Broadway decoded : musical theatre's forgotten references /

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-285) and index.Chronological list of musicals. Show boat (1927) -- Anything goes (1934) -- Pal Joey (1940) -- Oklahoma! (1943) -- On the town (1944) -- Carousel (1945) -- Brigadoon (1947) -- Kiss me, Kate (1948) -- Finian's rainbow (1949) -- South Pacific (1949) -- Guys and dolls (1950) -- The King and I (1951) -- Wonderful town (1953) -- The pajama game (1954) -- Damn Yankees (1955) -- My fair lady (1956) -- West Side story (1957) -- The music man (1957) -- Flower drum song (1958) -- Gypsy (1959) -- The sound of music (1959) -- Bye bye Birdie (1960) -- Camelot (1960) -- How to succeed in business without really trying (1961) -- Hello, Dolly! (1964) -- Fiddler on the roof (1964) -- Man of La Mancha (1965) -- Cabaret (1966) -- Mame (1966) -- Sweet charity (1966) -- Hair (1967) -- 1776 (1969) -- Company (1970) -- Follies (1971) -- Grease (1972) -- Pippin (1972) -- Chicago (1975) -- Annie (1977) -- Sweeney Todd : the demon barber of Fleet Street (1979) -- Dreamgirls (1981) -- Little shop of horrors (1982) -- Big river (1985) -- The secret garden (1991) -- Assassins (1991) -- Rent (1996) -- Ragtime (1998) -- Hairspray (2002) -- In the Heights (2008) -- Shrek the musical (2010)"A lively guide to fifty popular musicals from the comedy classics of the 1930s and 1940s to the frequently-produced darlings of modern theater"--