Carefully Taught: American History through Broadway Musicals 9781493065417

Carefully Taught looks at American history as depicted in forty Broadway musicals. Presented chronologically according t

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Carefully Taught: American History through Broadway Musicals
9781493065417

The Broadway musical came of age in the 1950s, a period in which some of the greatest productions made their debuts. Sho

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The 1970s was an exciting decade for musical theatre. Besides shows from legends Stephen Sondheim (Company, Follies, A L

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Musicals of the 1990s felt the impact of key developments that forever changed the landscape of Broadway. While the onsl

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In the first decade of the twenty-first century, Broadway was notable for old-fashioned, feel-good shows (Hairspray, Jer

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For Broadway audiences of the 1980s, the decade was perhaps most notable for the so-called "British invasion."

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While the 1960s may have been a decade of significant upheaval in America, it was also one of the richest periods in mus

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Popular media has become a common means by which students understand both the present and the past. Consequently, more t

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