Title: Our musicals, ourselves
Description: "Our Musicals, Ourselves is the first full-scale social history of the American musical theatre from the imported Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas of the late nineteenth century to such recent musicals as The Producers and Urinetown. While many aficionados of the Broadway musical associate the genre only with diversionary shows like The Music Man or My Fair Lady, John Bush Jones singles out musicals for their social relevance. He is interested in how they engage, directly or metaphorically, contemporary politics and culture."--Jacket.
Subjects: History and criticism, Musical theater, Musicals, Social aspects, Social aspects of Musical theater, Musicals -- United States -- History and criticism, Musicals, history and criticism
Places: United States