Broadway Nation

Table Of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Overture: What Is A Broadway Musical?
Prologue: Before Broadway
Act I: The Genesis Era
Chapter 1: Yearning To Breathe Free â"The Immigrants Who Invented The Broadway Musical
Chapter 2: Forgotten Forefathers (and Foremothers) â" The Black Artists Who Invented the Broadway Musical
Chapter 3: The Queer Artists Who Invented Broadway
Chapter 4: Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better â" The Founding Mothers of Broadway
Act II: The Silver Age Of Broadway
Chapter 5: All That Jazz â" The Silver Age of Broadway, part 1: The 1920s
Chapter 6: Old Man Trouble, I Donât Mind Him â" The Silver Age of the Broadway Musical, part 2: The 1930s
Act III: The Golden Age Of Broadway
Chapter 7: By Your Pupils Youâll Be Taught: A Broadway Legacy Chain From Harbach, to Hammerstein, to Sondheim, to Miranda
Chapter 8: Somethingâs Coming, Something Good â" The Golden Age of Broadway, part 1
Chapter 9: Another Openinâ of Another Show!: The Golden Age of Broadway, part 2: the 1940s
Chapter 10: Open A New Window â" The Golden Age of Broadway, part 3
Part IV: The Modern Era of Broadway
Chapter 11: Let The Sunshine In â" The Modern Era of Broadway, part 1: The Multiple Revolutions of the 1970s
Chapter 12: Do You Hear The People Sing?: Cameron Mackintosh & The British Invasion (or Sondheim vs the Poperetta) â" The Modern Era of Broadway, part 2
Act V: The Principal Themes of the Broadway Musical
Chapter 13: Principal Themes of The Broadway Musical #1 â" Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better: The Trials and Triumphs of Transgressive Women
Chapter 14: Principal Themes of The Broadway Musical #2 â" Make Them Hear You: Equity, Social Justice, and Inclusion.
Chapter 15: Principal Themes Of The Broadway Musical #3 â" We Know We Belong To The Land: The Vital Importance of Community
Chapter 16: Defying Gravity: Broadway in the Twenty-first Century â" The Modern Era, part 3.
Selected Bibliography