The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals
The 1910s shaped the future of the American musical. While many shows of the decade were imports of European operettas, and even original Broadway musicals were influenced by continental productions, the musicals of the 1910s found their own American voice.

In The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals, Dan Dietz covers all 312 musicals that opened on Broadway during this decade. Among the shows discussed are The Balkan Princess, The Kiss Waltz, Naughty Marietta, The Firefly, Very Good Eddie, Leave It to Jane, Watch Your Step, See America First, and La-La-Lucille. Dietz places each musical in its historical context, including the women’s suffrage movement and the decade’s defining historical event, World War I.

Each entry features the following:
Plot summaryCast membersCreative team, including writers, lyricists, composers, directors, choreographers, and producersOpening and closing datesNumber of performancesCritical commentaryMusical numbers and the performers who introduced the songs
Numerous appendixes include a chronology, discography, filmography, Gilbert and Sullivan productions, Princess Theatre musicals, musicals with World War I themes, and published scripts, making this book a comprehensive and significant resource. The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals will captivate and inform scholars, historians, and casual fans about this influential decade in musical theatre history.
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The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals
The 1910s shaped the future of the American musical. While many shows of the decade were imports of European operettas, and even original Broadway musicals were influenced by continental productions, the musicals of the 1910s found their own American voice.

In The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals, Dan Dietz covers all 312 musicals that opened on Broadway during this decade. Among the shows discussed are The Balkan Princess, The Kiss Waltz, Naughty Marietta, The Firefly, Very Good Eddie, Leave It to Jane, Watch Your Step, See America First, and La-La-Lucille. Dietz places each musical in its historical context, including the women’s suffrage movement and the decade’s defining historical event, World War I.

Each entry features the following:
Plot summaryCast membersCreative team, including writers, lyricists, composers, directors, choreographers, and producersOpening and closing datesNumber of performancesCritical commentaryMusical numbers and the performers who introduced the songs
Numerous appendixes include a chronology, discography, filmography, Gilbert and Sullivan productions, Princess Theatre musicals, musicals with World War I themes, and published scripts, making this book a comprehensive and significant resource. The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals will captivate and inform scholars, historians, and casual fans about this influential decade in musical theatre history.
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The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals

The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals

by Dan Dietz
The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals

The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals

by Dan Dietz

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Overview

The 1910s shaped the future of the American musical. While many shows of the decade were imports of European operettas, and even original Broadway musicals were influenced by continental productions, the musicals of the 1910s found their own American voice.

In The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals, Dan Dietz covers all 312 musicals that opened on Broadway during this decade. Among the shows discussed are The Balkan Princess, The Kiss Waltz, Naughty Marietta, The Firefly, Very Good Eddie, Leave It to Jane, Watch Your Step, See America First, and La-La-Lucille. Dietz places each musical in its historical context, including the women’s suffrage movement and the decade’s defining historical event, World War I.

Each entry features the following:
Plot summaryCast membersCreative team, including writers, lyricists, composers, directors, choreographers, and producersOpening and closing datesNumber of performancesCritical commentaryMusical numbers and the performers who introduced the songs
Numerous appendixes include a chronology, discography, filmography, Gilbert and Sullivan productions, Princess Theatre musicals, musicals with World War I themes, and published scripts, making this book a comprehensive and significant resource. The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals will captivate and inform scholars, historians, and casual fans about this influential decade in musical theatre history.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781538150283
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 05/26/2021
Series: Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 622
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Dan Dietz was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Off-Broadway Musicals, 1910-2007: Casts, Credits, Songs, Critical Reception and Performance Data of More Than 1,800 Shows (2010), which was selected as one of the outstanding reference sources of 2011 by the American Library Association. He is also the author of The Complete Book of 1920s Broadway Musicals (2019), The Complete Book of 1930s Broadway Musicals (2018), The Complete Book of 1940s Broadway Musicals (2015), The Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals (2014), The Complete Book of 1960s Broadway Musicals (2014), The Complete Book of 1970s Broadway Musicals (2015), The Complete Book of 1980s Broadway Musicals (2016), The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals (2016), The Complete Book of 2000s Broadway Musicals (2017), and The Complete Book of 2010s Broadway Musicals (2020), all published by Rowman&Littlefield.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgment
Introduction
Alphabetical List of Musicals
BROADWAY MUSICALS, 1910-1919
1910 Season
1910-1911 Season
1911-1912 Season
1912-1913 Season
1913-1914 Season
1914-1915 Season
1915-1916 Season
1916-1917 Season
1917-1918 Season
1918-1919 Season
1919 Season
APPENDIXES
Appendix A Chronology of Book Musicals (by Season)
Appendix B Chronology of Revues (by Season)
Appendix C Chronology of Revivals and Return Engagements (by Season)
Appendix D Chronology of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan Revivals (by Season)
Appendix E Discography
Appendix F Filmography
Appendix G Published Scripts
Appendix H Princess Theatre Musicals
Appendix I Musicals with World War One Themes
Appendix J Long Runs
Appendix K Theatres
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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