The Musical, Second Edition

The Musical, Second Edition, introduces students and general readers to the entire scope of the history of musical theater, from eighteenth-century ballad operas to nineteenth-century operettas, to the Golden Age of Broadway to today. In this comprehensive history, master theater historian Kurt Gänzl draws on his vast knowledge of the productions, the actors, the music and dance, and the reception of the central repertory of the musical theater. Focus boxes on key shows are included in every chapter, along with a chronology of the major musical productions described in the text. Production photographs from around the world enhance the descriptions of the costumes and staging. This book is an ideal introduction for college-level courses on the History of Musical Theater and will also appeal to the general theatergoer who wants to learn more about how today's musical developed from its earliest roots.

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Kurt Gänzl, an award-winning authority on musical theater, is a former opera singer, theatrical agent, casting director, and theater and opera critic. He is the author of numerous books, including Gilbert and Sullivan: The Players and the Plays, also by SUNY Press; Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre; The British Musical Theatre; Victorian Vocalists; and Gänzl's Book of the Broadway Musical. Jamie Findlay teaches English and performing arts at various universities throughout Japan.

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Preface

Introduction to the Second Edition

1. The Early Days: 1700-1849
   The Musical Stage before 1850
   Popular Entertainments of the Early Eighteenth Century
   Operatic Entertainments of the Early Eighteenth Century
   The Rise of the Original Musical Play
   The Rise of the Romantic
   Some Notable Musicals: 1700-1849

2. Opéra-Bouffe: 1850-1869
   Some Notable Musicals: 1850-1869

3. That First Fine Flowering: 1870-1889
   Post the Prussians
   Operette
   The New Era of the English Musical Stage
   America Awakens
   The New Burlesque
   Some Notable Musicals: 1870-1889

4. Novelties of the Nineties
   The Gaiety of the Nations
   America Awakened
   "Musical Comedy" Par Excellence
   Some Notable Musicals: 1890-1899

5. Into the Twentieth Century: 1900-1914
   The Musical with a Backbone
   Enter the Widow
   Some Notable Musicals: 1900-1914
   FIRST CATCH YOUR FRENCH PLAY

6. Those Magnificent Madcap Years: 1915-1929
   IT'S TIME TO DANCE
   Les Années Jazz!
   The Jazz Age in English
   THE INTERNATIONAL HIT PARADE OF AMERICAN MUSICAL COMEDIES OF 1910-1930
   The Romantic Musical
   AN INTERNATIONAL HIT PARADE OF ENGLISH ROMANTIC MUSICALS OF THE 1920S
   Operette for All
   Some Notable Musicals: 1915-1929

7. Whither Go You, Musical Theater?
   The Merry Minnows over the "Other Side"
   Some Notable Musicals: 1930-1940

8. After the War Was Over: The 1940s
   Some Notable Musicals: 1941-1950
   OPERETTA HIT PARADE

9. When Broadway Really Ruled the Stage: The 1950s
   The Merry Minnows Still over the Other Side
   Some Notable Musicals: 1951-1959

10. The Soaring Sixties
    Some Notable Musicals: 1960-1969
    AMERICAN MUSICALS IN THE WEST END: 1945-1970

11. New Departures: From Rock Opera to Party Musical
    Some Notable Musicals: 1970-1980

12. Monumental Musicals
    Some Notable Musicals: 1980-1994

13. On the Twenty-First Century (by Jamie Findlay)
    Some Notable Musicals: 1995-Today

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