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The Complete Book of 1900s Broadway Musicals

The Complete Book of 1900s Broadway Musicals
Author: Dan Dietz
Price: $185.00
ISBN-10: 1538168944
ISBN-13: 9781538168943
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Broadway musicals of the 1900s saw the emergence of George M. Cohan and his quintessentially American musical comedies which featured contemporary American stories, ragtime-flavored songs, and a tongue-in-cheek approach to musical comedy conventions. But when the Austrian import The Merry Widow opened in 1907, waltz-driven operettas became all the rage.

In The Complete Book of 1900s Broadway Musicals, Dan Dietz surveys every single book musical that opened during the decade. Each musical has its own entry which features the following:

  • Plot summary
  • Cast members
  • Creative team
  • Song lists
  • Opening and closing dates
  • Number of performances
  • Critical commentary
  • Film adaptations, recordings, and published scripts, when applicable

Numerous appendixes include a chronology of book musicals by season; chronology of revues; chronology of revivals of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas; a selected discography; filmography; published scripts; Black musicals; long and short runs; and musicals based on comic strips. The most comprehensive reference work on Broadway musicals of the 1900s, this book is an invaluable and significant resource for all scholars, historians, and fans of Broadway musicals.