TY - BOOK AU - Hurwitz,Nathan TI - A History of the American Musical Theatre: No Business Like It SN - 9781032754918 (hbk) PY - 2025/// CY - Oxford, Inglaterra PB - Routledge KW - Teatro musical KW - Siglos XIX–XX KW - Musicales de Broadway KW - Cultura popular KW - Industria del entretenimiento N1 - Setting the stage. A very good place to start : the beginning, up to the 18th century ; Setting the stage : early musical theatre in America, 1735-1865 Prologue. First stirrings, 1866-1902 ; The turn of the century : a new era of great American songwriters begins, 1900-1907 The first act. The princess and the great revues, 1907-1920 ; The jazz age, 1920-1929 A period of great songwriters Intermission. A double whammy : the Great Depression and talking movies threaten the Broadway musical, 1929-1939 The second act. A Bright Golden Haze : the American Mmsical comes of age, 1939-1945 ; The golden age : an era of great musical dramatists, 1945-1964 Second intermission. The search for relevancy, 1964-1970 The third act. New directions, 1970-1982 ; Joint ventures and mega-musicals : British rule, 1982-1993 ; The corporate musical, 1993-2001 Epilogue. Recovery and the new millennium, 2001-2013 ; Well underway, but headed towards where? 2013-today ER -