Better Foot Forward: The History of American Musical Theatre

adaptation American artistic audience ballads ballet Bang Broadway brought called cast changed characters chorus closed comic composer critics dance direction drama dream early fact Fields fifties finally Follies followed forties gave George Gershwin Girl give half Hammerstein hand Hart Herbert John Kern Lady late later least less light living look material moved musical comedy never night opening opera operetta original Oscar Hammerstein II Passing past performances piece play plot popular Porter present produced record revival revue rock Rodgers romantic satire scene score season seemed Show Boat Sing songs sort sound stage star story Street style success theatre thing thirties tion took Town tunes turn twenties White whole Wonderful write wrote York Ziegfeld