New York city and the Hollywood musical : dancing in the streets /: dancing in the streets. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Martha Shearer.
• Other Names: Shearer, Martha
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; Chapter 1: Introduction: A€Wonderful Town?; Bibliography; Chapter 2: Urban Space and€the€Origins of€the€Musical; Say It with€Songs; Enjoyment in€Unemployment; Slumming on€Park Avenue; Bibliography; Chapter 3: The Neighbourhood Musical; Dancing in€the€Streets; Where the€Elite Meet; 'People Get Homesick for€Some Pretty Terrible Places'; Division Street; Bibliography; Chapter 4: The Nostalgia Musical; The Gay Nineties; 'Fabled in€Song and€Story'; Studio Spectacle; Tenement Nostalgia; 'Architecture as€Theatre'; Bibliography. Chapter 5: Fabulous Invalids: Broadway and€Times SquareNaughty, Gaudy, Bawdy, Sporty; 'Who Built This, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer?'; 'What's Happened to€42nd Street?'; A Denatured Environment; Bibliography; Chapter 6: A New Way of€Living: Post-war Musicals and€the€New New€York; 'New York Is Yours'; Dancing in€the€Suburbs; 'This Big, Cold Canyon We€Call New€York'; 'You Wanna Live in€This Lousy World?'; Bibliography; Chapter 7: Epilogue: Death or Metamorphosis?; Fun City; Happy Endings; People Will See Me and€Cry; Bibliography; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 792.6/45097471; Musicals -- New York (State) -- New York -- History and criticism; Musical theater -- New York (State) -- New York; PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General; Musical theater; Musicals; Performing Arts -- Theater -- History & Criticism; Performing Arts -- Dance -- General; Theatre studies; Dance; Dance; Social Science -- General; Cultural studies; New York (State) -- New York; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137569370; 1137569379
• Related ISBNs: 9781137569363; 1137569360
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 5, 2016).
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