"Filled with fascinating information and insight into theatrical history, Musical Theatre teaches students about the performance genres that came to America with European immigrants and evolved over time to become the unique American form of entertainment known as musical theatre. This student friendly introduction examines the beginnings of musical theatre in the 1800's. The chapters progress chronologically and thematically through the early gentlemen composers George M. Cohen, Jerome Kern, and Irving Berlin, the musicals of the Great Depression, and the Golden Age of the...
"Filled with fascinating information and insight into theatrical history, Musical Theatre teaches students about the performance genres that ca...