History of Stage Musicals

History of Stage Musicals by John Kenrick (Copyright 1996, Revised 2003)	You can study this history in a brief capsule version that links to the full essays, or go straight to the essays via the links below.

1700-1865 America's Musical Pioneers French and Viennese Operetta: 1850-1880 British Music Hall American Variety Minstrel Shows I: Background II: Format, Songs & Jolson Vaudeville I: Background II: Acts defined, Black vaudeville III: Headliners & Keeping It Clean IV: Final years & Legacy Burlesque I: Background II: Skits & Final Decline 1866-1879 I: The Black Crook II: Burlesques & Pantomimes The First Musical Comedies: 1879-1899 I: Harrigan & Hart, Erminie II: Farces, Weber & Fields Gilbert and Sullivan I: Birth of a Team II: Pinafore to Princess Ida III: Mikado onwards Britain & America After G&S 1900-1910 I: Floradora & Cohan II: Herbert, Merry Widow, Black Pioneers 1910-1920 I: Jerome Kern II: Revues, WW I and Irene	Stage 1920s I: Sally & No No Nanette II: Operettas & Revues III: Black Musicals IV: New Songwriters V: Jolson, Good News & Show Boat 1930s I: The Songwriting Teams II: The Revues III: Noel Coward & Cole Porter 1940s I: Before Oklahoma! II: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! III: After Oklahoma! IV: New Talents, London 1950s I: the Golden Decade II: The Composers III: The Directors IV: The Great Dames 1960s I: Early Hits II: The Golden Age Ends III: Rock Comes to Broadway 1970s I: Rock Musicals II: Sondheim, Prince and Fosse III: A Chorus Line, Revivals IV: New Book Musicals V: Storm Warnings Stage 1980s I: New Musicals II: Hits and Disasters III: Britannia Rules Stage 1990s I: Assorted Hits & Corporate Musicals II: Rent and Afterward Stage 2000s Where Did We Go Right? And the Future?
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