Shuberts and Their Passing Shows

Contents Acknowledgements List of Figures List of Tables List of Examples A List of Passing Show Personages Introduction Chapter 1: A Twelve-Hour Show Squeezed Into Three: The Creative Forces Behind the Passing Shows. Chapter 2: A Matchless Melange of Mirth and Melody: The Stars of the Passing Shows. Chapter 3: The Hebrew Messenger Boy and the Thespian: The Howard Brothers. Chapter 4: A Downpour of Talent, A Niagara of Beauty: Chorus Girls and Chorus Boys. Chapter 5: The Mastodon of Musical Extravaganza: Song, Dance, and Scenic Effects. Chapter 6: A Sure Cure for the Blues: Creating the Passing Show of 1914. Chapter 7: A Carnival of Travesty: Textual and Musical References in the Passing Shows. Chapter 8: America's Foremost Musical Institution: The Shuberts, Ziegfeld, and their Battle for Supremacy. Chapter 9: As New, Bright, and Welcome as the Morning Sun: The Birth of a Legend and the Demise of a Genre. Bibliography Appendices

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