American Musical Theater
Among the shows, composers, and topics discussed are minstrel and variety shows, Harrigan and Hart, Weber and Fields; Victor Herbert and Naughty Marietta; George M. Cohan and Florenz Ziegfeld and vaudeville; Friml, Romberg, and Berlin; the '20s and '30s growth of the theater of social significance, Of Thee I Sing, and Porgy and Bess; Kern, Gershwin, Bernstein, Rodgers, Lerner, and others; and Pal Joey, Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady, West Side Story, Man of La Mancha, Hello Dolly!, Hair, and others.
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