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Contents
- Introduction
- Section I: Ballet, Nightclubs, Broadway
- 1.Youthful Celebrity and Progressive Visions: Breaking Out with Fancy Free
- 2. From Nightclubs to Broadway: The Revuers, Comedy Skits, and Progressive Politics
- 3. Creating a Broadway Musical: The Conception and Debut of On the Town
- Section II: Staging Racial Politics
- 4. A Japanese American Star on Broadway: Sono Osato and Exotic Ivy Smith
- 5. Desegregating Broadway: On the Town and Race
- 6. Biographies on Stage: On the Town's Black Conductor, Dancers, and Singers
- Section III: Musical Style
- 7. Crossover Composition: The Musical Styles of On the Town
- 8. On the Town After Dark: The Nightclub Scene
- Section IV: Epilogue
- Appendices
- A. Discography and Videography of Fancy Free, On the Town, and The Revuers
- B. Scenario for Fancy Free
- C. Cast List for On the Town on Opening Night
- Index