The Cambridge Companion to the Musical

Contents

• 1. How to create a musical: the case of Wicked Paul R. Laird;
• Part I . Adaptations and Transformations: before 1940:
• 2. American musical theatre before the twentieth century Katherine K. Preston;
• 3. Non-English-language musical theatre in the United States John Koegel;
• 4. Birth pangs, growing pains, and sibling rivalry: musical theatre in New York, 1900-20 Orly Leah Krasner;
• 5. American and British operetta in the 1920s: romance, nostalgia, and adventure William A. Everett;
• 6. Images of African Americans: African-American musical theatre, Show Boat and Porgy and Bess John Graziano;
• 7. The melody (and the words) linger on: American musical comedies of the 1920s and 1930s Geoffrey Block;
• Part II . Maturations and Formulations: 1940-70:
• 8. 'We said we wouldn't look back': British musical theatre, 1935-69 John Snelson;
• 9. The coming of the musical play: Rodgers and Hammerstein Ann Sears;
• 10. The successors of Rodgers and Hammerstein from the 1940s to the 1960s Thomas L. Riis and Ann Sears;
• 11. Musical sophistication on Broadway: Kurt Weill and Leonard Bernstein Bruce D. Mcclung and Paul R. Laird;
• Part III . Evolutions and Integrations: after 1970:
• 12. Stephen Sondheim and the musical of the outsider Jim Lovensheimer;
• 13. Choreographers, directors, and the fully integrated musical Paul R. Laird;
• 14. From Hair to Rent and beyond: has 'rock' ever been a four-letter word on Broadway? Scott Warfield;
• 15. The megamusical: the creation, internationalisation, and impact of a genre Paul Prece and William A. Everett;
• 16. 'In this England, in these times': redefining the British musical since 1970 Miranda Lundskaer-Nielsen;
• 17. 'Tonight I will bewitch the world': the European musical Judith Sebesta and Laura MacDonald;
• 18. New horizons: the musical at the dawn of the twenty-first century Bud Coleman;
• Part IV . Legacies and Transformations:
• 19. Why do they start to sing and dance all of a sudden? Examining the film musical Graham Wood;
• 20. Revisiting classic musicals: revivals, films, television, and recordings Jessica Sternfeld;
• 21. Big dreams on the small screen: the television musical Mary Jo Lodge.