Show boat : performing race in an American musical /

"Show Boat: Performing Race in an American Musical tells the full story of the making and remaking of the most important musical in Broadway history. Drawing on exhaustive archival research and including much new information from early draft scripts and scores, this book reveals how Oscar Hamme...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Decker, Todd R. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Series:	Broadway legacies.
Subjects:	Kern, Jerome, > 1885-1945. > Show boat. Ferber, Edna, > 1887-1968. > Show boat. Show boat (Ferber, Edna) Show boat (Kern, Jerome) African Americans in musical theater. Music and race. Musical theater > History > 20th century. Musique et race. Théâtre musical > Histoire > 20e siècle. MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Musicals. MUSIC > Printed Music > Musicals, Film & TV. PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > Broadway & Musical Revue. African Americans in musical theater Music and race Musical theater 1900-1999 Electronic books. Electronic book. History
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

A Ferber plot
The Robeson plan
The Morgan plan
A Ziegfeld soprano and a Shubert tenor
Colored chorus curtains
Featuring Robeson : 1928-1940
Broadway black, Hollywood white : 1943-1957
Landmark status : 1954-1989
Queenie's laugh : 1966-1998.