The History of American Musical Theater

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Series: Putting It Together: Words and Music and Musical Theater
Length: 07:33

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Indianprincess_small From the Indian Princess to Minstrel Shows to Vaudeville to Rent; a look at the trends and ideas that shaped American Musical theater. Narrated by Heather Nathans, Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Maryland.

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From the Indian Princess to Minstrel Shows to Vaudeville to Rent; a look at the trends and ideas that shaped American Musical theater. Narrated by Heather Nathans, Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Maryland.

Timing and Cues

IN: (music) This is "Putting it together"
OQ: for the performing arts

Musical Works

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
We Three	John Bray	The Indian Princess/ Raynor Taylor - The Ethiop.	: New World	1999	00:00
Broadway Rose	Lyric Male Quartet [i.e. Shannon Four]		Edison Blue Amberol	1921	00:00
Indian Love Call	Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy	That's Entertainment: The Ultimate Anthology of MGM Musicals.	Rhino Records	2006	00:00
The Yankee Doodle boy	Billy Murray		Edison Blue Amberol	1905	00:00
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man	Constance Towers	Showboat (Original Lincoln Center Cast Recording).	BMG Music	1966	00:00
Oklahoma	Alfred Drake	Oklahoma! (Original 1943 Broadway Cast).	MCA	1955	00:00
Finishing the Hat	Mandy Patinkin	Mandy Patinkin Sings Sondheim.	Nonesuch	2002	00:00