Musical Theatre-A History presents a comprehensive history of stage musicals from the
earliest accounts of the ancient Greeks and Romans, for whom songs were common …

Subverting assumptions that American musical theater is steeped in nostalgia, cheap
sentiment, misogyny, and homophobia, this book shows how musicals of the 1950s and …

No Oeste, a terra e o céu é uma oportuna contribuição para a história da fronteira agrícola e
do meio ambiente no sertão brasileiro. O estudo apresentado nesta obra destaca um …

Newly revised and expanded, Women in American Theatre is a unique resource that
challenges preconceptions by exploring and celebrating the heritage of women in American …

(Limelight). His best-known song is" Mack the Knife," with words by Bertolt Brecht, from The
Threepenny Opera, first performed in Weimar Berlin in 1928. Five years later, Kurt Weill fled …

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical" South Pacific" has
remained a mainstay of the American musical theater since it opened in 1949, and its …

From patriotic" God Bless America" to wistful" White Christmas," Irving Berlin's songs have
long accompanied Americans as they fall in love, go to war, and come home for the …

America's Songs tells the stories behind the most beloved popular songs of the last century.
We all have songs that have a special meaning in our lives; hearing them evokes a special …

The Sound of Music is a classic film cherished in the hearts of millions. It won five Oscars,
including Best Picture, upon its release in 1965. This tribute to a Hollywood classic is sure to …

This book explores the Broadway legacy of choreographer Agnes de Mille, from the 1940s
through the 1960s. Six musicals are discussed in depth-Oklahoma!, One Touch of Venus …