Research Catalog

Title

"No legs, no jokes, no chance" : a history of the American musical theater / Sheldon Patinkin.

Author

Patinkin, Sheldon.

Publication

Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2008.

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Description

xiv, 580 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subject

Musical theater > United States > History

Note

• "Written in conjunction with a two-semester course taught with Estelle Spector at Columbia College Chicago ..."--P. [v].

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-540) and index.

Contents

Overture: Beginning in the Middle, 1943 1 -- Oklahoma! -- Pt. 1. Ancestors and Antecedents, 1791-1900 -- 2. Opera and French and Viennese Operetta -- 3. The Minstrel Show, Variety/Vaudeville, and The Black Crook -- 4. Gilbert and Sullivan -- 5. American Burlesque and the 1890s -- Pt. 2. Early American Musical Comedies, Operettas, and Revues, 1901-1924 -- 6. George M. Cohan, Victor Herbert, and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. -- 7. From Babes in Toylard to "Alexander's Ragtime Band" -- 8. From The Firefly to Yip-Yip-Yaphank -- 9. From The Scandals of 1919 to the Cotton Club -- 10. From Lady, Be Good! to Rose-Marie -- Pt. 3. The Golden Age of the Broadway Song, 1925-1939 -- 11. From The Garrick Gaieties to Strike Up the Band -- 12. Show Boat -- 13. From The New Moon to The Little Show -- 14. The Gershwins and Irving Berlin in the 1930s -- 15. Kern, Rodgers and Hart, and Cole Porter in the 1930s -- 16. The Rise of Big Bands and Swing -- Pt. 4. The Transitional Years, 1940-1945 -- 17. From Pal Joey to Lady in the Dark -- 18. From This Is the Army to Carousel -- Pt. 5. The Golden Age of the Broadway Musical, 1946-1964 -- 19. From Annie Get Your Gun to Brigadoon -- 20. From Kiss Me, Kate to South Pacific -- 21. From Guys and Dolls to Peter Pan -- 22. From Damn Yankees to My Fair Lady -- 23. From West Side Story to The Sound of Music -- 24. From Bye Bye Birdie to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum -- 25. From She Loves Me to Fiddler on the Roof -- Pt. 6. Fade Out-Fade In, 1965-1969 -- 26. From Kelly to Cabaret -- 27. From Hair to 1776 -- Pt. 7. The Splintering of the Form, 1970-2007 -- 28. From Company to Jesus Christ Superstar -- 29. From Grease to A Chorus Line -- 30. From Pacific Overtures to Evita -- 31. From 42nd Street to Cats -- 32. From La Cage aux Folles to City of Angels -- 33. From Assassins to Ragtime -- 34. Exit Music.

ISBN

• 9780810119949 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0810119943 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2007023777
• 40015511274

OCLC

• ocn144547942
• 144547942
• SCSB-14506673

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries