in the 1930s -- Kern, Rodgers
and Hart, and Cole Porter in the 1930s -- The rise of big bands and
swing -- pt. 4. The transitional years, 1940-1945 -- From Pal Joey to
Lady in the Dark -- From This Is the Army to Carousel -- pt. 5. The
golden age of the Broadway musical, 1946-1964 -- From Annie Get Your
Gun to Brigadoon -- From Kiss Me, Kate to South Pacific -- From Guys
and Dolls to Peter Pan -- From Damn Yankees to My Fair Lady -- From
West Side Story to The Sound of Music -- From Bye Bye Birdie to A
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum -- From She Loves Me to
Fiddler on the Roof -- pt. 6. Fade out--fade in, 1965-1969 -- From
Kelly to Cabaret -- From Hair to 1776 -- pt. 7. The splintering of
the form, 1970-2007 -- From Company to Jesus Christ Superstar -- From
Grease to A Chorus Line -- From Pacific Overtures to Evita -- From
42nd Street to Cats -- From La Cage aux Folles to City of Angels --
From Assassins to Ragtime -- Exit music.
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