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"In the 1930s, America was struggling in the midst of the Depression. Aficionados of the Broadway musical have always maintained that this was the decade of the serious, political show, but Ethan Mordden is here to correct the record, once and for all, and show that Broadway's lights burned brightly during the 1930s in some of the most enjoyable, fun-filled and starry vehicles that ever graced The Street. Cole Porter's Anything Goes featured that one-time stenographer from Astoria, Queens, Ethel Merman. Rodgers and Hart teamed up for On Your Toes, Babes In Arms and The Boys from Syracuse.…
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1 edition- Hardcover · English · 2005Palgrave Macmillan · 288 pages · 9780312239510
History and criticismPopular musicMusicalsNineteen thirtiesHistoryTheater, united states, historyMusical theater




